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Sensitivity of isotope shift to distribution of nuclear charge density

Atomic Physics 2019-09-18 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

It is usually assumed that the field isotope shift (FIS) is completely determined by the change of the averaged squared values of the nuclear charge radius r2\langle r^2\rangle. Relativistic corrections modify the expression for FIS, which is actually described by the change of r2γ\langle r^{2 \gamma}\rangle, where γ=1Z2α2\gamma=\sqrt{1 - Z^2 \alpha^2}. In the present paper we consider corrections to FIS which are due to the nuclear deformation and due to the predicted reduced charge density in the middle of the superheavy nuclei produced by a very strong proton repulsion (hole in the nuclear centre). Specifically, we investigate effects which can not be completely reduced to the change of r2\langle r^2 \rangle or r2γ\langle r^{2 \gamma}\rangle.

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@article{arxiv.1907.07435,
  title  = {Sensitivity of isotope shift to distribution of nuclear charge density},
  author = {V. V. Flambaum and V. A. Dzuba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.07435},
  year   = {2019}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures