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Araki–Sucher correction
Mathematical formula in physics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In atomic, molecular and optical physics, the Araki–Sucher correction is a leading-order correction to the energy levels of atoms and molecules due to effects of quantum electrodynamics (QED).[1] It is named after Huzihiro Araki[2] and Joseph Sucher,[3] who first calculated it for the helium atom in 1957. The method is based on a perturbative expansion of the energy in the Bethe–Salpeter equation, and have since been used to calculate corrections for atoms other than helium (e.g. beryllium[4] and lithium[5]), and for systems with more than two electrons.[6][7] The correction typically involves the fine-structure constant and may sometimes include terms of third order and higher (i.e. ).
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