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Nuclear mass correction to the magnetic interaction of atomic systems

Krzysztof Pachucki
Phys. Rev. A 78, 012504 – Published 11 July 2008
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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 g 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

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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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Authors & Affiliations

Krzysztof Pachucki*

  • Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

  • *krp@fuw.edu.pl; www.fuw.edu.pl/~krp

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Vol. 78, Iss. 1 — July 2008

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