Analytic evaluation of an $O (α)$ vertex correction to the decay rate of orthopositronium

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1 January 1983

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

Vol. 27 (1) , 530-532
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.27.530

Abstract

In this report the order-

α

correction to the lowest-order orthopositronium decay rate due to the two outer-vertex graphs is obtained in analytic form.

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