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The $σ$ exchange effect in the Lamb shift of muonic hydrogen by two photons and two pions exchange

Based on the simple phenomenological $σππ$, $σN N$ and $ππγ$ interactions, we estimate the $σ$ exchange effect in the Lamb shift of muonic hydrogen. We at first calculate the effective couplings of $σμμ$ by two photons and two pions exchange, then calculate the corresponding corrections to the energy shift of the 2S/2P states of muonic hydrogen. We find the correction to the energy shift of 2S state is about -14$μ$eV by the current used parameters, which is about $44\%$ of the usual two photons exchange contribution, and is larger than the current experimental precision, and should be considered in the experimental analysis.