Optical transitions in highly-charged californium ions with high sensitivity to variation of the fine-structure constant

Details Optical transitions in highly-charged californium ions with high sensitivity to variation of the fine-structure constant Optical transitions in highly-charged californium ions with high sensitivity to variation of the fine-structure constant

2012-04-03

arxiv.org/abs/1204.0603v1

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Atomic Physics

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We study electronic transitions in highly-charged Cf ions that are within the frequency range of optical lasers and have very high sensitivity to potential variations in the fine-structure constant, alpha. The transitions are in the optical despite the large ionisation energies because they lie on the level-crossing of the 5f and 6p valence orbitals in the thallium isoelectronic sequence. Cf16+ is a particularly rich ion, having several narrow lines with properties that minimize certain systematic effects. Cf16+ has very large nuclear charge and large ionisation energy, resulting in the largest alpha-sensitivity seen in atomic systems. The lines include positive and negative shifters.

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