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Calculations of the binding-energy differences for highly-charged Ho and Dy ions

Atomic Physics 2023-08-28 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

The binding-energy differences for 163Hoq+^{163}\mathrm{Ho}^{q+} and 163Dyq+^{163}\mathrm{Dy}^{q+} ions with ionization degrees q=38q = 38, 3939, and 4040 are calculated. The calculations are performed using the large-scale relativistic configuration-interaction and relativistic coupled-clusters methods. The contributions from quantum-electrodynamics, nuclear-recoil, and frequency-dependent Breit-interaction effects are taken into account. The final uncertainty does not exceed 11 eV. Combining the obtained results with the binding-energy difference for neutral atoms calculated in [Savelyev et al., Phys. Rev. A 105, 012806 (2022)], we get the secondary differences of the ion-atom binding energies. These values can be used to evaluate the amount of energy released in the electron capture process in 163Ho^{163}\mathrm{Ho} atom (the QQ value), provided mass differences of highly charged ions 163Hoq+^{163}\mathrm{Ho}^{q+} and 163Dyq+^{163}\mathrm{Dy}^{q+} is known from experiment. The QQ value is required by experiments on the determination of the absolute scale of the electron neutrino mass by studying the beta-decay process.

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@article{arxiv.2306.03176,
  title  = {Calculations of the binding-energy differences for highly-charged Ho and Dy ions},
  author = {I. M. Savelyev and M. Y. Kaygorodov and Y. S. Kozhedub and I. I. Tupitsyn and V. M. Shabaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.03176},
  year   = {2023}
}

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4 pages, Jetp Lett. (2023)