Friday, October 25, 2002, 16:00
WLGA E26/E28
Dr. V. Markushin, PSI
Abstract:
Exotic atoms provide numerous opportunities to investigate nuclear
properties and low--energy nuclear reactions in well defined
and control conditions. The properties of atomic states can be
calculated from QED with high precision, and the nuclear interaction in exotic
atoms can be described with a special kind of perturbation theory exploiting
the smallness of the nuclear interaction range in comparison with the
characteristic atomic scale. Recent progress in the theory of atomic
cascade in hydrogen-like exotic atoms
is reviewed from the viewpoint of precision experiments with \mu^- p,
\pi^- p, K^- p, and \bar{p} p atoms.