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Order ()6 m 2e /m μ corrections to the fine structure of muonium

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We use the quasipotential method to calculate the total correction of order ()6 m 2e m μ in the energy spectrum of the n 3 S 1 states of muonium. The numerical value of the muonium-fine) structure interval 23 S 1−13 S 1 amounts to 0.19 MHz.

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Martynenko, A.P., Faustov, R.N. Order ()6 m 2e /m μ corrections to the fine structure of muonium. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 88, 672–680 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558843

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