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It is shown that vacuum polarization increases the rate of the last observable X-ray transition in hadronic atoms by about 1%.
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The author wishes to thank H. Pilkuhn for posing this problem and for many helpful discussions.
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Diehl, N. Influence of vacuum polarization on the radiation rates of hadronic atoms. Z Physik A 314, 81–82 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01411833
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01411833