Nonperturbative Calculation of Born-Infeld Effects on the Schrödinger Spectrum of the Hydrogen Atom

Holly Carley and Michael K.-H. Kiessling
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 030402 – Published 24 January 2006

Abstract

We present the first nonperturbative calculations of the nonrelativistic hydrogen spectrum as predicted by first-quantized nonlinear Maxwell-Born-Infeld electrodynamics with point charges. Judged against empirical data our results significantly restrict the range of viable values of the new electromagnetic constant β introduced by Born. We assess Born’s own proposal for the value of β.

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  • Received 24 June 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.030402

©2006 American Physical Society

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Holly Carley* and Michael K.-H. Kiessling

  • Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, 110 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA

  • *Electronic address: carley@math.rutgers.edu
  • Electronic address: miki@math.rutgers.edu

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Vol. 96, Iss. 3 — 27 January 2006

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