High-precision relativistic atomic structure calculations and the EBIT: Tests of QED in highly-charged ions
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High-precision relativistic atomic structure calculations based on the relativistic many-body perturbation theory and the relativistic configuration-interaction method are shown to provide stringent tests of strong-field quantum electrodynamic (QED) corrections when compared with electron beam ion trap measurements of the spectra of highly-charged, manyelectron ions. It is further shown that theory and experiment are accurate enough to test not just the leading screened QED corrections but also smaller contributions from higher-order Breit interactions, relaxed-core QED corrections, two-loop Lamb shifts, negative-energy state corrections, nuclear polarizations and nuclear recoils. PACS Nos.: 31.30.Jv, 32.30.Rj, 31.25.-v, 31.15.Ar
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