Two-loop self-energy correction to the ground-state Lamb shift in H-like ions

Abstract

The two-loop self-energy correction is evaluated to all orders in Z alpha for the ground-state Lamb shift of H-like ions with Z >= 20, where Z is the nuclear charge number and alpha is the fine structure constant. The results obtained are compared with analytical calculations performed within the Z alpha expansion.

Comments: a contribution to the conference "Highly Charged Ions 2004"