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We derive an expression for the magnetic blackbody shift of hyperfine transitions such as the cesium primary reference transition which defines the second. The shift is found to be a complicated function of temperature, and has a T^2…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-12-04 J. C. Berengut , V. V. Flambaum , J. King-Lacroix

Despite being a canonical example of quantum mechanical perturbation theory, as well as one of the earliest observed spectroscopic shifts, the Stark effect contributes the largest source of uncertainty in a modern optical atomic clock…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-04-18 J. A. Sherman , N. D. Lemke , N. Hinkley , M. Pizzocaro , R. W. Fox , A. D. Ludlow , C. W. Oates

We develop a nonstandard concept of atomic clocks where the blackbody radiation shift (BBRS) and its temperature fluctuations can be dramatically suppressed (by one to three orders of magnitude) independent of the environmental temperature.…

In many applications a source of the black-body radiation (BBR) can be highly anisotropic. This leads to the BBR shift that depends on tensor polarizability and on the projection of the total angular momentum of ions and atoms in a trap. We…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-02-23 Victor V. Flambaum , Sergey G. Porsev , Marianna S. Safronova

The differential polarizability, due to near-infrared light at 1126 nm, of the 27Al+ 1S0 -> 3P0 clock transition is measured to be 4\pi\epsilon_0 x (1.6 +/- 0.5) x 10^{-31} m^3. This measurement is combined with experimental oscillator…

With the development of microwave atomic clocks, the Zeeman shifts for the spectral lines of black-body radiation need to be investigated carefully. In this Letter, the frequency shifts of hyperfine splittings of atomic ground states due to…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-02-12 Jize Han , Yani Zuo , Jianwei Zhang , Lijun Wang

We report on an evaluation of an optical clock that uses the $\phantom{}^2S_{1/2} \rightarrow \phantom{}^2D_{5/2}$ transition of a single $^{88}$Sr$^+$ ion as the reference. In contrast to previous work, we estimate the effective…

We consider the Zeeman shift in Rydberg atoms induced by room-temperature blackbody radiation (BBR). BBR shifts to the Rydberg levels are dominated by the familiar BBR Stark shift. However, the BBR Stark shift and the BBR Zeeman shift…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-02 K. Beloy , B. D. Hunt , R. C. Brown , T. Bothwell , Y. S. Hassan , J. L. Siegel , T. Grogan , A. D. Ludlow

Black-body radiation (BBR) shifts of $^3\!P_0-^1\!S_0$ clock transition in divalent atoms Cd and Zn are evaluated using accurate relativistic many-body techniques of atomic structure. Static polarizabilities of the clock levels and relevant…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-08-18 Vladimir A. Dzuba , Andrei Derevianko

We have performed ab initio calculations of the frequency shift induced by a static electric field on the cesium clock hyperfine transition. The calculations are used to find the frequency shifts due to blackbody radiation. Our result…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. J. Angstmann , V. A. Dzuba , V. V. Flambaum

The next-to-leading order black-body radiation(BBR) shift to atomic energy-levels, namely $ (Z\alpha)^2\alpha T^2/m $ correction, was studied by using the nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics(NRQED). We also estimate the one-loop…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-05-10 Wanping Zhou , Xuesong Mei , Jingjun Lu , Haoxue Qiao

We evaluated the static and dynamic polarizabilities of the 5s^2 ^1S_0 and 5s5p ^3P_0^o states of Sr using the high-precision relativistic configuration interaction + all-order method. Our calculation explains the discrepancy between the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 M. S. Safronova , S. G. Porsev , U. I. Safronova , M. G. Kozlov , Charles W. Clark

Homonuclear molecules have emerged as a crucial component in the pursuit of frequency standards, offering a promising avenue for the discovery of new physics phenomena that transcend the standard model. They also provide a unique approach…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-10-29 T. Zalialiutdinov , Y. Demidov , D. Solovyev

We have determined the frequency shift that blackbody radiation is inducing on the $5s^2$ $^1$S$_0$ -- $5s5p$ $^3$P$_0$ clock transition in strontium. Previously its uncertainty limited the uncertainty of strontium lattice clocks to…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-01-01 Thomas Middelmann , Stephan Falke , Christian Lisdat , Uwe Sterr

An electronically variational approach to the calculation of atomic hyperfine structure transition energies under the influence of static external electric fields is presented. The method avoids the calculation of intermediate atomic states…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Timo Fleig

We show that optical spectroscopy of Rydberg states can provide accurate {\em in situ} thermometry at room-temperature. Transitions from a metastable state to Rydberg states with principal quantum numbers of 25 to 30 have 200 times larger…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-24 Vitali D. Ovsiannikov , Andrei Derevianko , Kurt Gibble

Controlling the Stark perturbation from ambient thermal radiation is key to advancing the performance of many atomic frequency standards, including state-of-the-art optical lattice clocks (OLCs). We demonstrate a cryogenic OLC that utilizes…

A calculation of the blackbody radiation shift of the B$^+$ clock transition is performed. The polarizabilities of the B$^+$ $2s^2$ $^1$S$^e$, $2s2p$ $^1$P$^o$, and $2s2p$ $^3$P$^o$ states are computed using the configuration interaction…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Yongjun Cheng , J. Mitroy

We report on the measurement of the contribution of the magnetic-dipole hyperfine interaction to the tensor polarizability of the electronic ground-state in $^{87}$Rb. This contribution was isolated by measuring the differential shift of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-11-04 Yehonatan Dallal , Roee Ozeri

The roles of the fine-structure intramanifold resonances to the Zeeman shifts caused by the blackbody radiation (BBRz shifts) in the optical clock transitions are analyzed. The clock frequency measurement in the $^1S_0-^3P_0$ clock…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-09-25 Zhi-Ming Tang , Yuan-Fei Wei , B. K. Sahoo , Cheng-Bin Li , Yang Yang , Yaming Zou , Xue-Ren Huang