THE CLASSICAL LAMB SHIFT - WHY JACKSON IS WRONG

Authors
DOWLING JP
Citation
Jp. Dowling, THE CLASSICAL LAMB SHIFT - WHY JACKSON IS WRONG, Foundations of physics, 28(5), 1998, pp. 855-862
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Foundations of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00159018
Volume
28
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
855 - 862
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-9018(1998)28:5<855:TCLS-W>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
I provide here a classical calculation of the Lamb shift; that is of t he same order of magnitude as the quantum Bethe result. This contradic ts Jackson's claim that a classical calculation can not get the Lamb s hift right - even to within an order of magnitude.