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Negative continuum effects on the two-photon decay rates of hydrogen-like ions

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Two--photon decay of hydrogen--like ions is studied within the framework of second--order perturbation theory, based on relativistic Dirac's equation. Special attention is paid to the effects arising from the summation over the negative--energy (intermediate virtual) states that occurs in such a framework. In order to investigate the role of these states, detailed calculations have been carried out for the $2s_{1/2} - 1s_{1/2}$ and $2p_{1/2} - 1s_{1/2}$ transitions in neutral hydrogen H as well as for hydrogen--like xenon Xe$^{53+}$ and uranium U$^{91+}$ ions. We found that for a correct evaluation of the total and energy--differential decay rates, summation over the negative--energy part of Dirac's spectrum should be properly taken into account both for high--$Z$ and low--$Z$ atomic systems.
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hal-00410134 , version 1 (17-08-2009)

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A. Surzhykov, J.P. Santos, P. Amaro, Paul Indelicato. Negative continuum effects on the two-photon decay rates of hydrogen-like ions. 2009. ⟨hal-00410134⟩
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