Published September 29, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Isotope Shift of the 3 2S1/2-2 2S1/2 Transition in Lithium and the Nuclear Polarizability

  • 1. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Warsaw University, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw (Poland)
  • 2. Departamento de FAMN, Universidad de Sevilla, Apartado 1065, 41080 Sevilla (Spain)

Description

High precision calculation of the isotope shift of the 3 2S1/2-2 2S1/2 transition in lithium is presented. The wave function and matrix elements of relativistic operators are obtained by using recursion relations. Apart from the relativistic contribution, we obtain the nuclear polarizability correction for 11Li. The resulting difference of the squared charge radii 11Li-7Li based on the measurements of Sanchez et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 033002 (2006)] is δrch2=0.157(81) fm2, which significantly differs from the previous evaluation

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
97
Journal Issue
13
Journal Page Range
p. 133001-133001.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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(c) 2006 The American Physical Society