Order Alpha Squared Corrections to Positronium Energy Levels and Decay Rates

正电子素的结构几乎 完全由QED;强和弱修正是小的 与电动效应相比。 这使它成为一种理想 实验室研究量子电动力学和束缚态形式主义， 量子场论 研究的目的是 研究电子偶素的能级和衰变率。 的 重点将放在计算α 2阶校正上 这些能量水平和衰变率， n=1和n=2正电子素能级的评估， 顺序为m* α 2。 完成这些计算将提供 这是对束缚态理论和量子电动力学的一个重要检验。

The structure of positronium is governed almost completely by QED; strong and weak corrections are small compared to electrodynamic effects. This makes it an ideal laboratory for studying QED and the bound state formalism in quantum field theory. The objective of the research is to study the energy levels and decay rates in positronium. The emphasis will be on the calculation of order alpha2 corrections to these energy levels and decay rates and to complete the evaluation of the n=1 and n=2 positronium energy levels through order m*alpha2. Completion of these calculations will provide an important test of the bound state formalism and QED.