High Energy Particle Physics

The Sommerfeld Equation with the Uehling Potential

Authors: Miroslav Pardy
Comments: 9 Pages. Original article

The Uehling potential is the one-loop radiative correction to the photon propagator. The correction can be graphically represented by the Feynman diagram of the second order. It means that photon can exist in the intermediate state with electron and photon forming virtual particle pair. Then, the Coulomb potential with radiative corrections can be inserted in the Sommerfeld quantum equation inorder to obtain the Sommerfeld energy.
Category: High Energy Particle Physics