Asymmetry of the Natural Line Profile for the Hydrogen Atom

L. N. Labzowsky; D. A. Solovyev; G. Plunien; G. Soff

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.143003

Asymmetry of the Natural Line Profile for the Hydrogen Atom

L. N. Labzowsky, D. A. Solovyev, G. Plunien, and G. Soff

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 143003 – Published 14 September 2001

Abstract

The asymmetry of the natural line profile for transitions in hydrogenlike atoms is evaluated within a QED framework. For the Lyman- $α$ $1 s - 2 p$ absorption transition in neutral hydrogen this asymmetry results in an additional energy shift of 2.929 856 Hz. For the ${2 s}_{1 / 2} - {2 p}_{3 / 2}$ transition it amounts to $- 1.512 674 Hz$ . As a new feature this correction turns out to be process dependent. The quoted numbers refer to the Compton-scattering process.

Received 11 April 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.143003

Authors & Affiliations

L. N. Labzowsky^1,2, D. A. Solovyev², G. Plunien³, and G. Soff³

¹Max-Planck-Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Straße 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
²Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, 198904 Petershof, St. Petersburg, Russia
³Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstraße 13, D-01062, Dresden, Germany