Abstract
The electromagnetic interaction of an atom or ion with an arbitrary spin nucleus is considered. The effective atomic interaction Hamiltonian is derived by a sequence of unitary transformations to separate out the total motion from the internal degrees of freedom. The obtained finite nuclear mass corrections modify the atomic energy levels in the magnetic field. We present resulting contributions to the electron factor, the NMR shielding factor, and the magnetic susceptibility.
- Received 22 May 2008
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.78.012504
©2008 American Physical Society
Synopsis
Spin doctoring the Dirac equation
Published 14 July 2008
The Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations provide a full relativistic description for particles with spin ½ and 0, respectively. A calculation now shows how to extend this description to particles, such as nuclei, with spin greater than ½.
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