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Axion-modified photon propagator, Coulomb potential, and Lamb shift
摘要： A consistent renormalization of a quantum theory of axion-electrodynamics requires terms beyond the minimal coupling of two photons to a neutral pseudoscalar field. This procedure is used to determine the self-energy operators of the electromagnetic and the axion fields with an accuracy of second-order in the axion-diphoton coupling. The resulting polarization tensor is utilized for establishing the axion-modified Coulomb potential of a static pointlike charge. In connection, the plausible distortion of the Lamb-shift in hydrogenlike atoms is established and the scopes for searching axionlike particles in high-precision atomic spectroscopy and in experiments of Cavendish-type are investigated. Particularly, we show that these hypothetical degrees of freedom are ruled out as plausible candidates for explaining the proton radius anomaly in muonic hydrogen. A certain loophole remains, though, which is linked to the nonrenormalizable nature of axion-electrodynamics.
关键词： axion-electrodynamics,axionlike particles,proton radius anomaly,polarization tensor,renormalization,Lamb-shift,Coulomb potential
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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[IEEE 2018 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM 2018) - Paris, France (2018.7.8-2018.7.13)] 2018 Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM 2018) - Measurement of the Rydberg Constant with Trapped Rydberg Atoms
摘要： A measurement of the Rydberg constant using cold circular Rydberg atoms is proposed. Since these atoms have long lifetimes, negligible quantum electrodynamics and no nuclear-overlap corrections, the measurement can shed new light on the “proton radius puzzle”. The atoms are trapped in an optical lattice. Transitions are driven using a lattice-modulation technique to perform Doppler-free sub-THz spectroscopy; the transition frequencies yield the Rydberg constant. The selected transitions are free of ?rst-order Zeeman and Stark shifts. Systematic uncertainties due to lattice-induced shifts, core-polarization, second-order Zeeman and Stark shifts, etc are estimated.
关键词： optical lattice,proton radius,sub-THz spectroscopy,Rydberg constant,precision measurements,Rydberg atoms
更新于2025-09-10 09:29:36