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Precision calculation of hyperfine-structure constants for extracting nuclear quadrupole moment of $^{43}$Ca

Atomic Physics 2025-08-22 v1

Abstract

There have been several reported values for the nuclear quadrupole moment of 43^{43}Ca, but significant discrepancies exist among these reported values, ranging from 0.0408(8)-0.0408(8)~b to 0.065(20)-0.065(20)~b. In this work, we performed an accurate calculation of the electric field gradients of the 4s4p 3 ⁣P14s4p~^3\!P_{1}, 4s4p 3 ⁣P24s4p~^3\!P_{2} and 4s3d 1 ⁣D24s3d~^1\!D_2 states in the 43^{43}Ca atom using a hybrid method. This hybrid method integrates the advantages of the configuration interaction method and the coupled-cluster method, and can simultaneously account for core-core, core-valence, and valence-valence correlations. By combining our calculated results with the experimental values of the electric quadrupole hyperfine-structure constants of these three states, an accurate and reliable nuclear quadrupole moment of 43^{43}Ca was determined to be 0.0479(6)-0.0479(6)~b, which could be recommended as a reference for 43Ca^{43}\text{Ca}.

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@article{arxiv.2508.15226,
  title  = {Precision calculation of hyperfine-structure constants for extracting nuclear quadrupole moment of $^{43}$Ca},
  author = {Yong-Bo Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.15226},
  year   = {2025}
}

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