Tan, J.
, Brewer, S.
and Guise, N.
(2011),
Experiment at NIST towards one-electron ions in circular Rydberg states, Journal of Physics Conference Proceedings
(Accessed December 4, 2023)
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Experiment at NIST towards one-electron ions in circular Rydberg states
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Abstract
An experimental effort is underway at NIST to enable tests of theory with oneelectron ions synthesized in circular Rydberg states from captured bare nuclei. Problematic effects which limit the accuracy of predicted energy levels for low-lying states are vanishingly small for high angular momentum (high-L) states; in particular, the nuclear-size correction for high-L states is completely negligible for any foreseeable improvement of measurement precision. The goal is to capture bare nuclei in an ion trap and make one-electron atoms in circular Rydberg states with dipole (E1) transitions in the optical domain accessible to a frequency comb.Citation
Journal of Physics Conference Proceedings
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Journals
Keywords
highly charged ions, ion trapping, hydrogen-like ions, fundamental constants, Rydberg states
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Created June 20, 2011, Updated February 19, 2017