Quantum Electrodynamical Shifts in Multivalent Heavy Ions

2016/07/31 by I. I. Tupitsyn, M. G. Kozlov, M. S. Safronova +3 · 59 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Atomic physics #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Heavy ion #Ion #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #physics.atom-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.117.253001

published in Physical Review Letters 117(25), 253001 (American Physical Society) · 6 pages

arxiv created 2016/07/31 · openalex publication_date 2016/12/16 · arxiv updated 2016/12/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

The quantum electrodynamics (QED) corrections are directly incorporated into the most accurate treatment of the correlation corrections for ions with complex electronic structure of interest to metrology and tests of fundamental physics. We compared the performance of four different QED potentials for various systems to access the accuracy of QED calculations and to make a prediction of highly charged ion properties urgently needed for planning future experiments. We find that all four potentials give consistent and reliable results for ions of interest. For the strongly bound electrons, the nonlocal potentials are more accurate than the local potential.

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