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Title: | Perturbation theory of two particle bound states in QED for particles of spin ��� 1; Perturbation theory of two particle bound states in QED for particles of spin grater than or equal to 1 |
Author(s): | Lund, Carl Meredith |
Doctoral Committee Chair(s): | Sullivan, J.D. |
Department / Program: | Physics |
Discipline: | Physics |
Degree: | Ph.D. |
Genre: | Dissertation |
Subject(s): | Bethe-Salpeter equation
Kemmer-Duffin equations Schroedinger equation |
Abstract: | In this paper we present a generalization of Salpeter's approach to solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation for the hydrogen atom to the case of any two particles of spin ≤ 1. In order to preserve the same general form of Salpeter's scheme the Kemmer-Duffin equations are used to describe the spin 1 or spin 0 particleso The general method involves separating out the single scalar photon exchange as the zero order problem, whose approximate solution is the ordinary Schroedinger equation solution, and developing a perturbation theory to calculate the effects of the other irreducible diagrams of the Bethe-Salpeter equation, As an example of how to work with the formalism developed here we work out the order ɑm/M corrections to the hyperfine structure of atomic deuterium under the assumption of the minimal electromagnetic interaction. |
Issue Date: | 1971 |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/30008 |
Rights Information: | © 1971 Carl Merredith Lund |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2012-03-14 |
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