Relativistic effects in NiII and the search for variation of the fine-structure constant

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作者
Dzuba, VA [1 ]
Flambaum, VV [1 ]
Murphy, MT [1 ]
Webb, JK [1 ]
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[1] Univ New S Wales, Sch Phys, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2001年 / 63卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.63.042509
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Theories unifying gravity and other interactions suggest the possibility of spatial and temporal variation of physical "constants" in the Universe. Detection of high redshift absorption systems intersecting the sight lines toward distant quasars provides a powerful tool for measuring these variations. In the present paper we demonstrate that high sensitivity to variation of the fine-structure constant a can be obtained by comparing cosmic and laboratory spectra of the Ni II ion. Relativistic effects in Ni II reveal many interesting features. The Ni II spectrum exhibits avoided level crossings under variation of a and the intervals between the levels have strong nonlinear dependencies on relativistic corrections. The values of the transition frequency shifts, due to the change of alpha, vary significantly from state to state including changes of sign. This enhances the sensitivity to the variation of alpha and reduces possible systematic errors. Calculations of the a dependence of the nickel ion spectral lines that an detectable in quasar absorption spectra have been performed using a relativistic configuration interaction method.
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