2004/08/31 by J. P. Santos, F. Parente, Paul Indelicato +3 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods #Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.71.032501
published as Phys.Rev. A71 (2005) 032501
arxiv created 2004/11/18 · openalex publication_date 2005/03/03 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The QED contribution to the energies of the circular (n,\ensuremathℓ=n\ensuremath-1), 2\ensuremath\leqslantn\ensuremath\leqslant13, transitions have been calculated for several kaonic atoms throughout the periodic table, using the current world-average kaon mass. Calculations were done in the framework of the Klein-Gordon equation, with finite nuclear size, finite particle size, and all-order Uelhing vacuum polarization corrections, as well as K"all'en and Sabry and Wichmann and Kroll corrections. These energy level values are compared with other computed values. The circular transition energies are compared with available measured and theoretical transition energies. Electron screening is evaluated using a Dirac-Fock model for the electronic part of the wave function. The effect of electronic wave-function correlation is evaluated.