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QED calculation of the dipole polarizability of helium atom (1912.12242v3)

Published 27 Dec 2019 in physics.atom-ph

Abstract: The QED contribution to the dipole polarizability of the $4$He atom was computed, including the effect of finite nuclear mass. The computationally most challenging contribution of the second electric-field derivative of the Bethe logarithm was obtained using two different methods: the integral representation method of Schwartz and the sum-over-states approach of Goldman and Drake. The results of both calculations are consistent, although the former method turned out to be much more accurate. The obtained value of the electric-field derivative of the Bethe logarithm, equal to $0.048\,557\,2(14)$ in atomic units, confirms the small magnitude of this quantity found in the only previous calculation [G. {\L}ach, B. Jeziorski, and K. Szalewicz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 233001 (2004)], but differs from it by about 5\%. The origin of this difference is explained. The total QED correction of the order of {\alpha} 3 in the fine-structure constant {\alpha} amounts to 30.6671(1)$\cdot 10{-6}$, including the 0.1822$\cdot 10{-6}$ contribution from the electric-field derivative of the Bethe logarithm and the 0.01112(1)$\cdot 10{-6}$ correction for the finite nuclear mass, with all values in atomic units. The resulting theoretical value of the molar polarizability of helium-4 is $0.517\,254\,08(5)\,$cm$3$/mol with the error estimate dominated by the uncertainty of the QED corrections of order $\alpha4$ and higher. Our value is in agreement with but an order of magnitude more accurate than the result $0.517\, 254\, 4(10)\,$cm$3$/mol of the most recent experimental determination [C. Gaiser and B. FeLLMuth, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 123203 (2018)].

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