Sixth-Order Magnetic Moment of the Electron

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24 May 1971

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 26 (21) , 1351-1353
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.26.1351

Abstract

A calculation of the sixth-order anomalous magnetic moment of the electron is presented. We obtain

a_{e} = \frac{1}{2} \frac{α}{π} - 0.328 47 {(\frac{α}{π})}^{2} + 1.49 {(\frac{α}{π})}^{3}

which is in good agreement with the present experimental answer.

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