Vacuum-polarization screening corrections to the energy levels of lithiumlike ions (original) (raw)

Nuclear and Electron Polarization Contributions to the HFS of Hydrogen- and Lithium-like Ions

Hyperfine Interactions, 2000

The Dynamic Correlation Model (DCM) has been used to calculate nuclear ground-state wave functions of nuclei with one particle/hole in the closed shells. The strong mixing amplitudes between the valence particle/hole and the intrinsic vacuum states (valence hole coupled to core excitations) characterize the dynamic calculations of the hyperfine-structure splitting energy of the hydrogenlike ions which are in good agreement with measured values if the QED corrections are neglected. New experiments on the hyperfine-structure splitting energies of lithium-like ions could help in clarifying this still open point.

QED corrections to the g factor of Li- and B-like ions

Physical Review A, 2020

QED corrections to the g factor of Li-like and B-like ions in a wide range of nuclear charges are presented. Many-electron contributions as well as radiative effects on the one-loop level are calculated. Contributions resulting from the interelectronic interaction, the self-energy effect, and most of the terms of the vacuum-polarization effect are evaluated to all orders in the nuclear coupling strength Zα. Uncertainties resulting from nuclear size effects, numerical computations, and uncalculated effects are discussed.

Relativistic calculations of the isotope shifts in highly charged Li-like ions

Physical Review A, 2014

Relativistic calculations of the isotope shifts of energy levels in highly charged Li-like ions are performed. The nuclear recoil (mass shift) contributions are calculated by merging the perturbative and large-scale configuration-interaction Dirac-Fock-Sturm (CI-DFS) methods. The nuclear size (field shift) contributions are evaluated by the CI-DFS method including the electron-correlation, Breit, and QED corrections. The nuclear deformation and nuclear polarization corrections to the isotope shifts in Li-like neodymium, thorium, and uranium are also considered. The results of the calculations are compared with the theoretical values obtained with other methods. arXiv:1410.7071v1 [physics.atom-ph]

Quantum calculations of Stark broadening of Li‐like ions; T and Z—scaling

2008

Quantum-mechanical calculations for the electron impact Stark linewidths of the 3s-3p transitions for the lithium-like ions from C IV to Ne VIII are performed in the frame of the impact approximation and for intermediate coupling. Good agreement is obtained with experimental and other theoretical results. Dependence of Stark widths with temperature and charge has been studied.

A theoretical study on the strong-field ionization of the lithium atom

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 2013

We apply a recently developed momentum space method (Jiang et al 2012 Phys. Rev. E 86 066702) to investigate the experimental results of strong-field ionization of the lithium atom (Schuricke et al 2011 Phys. Rev. A 83 023413). By splitting the photoelectron into groups of even and odd angular momenta and by using the states' population history, we can analyse the ionization mechanism in further detail. The lower energy double-peak structure, shown experimentally, of the photoelectron is attributed to the three-level-coupling effect. The spectral difference of 10 and 30 fs pulses at a typical intensity is demonstrated. We explain why the strong-field ionization fluctuates at intensities of 6 and 10 fs, but not for a 30 fs pulse. The change of fan-like photoelectron angular distribution with intensity in direction parallel to polarization is explained. Use of the Keldysh parameter to classify the tunnelling and multiphoton ionization is not meaningful for the lithium atom, because the ground state is mostly depleted before reaching peak intensity.

Relativistic and QED corrections to the g factor of Li-like ions

Physical Review A, 2004

Calculations of various corrections to the g factor of Li-like ions are presented, which result in a significant improvement of the theoretical accuracy in the region Z = 6 -92. The configuration-interaction Dirac-Fock method is employed for the evaluation of the interelectronic-interaction correction of order 1/Z 2 and higher. This correction is combined with the 1/Z interelectronic-interaction term derived within a rigorous QED approach. The one-electron QED corrections of first in α are calculated to all orders in the parameter αZ. The screening of QED corrections is taken into account to the leading orders in αZ and 1/Z.

Relativistic recoil, electron-correlation, and QED effects on the 2p_{j}-2s transition energies in Li-like ions

Physical Review A, 2010

The relativistic nuclear recoil, higher-order interelectronic-interaction, and screened QED corrections to the transition energies in Li-like ions are evaluated. The calculation of the relativistic recoil effect is performed to all orders in 1/Z. The interelectronic-interaction correction to the transition energies beyond the two-photon exchange level is evaluated to all orders in 1/Z within the Breit approximation. The evaluation is carried out employing the large-scale configurationinteraction Dirac-Fock-Sturm method. The rigorous calculation of the complete gauge invariant sets of the screened self-energy and vacuum-polarization diagrams is performed utilizing a local screening potential as the zeroth-order approximation. The theoretical predictions for the 2p j − 2s transition energies are compiled and compared with available experimental data in the range of the nuclear charge number Z = 10 − 60.

Evaluation of the screened QED corrections to thegfactor and the hyperfine splitting of lithiumlike ions

Physical Review A, 2010

The screened QED corrections of the first orders in α and 1/Z to the g factor and the hyperfine splitting of lithiumlike ions are evaluated within ab initio quantum electrodynamical approach. The complete gaugeinvariant set of the two-electron self-energy diagrams in the presence of the magnetic field and a dominant part of the two-electron vacuum-polarization diagrams are calculated. The most accurate values of the g factor of Li-like lead and uranium are presented. The theoretical prediction for the specific difference of the hyperfine splittings of Hand Li-like bismuth is improved.

Isotope shift in the electron affinity of lithium

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2009

Very accurate electron affinity ͑EA͒ calculations of 6 Li and 7 Li ͑and ϱ Li͒ have been performed using explicitly correlated Gaussian functions and a variational approach that explicitly includes the nuclear motion in the calculations ͑i.e., the approach that does not assume the Born-Oppenheimer approximation͒. The leading relativistic and quantum electrodynamics corrections to the electron affinities were also calculated. The results are the most accurate theoretical values obtained for the studied systems to date. Our best estimates of the 7 Li and 6 Li EAs are 4984.9842͑30͒ and 4984.9015͑30͒ cm −1 , respectively, and of the 7 Li / 6 Li EA isotope shift is 0.0827 cm −1 .