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We will first discuss corrections to the basic Dirac energy levels which arise in the external field approximation. These are leading relativistic corrections with exact mass dependence and radiative corrections.
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Eides, M.I., Grotch, H., Shelyuto, V.A. (2007). External Field Approximation. In: Theory of Light Hydrogenic Bound States. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, vol 222. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45270-2_3
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