Energy levels in muonic helium

Abstract

The energy spectrum of bound states and hyperfine structure of muonic helium is calculated on the basis of stochastic variational method. The basis wave functions of muonic helium are taken in the Gaussian form. The matrix elements of the Hamiltonian are calculated analytically. For numerical calculation a computer code is written in the MATLAB system. As a result, numerical values of bound state energies and hyperfine structure are obtained. We calculate also correction to the structure of the nucleus, vacuum polarization and relativistic correction.