Relativistic effects in two valence-electron atoms and ions and the search for variation of the fine-structure constant

被引:103
作者
Angstmann, EJ [1 ]
Dzuba, VA [1 ]
Flambaum, VV [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ New S Wales, Sch Phys, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2004年 / 70卷 / 01期
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澳大利亚研究理事会;
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10.1103/PhysRevA.70.014102
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We perform accurate calculations of the dependence of transition frequencies in two-valence-electron atoms and ions on a variation of the fine-structure constant, alpha=e(2)/(h) over barc. The relativistic Hartree-Fock method is used with many-body perturbation theory and configuration interaction methods to calculate transition frequencies. The results are to be used in atomic-clock-type laboratory experiments designed to test whether alpha varies in time.
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