Narrow atomic transitions with enhanced sensitivity to variation of the fine structure constant

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1937-1944

  Angstmann, E J ^a   Dzuba, V A ^a   Flambaum, V V ^a,b   Nevsky, A Yu ^c   Karshenboim, S G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d D I MENDELEYEV INSTITUTE FOR METROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC STATES; FINE STRUCTURE CONSTANT; TRANSITION FREQUENCY;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 33645739254     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/39/8/011     Document Type: Article

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