A scheme for the numerical evaluation of the one-loop self-energy correction to all orders in Zα is presented. The scheme proposed inherits the attractive features of the standard potential-expansion method but yields a partial-wave expansion that converges more rapidly than in the other methods reported in the literature.

Original languageEnglish
Article number042502
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume72
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2005

    Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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