alpha² corrections to parapositronium decay
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✦ hep-ph
physics.atom-ph
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correctionsalphadecayp-psparapositroniumphotonscontraryearlier
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Two-loop QED corrections to the decay rate of parapositronium (p-Ps) into two photons are presented. We find Gamma(p-Ps --> 2 photons) = 7989.64(2)/microsec. The non-logarithmic O(alpha^2) corrections turn out to be small, contrary to some earlier estimates. We speculate that the so-called ``orthopositronium lifetime puzzle'' will not likely be solved by large QED corrections.
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