Ripplonic Lamb Shift for Electrons on Liquid Helium

Physical Review Letters
M I DykmanM J Lea

Abstract

We study the shift of the energy levels of electrons on a helium surface due to the coupling to the quantum field of surface vibrations. As in quantum electrodynamics, the coupling is known, and it is known to lead to an ultraviolet divergence of the level shifts. We show that there are diverging terms of different nature and use the Bethe-type approach to show that they cancel each other, to leading order. This resolves the long-standing theoretical controversy and explains the existing experiments. The results allow us to study the temperature dependence of the level shift. The predictions are in good agreement with the experimental data, with no adjustable parameters.

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May 21, 2019·Physical Review Letters·K M YunusovaA D Chepelianskii
Jul 17, 2021·Physical Review Letters·A D ChepelianskiiM I Dykman

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