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We calculate the dependence of the nuclear magnetic moments on the quark masses including the spin-spin interaction effects and obtain limits on the variation of the fine structure constant $\alpha$ and $(m_q/\Lambda_{QCD})$ using recent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 V. V. Flambaum , A. F. Tedesco

The effect of fractal space time of the quantum particles on the variation of the fine structure constant $\alpha$ has been studied. The variation of fine structure constant has been investigated around De Broglie length $\lambda$ and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-05 A. Bhattacharya , A. Chandra , B. Chakrabarti

Sensitivity to temporal variation of the fundamental constants may be strongly enhanced in transitions between narrow close levels of different nature. This enhancement may be realized in a large number of molecules due to cancelation…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 V. V. Flambaum , M. G. Kozlov

There are indications from the study of quasar absorption spectra that the fine structure constant $\alpha$ may have been measurably smaller for redshifts $z>2.$ Analyses of other data ($^{149}$Sm fission rate for the Oklo natural reactor,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Luis Anchordoqui , Haim Goldberg

State-resolved laser spectroscopy at the 10$^{-12}$ precision level recently reported in $arXiv$:2406.18719 determined the fractional change in nuclear quadrupole moment between the ground and isomeric state of $^{229}\rm{Th}$, $\Delta…

Evidence from a large sample of quasar absorption-line spectra in damped Lyman-alpha systems has suggested a possible time variation of the fine structure constant alpha. The most statistically significant portion of this sample involves…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-15 Timothy P. Ashenfelter , Grant J. Mathews , Keith A. Olive

A new method for measuring a possible time dependence of the fine-structure constant ($\alpha$) is proposed. The method is based on the level-crossing in two-electron highly-charged ions facilitating resonance laser measurements of the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 O. Yu. Andreev , L. N. Labzowsky , G. Plunien , G. Soff

Symmetry adaptation techniques are applied to the determination of the intensity of two-photon absorption transitions, between Stark levels of configurations with opposite parities, for transition ions in finite symmetry environments. The…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Daoud , M. Kibler

A high-precision relativistic calculations of Cd-like Nd$^{12+}$, Sm$^{14+}$ and Sn-like Pr$^{9+}$, Nd$^{10+}$ atomic properties is carried out using an approach that combines configuration interaction and a linearized coupled-cluster…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 M. S. Safronova , V. A. Dzuba , V. V. Flambaum , U. I. Safronova , S. G. Porsev , M. G. Kozlov

We perform calculations of the dependence of nuclear magnetic moments on quark masses and obtain limits on the variation of the ratio of quark mass and strong interaction scale (m_q/Lambda_{QCD}) from recent atomic clock experiments with…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 V. V. Flambaum

This work reports radiative transition rates and electron impact excitation rate coefficients for levels of the n= 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 configurations of Ca II. The radiative data were computed using the Thomas-Fermi-Dirac central potential…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Melendez , M. A. Bautista , N. R. Badnell

The present work reports results from systematic multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock calculations of electronic isotope shift factors for a set of transitions between low-lying states in neutral aluminium. These electronic quantities…

A new method for examining the possible space-time variation of the fine structure constant ($\alpha$) is proposed. The technique uses a relatively simple measurement with an optical resonator to compare atom-stabilized optical frequency…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. R. Torgerson

Over a period of eight months, we have monitored transition frequencies between nearly degenerate, opposite-parity levels in two isotopes of atomic dysprosium (Dy). These transition frequencies are highly sensitive to temporal variation of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Cingoz , A. Lapierre , A. -T. Nguyen , N. Leefer , D. Budker , S. K. Lamoreaux , J. R. Torgerson

We explore the possibility that the reported time variation of the fine structure constant $\alpha$ is due to a coupling between electromagnetism and gravitation. This may reconcile the claimed results on $\alpha$ with the upper limit from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-23 J. P. Mbelek , M. Lachièze-Rey

We estimate sensitivity coefficients Q_\mu to variation of the electron-to-proton mass ratio \mu for microwave transitions in partly deuterated ammonia NH2D and ND2H. Because of the mixing between rotational and inversion degrees of freedom…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2010-03-26 M. G. Kozlov , A. V. Lapinov , S. A. Levshakov

Quantum oscillations of response functions in high magnetic fields tend to reveal some of the most interesting properties of metals. In particular, the oscillation phase shift is sensitive to topological band features, thereby helping to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-26 M. Breitkreiz , N. Bovenzi , J. Tworzydlo

We briefly review the recent experimental results on possible variations of the fine structure constant $\alpha$ on the cosmological time scale and its position dependence. We outline the theoretical grounds for the assumption that $\alpha$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-05-11 K. A. Bronnikov , S. A. Kononogov

We investigate the triple-alpha process and the Oklo phenomenon to obtain constraints on possible cosmological time variations of fundamental constants. Specifically we study cosmological temporal constraints for the fine structure constant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Oberhummer , A. Csoto , M. Fairbairn , H. Schlattl , M. M. Sharma

We propose 10 highly-charged ions as candidates for the development of next generation atomic clocks, quantum information, and search for $\alpha$-variation. They have long-lived metastable states with transition frequencies to the ground…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 M. S. Safronova , V. A. Dzuba , V. V. Flambaum , U. I. Safronova , S. G. Porsev , M. G. Kozlov