Screened QED corrections in lithiumlike heavy ions in the presence of magnetic fields

Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Jul 17;103(3):033005. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.033005. Epub 2009 Jul 17.

Abstract

A rigorous evaluation of the complete gauge-invariant set of the screened one-loop QED corrections to the hyperfine structure and g factor in lithiumlike heavy ions is presented. The calculations are performed in both Feynman and Coulomb gauges for the virtual photon mediating the interelectronic interaction. As a result, the most accurate theoretical predictions for the specific difference between the hyperfine splitting values of H- and Li-like Bi ions as well as for the g factor of the Li-like Pb ion are obtained.