Constraining Born-Infeld-like Nonlinear Electrodynamics Using Hydrogens Ionization Energy

In this work, the hydrogens ionization energy was used to constrain the free parameter $b$ of three Born-Infeld-like electrodynamics namely Born-Infeld itself, Logarithmic electrodynamics and Exponential electrodynamics. An analytical methodology capable of calculating the hydrogen ground state energy level correction for a generic nonlinear electrodynamics was developed. Using the experimental uncertainty in the ground state energy of the hydrogen atom, the bound $b>5.37times10^{20}Kfrac{V}{m}$, where $K=2$, $4sqrt{2}/3$ and $sqrt{pi}$ for the Born-Infeld, Logarithmic and Exponential electrodynamics respectively, was established. In the particular case of Born-Infeld electrodynamics, the constraint found for $b$ was compared with other constraints present in the literature.