Order-α corrections to the decay rate of orthopositronium in the Fried-Yennie gauge

Gregory S. Adkins, Ali A. Salahuddin, and Koenraad E. Schalm
Phys. Rev. A 45, 7774 – Published 1 June 1992
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Abstract

The order-α correction to the decay rate of orthopositronium is obtained using the Fried-Yennie gauge. The result (mα7/π2) [-1.987 84(11)] is consistent with but more accurate than the results of previous evaluations.

  • Received 4 December 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.45.7774

©1992 American Physical Society

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Gregory S. Adkins, Ali A. Salahuddin, and Koenraad E. Schalm

  • Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17604

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Vol. 45, Iss. 11 — June 1992

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