Hyperfine splitting in non-relativistic QED: uniqueness of the dressed hydrogen atom ground state

Laurent Amour, Jérémy Faupin

Published 2011-12-02Version 1

We consider a free hydrogen atom composed of a spin-1/2 nucleus and a spin-1/2 electron in the standard model of non-relativistic QED. We study the Pauli-Fierz Hamiltonian associated with this system at a fixed total momentum. For small enough values of the fine-structure constant, we prove that the ground state is unique. This result reflects the hyperfine structure of the hydrogen atom ground state.