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Contemplating to register signature of a new vector boson unambiguously from the measured non-linear isotope shift (IS) effects in three recent experiments [Phys. Rev. X {\bf 12}, 021033 (2022); Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 128}, 163201 (2022) and…
We revisit $F_\pi(Q^2)$ and $F_{P\gamma}(Q^2)$, $P=\pi,\eta,\eta'$, making use of the local-duality (LD) version of QCD sum rules. We give arguments, that the LD sum rule provides reliable predictions for these form factors at $Q^2 \ge 5-6$…
We present systematic calculations on the spectroscopy and transition properties of even-even Te isotopes by using the large-scale configuration interaction shell model approach with a realistic interaction. These nuclei are of particular…
The relativistic coupled-cluster single-double method is used to calculate the dependence of frequencies of strong $E1$-transitions in many monovalent atoms and ions on the fine-structure constant $\alpha$. These transitions are used in the…
In the framework based on the quasipotential method and relativistic quark model a new covariant expression for the heavy quark fragmentation amplitude to fragment into the pseudoscalar and vector S-wave heavy mesons is obtained. It…
We present an approach using a combination of coupled channel scattering calculations with a machine- learning technique based on Gaussian Process regression to determine the sensitivity of the rate constants for non-adiabatic transitions…
The hyperfine structure of the S1/2-D5/2 quadrupole transition at 729 nm in 43Ca+ has been investigated by laser spectroscopy using a single trapped 43Ca+ ion. We determine the hyperfine structure constants of the metastable level as…
The QCD evolution of the pion distribution amplitude (DA) $\phi_\pi(x,Q^2)$ is computed for several commonly used models. Our analysis includes the nonperturbative form predicted by light-front holographic QCD, thus combining the…
Discontinuous quantum phase transitions and the associated metastability play central roles in diverse areas of physics ranging from ferromagnetism to false vacuum decay in the early universe. Using strongly-interacting ultracold atoms in…
Adiabatic passage employs a slowly varying time-dependent Hamiltonian to control the evolution of a quantum system along the Hamiltonian eigenstates. For processes of finite duration, the exact time evolving state may deviate from the…
We quantitatively characterize the metastability in a multi-phase lattice Boltzmann model. The structure factor of density fluctuations is theoretically obtained and numerically verified to a high precision, for all simulated wave-vectors…
Radiative transitions between charmonium states offer an insight into the internal structure of heavy-quark bound states within QCD. We compute, for the first time within lattice QCD, the transition form-factors of various multipolarities…
We study the metastable equilibrium properties of the Potts model with heat-bath transition rates using a novel expansion. The method is especially powerful for large number of state spin variables and it is notably accurate in a rather…
The perturbative QCD corrections to the nonleptonic decay rate of the $b$ quark are discussed. By considering the limit where the final charmed quarks are slow, it is argued that the coefficients of the $\alpha_s^2$ terms, corresponding to…
We present the transition amplitude for a particle moving in a space with two times and D space dimensions having a Sp(2,R) local symmetry and an SO(D,2) rigid symmetry. It was obtained from the BRST-BFV quantization with a unique gauge…
A relativistic theory of the Zeeman splitting of hyperfine levels in two-fermion systems is presented. The approach is based on the variational equation for bound states derived from quantum electrodynamics [1]. Relativistic corrections to…
Inelastic electron scattering form factors for 10B are fitted with polynomial times Gaussian expressions in the variable y = (bq/2)**2 to extract electromagnetic transition strengths at the photon point.
Over five years we have compared the hyperfine frequencies of 133Cs and 87Rb atoms in their electronic ground state using several laser cooled 133Cs and 87Rb atomic fountains with an accuracy of ~10^{-15}. These measurements set a stringent…
An atom exposed to an electric field will experience Stark shifts of its internal energy levels, proportional to their polarizabilities. In optical frequency metrology, the Stark shift due to background black-body radiation (BBR) modifies…
The electromagnetic transition between the almost degenerate 5/2+ and 3/2+ states in Th229 is deemed to be very sensitive to potential changes in the fine structure constant alpha. State of the art Hartree-Fock and Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov…