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Blackbody radiation shift of B$^+$ clock transition

Atomic Physics 2015-06-11 v1

Abstract

A calculation of the blackbody radiation shift of the B+^+ clock transition is performed. The polarizabilities of the B+^+ 2s22s^2 1^1Se^e, 2s2p2s2p 1^1Po^o, and 2s2p2s2p 3^3Po^o states are computed using the configuration interaction method with an underlying semi-empirical core potential. The recommended dipole polarizabilities are 9.64(3) a03a_0^3, 7.78(3) a03a_0^3 and 16.55(5) a03a_0^3 respectively. The derived frequency shift for the 2s22s^2 1^1Se^e \to 2s2p2s2p 3^3P0o^o_0 transition at 300 K is 0.0160(5) Hz. The dipole polarizabilities agree with an earlier relativistic calculation (Safronova {\em et al.} Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 107} 143006 (2011)) to better than 0.2%. Quadrupole and octupole polarizabilities and non-adiabatic multipole polarizabilities are also reported.

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@article{arxiv.1210.6720,
  title  = {Blackbody radiation shift of B$^+$ clock transition},
  author = {Yongjun Cheng and J. Mitroy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.6720},
  year   = {2015}
}