Abstract
Nuclear recoil corrections of order are calculated for the lowest-lying triplet states of the helium atom. It improves the theoretical prediction for the isotope shift of the transition energy and influences the determination of the nuclear charge radii difference. This calculation is a step forward on the way towards the direct determination of the charge radius of the helium nucleus from spectroscopic measurements.
- Received 12 October 2016
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.052508
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Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)
Atomic, Molecular & Optical