{"title":"Searches for New Particles Including Dark Matter with Atomic, Molecular and Optical Systems","authors":"Y. Stadnik, V. Flambaum","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-73893-8_31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73893-8_31","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8441,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Atomic Physics","volume":"2003 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89529240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced sensitivity to ultralight bosonic dark matter in the spectra of the linear radical SrOH","authors":"I. Kozyryev, Z. Lasner, J. Doyle","doi":"10.1103/PHYSREVA.103.043313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.103.043313","url":null,"abstract":"Coupling between Standard Model particles and theoretically well-motivated ultralight dark matter (UDM) candidates can lead to time variation of fundamental constants including the proton-to-electron mass ratio $muequiv m_{p}/m_{e}approx1836$. The presence of nearly-degenerate vibrational energy levels of different character in polyatomic molecules can result in significantly enhanced relative energy shifts in molecular spectra originating from $partial_{t}mu$, relaxing experimental complexity required for high-sensitivity measurements. We analyze the amplification of UDM effects in the spectrum of laser-cooled strontium monohydroxide (SrOH). SrOH is the first and, so far, the only polyatomic molecule to be directly laser cooled to sub-millikelvin temperatures, opening the possibility of long experimental coherence times. Because of the high enhancement factors ($left|Q_{mu}right|approx10^{3}$), measurements of the $tilde{X}left(200right)leftrightarrowtilde{X}left(03^{1}0right)$ rovibrational transitions of SrOH in the microwave regime can result in $sim10^{-17}$ fractional uncertainty in $deltamu/mu$ with one day of integration. Furthermore, ultracold SrOH provides a promising platform for suppressing systematic errors. More complex SrOR radicals with additional vibrational modes arising from larger ligands R could lead to even greater enhancement factors.","PeriodicalId":8441,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Atomic Physics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90769174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structure of the Balmer jump. The isolated hydrogen atom.","authors":"F. Calvo, L. Belluzzi, O. Steiner","doi":"10.1051/0004-6361/201731974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731974","url":null,"abstract":"Context. The spectrum of the hydrogen atom was explained by Bohr more than one century ago. We revisit here some of the aspects of the underlying quantum structure, with a modern formalism, focusing on the limit of the Balmer series. \u0000Aims. We investigate the behaviour of the absorption coefficient of the isolated hydrogen atom in the neighbourhood of the Balmer limit. \u0000Methods. We analytically computed the total cross-section arising from bound-bound and bound-free transitions in the isolated hydrogen atom at the Balmer limit, and established a simplified semi-analytical model for the surroundings of that limit. We worked within the framework of the formalism of Landi Degl'Innocenti & Landolfi (2004, Astrophys. Space Sci. Lib., 307), which permits an almost straight-forward generalization of our results to other atoms and molecules, and which is perfectly suitable for including polarization phenomena in the problem. \u0000Results. We analytically show that there is no discontinuity at the Balmer limit, even though the concept of a \"Balmer jump\" is still meaningful. Furthermore, we give a possible definition of the location of the Balmer jump, and we check that this location is dependent on the broadening mechanisms. At the Balmer limit, we compute the cross-section in a fully analytical way. \u0000Conclusions. The Balmer jump is produced by a rapid drop of the total Balmer cross-section, yet this variation is smooth and continuous when both bound-bound and bound-free processes are taken into account, and its shape and location is dependent on the broadening mechanisms.","PeriodicalId":8441,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Atomic Physics","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72546300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radio-over-fiber using an optical antenna based on Rydberg states of atoms","authors":"A. Deb, N. Kjærgaard","doi":"10.1063/1.5031033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5031033","url":null,"abstract":"We provide an experimental demonstration of a direct fiber-optic link for RF transmission (\"radio-over-fiber\") using a sensitive optical antenna based on a rubidium vapor cell. The scheme relies on measuring the transmission of laser light at an electromagnetically-induced transparency resonance that involves highly-excited Rydberg states. By dressing pairs of Rydberg states using microwave fields that act as local oscillators, we encoded RF signals in the optical frequency domain. The light carrying the information is linked via a virtually lossless optical fiber to a photodetector where the signal is retrieved. We demonstrate a signal bandwidth in excess of 1 MHz limited by the available coupling laser power and optical density. Our sensitive, non-metallic and readily scalable optical antenna for microwaves allows extremely low-levels of optical power ($sim 1, mu$W) throughput in the fiber-optic link. It offers a promising future platform for emerging wireless network infrastructures.","PeriodicalId":8441,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Atomic Physics","volume":"84 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91107607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. R. Scherer, C. Boschen, J. Noble, Mike Silveira, Dwayne Taylor, J. Tallant, K. Overstreet, S. Stein
{"title":"Analysis of Short-Term Stability of Miniature 171Yb+ Buffer Gas Cooled Trapped Ion Clock","authors":"D. R. Scherer, C. Boschen, J. Noble, Mike Silveira, Dwayne Taylor, J. Tallant, K. Overstreet, S. Stein","doi":"10.33012/2018.15609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33012/2018.15609","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate an improvement in short-term stability by a factor of 10 over a previous generation miniature buffer gas cooled trapped ion clock. We describe the enhancement to detection SNR that has enabled this improvement, the method of clock operation, and the measurement of clock short-term stability. Additionally, we numerically investigate the magnitude of the Dick effect in our pulsed ion clock.","PeriodicalId":8441,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Atomic Physics","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75783453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gauge-invariant formulation of time-dependent configuration interaction singles method","authors":"Takeshi Sato, T. Teramura, K. Ishikawa","doi":"10.3390/app8030433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/app8030433","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a gauge-invariant formulation of the channel orbital-based time-dependent configuration interaction singles (TDCIS) method [Phys. Rev. A 74, 043420 (2006)], one of the powerful ab initio methods to investigate electron dynamics in atoms and molecules subject to an external laser field. In the present formulation, we derive the equations of motion (EOMs) in the velocity gauge using gauge-transformed orbitals, not fixed orbitals, that are equivalent to the conventional EOMs in the length gauge using fixed orbitals. The new velocity-gauge EOMs avoid the use of the length-gauge dipole operator, which diverges at large distance, and allows to exploit computational advantages of the velocity-gauge treatment over the length-gauge one, e.g, a faster convergence in simulations with intense and long-wavelength lasers, and the feasibility of exterior complex scaling as an absorbing boundary. The reformulated TDCIS method is applied to an exactly solvable model of one-dimensional helium atom in an intense laser field to numerically demonstrate the gauge invariance. We also discuss the consistent method for evaluating the time derivative of an observable, relevant e.g, in simulating high-harmonic generation.","PeriodicalId":8441,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Atomic Physics","volume":"45 1","pages":"433"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83234677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dielectronic recombination data for dynamic finite-density plasmas XV. The silicon isoelectronic sequence","authors":"Jagjit Kaur, T. Gorczyca, N. Badnell","doi":"10.1051/0004-6361/201731243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731243","url":null,"abstract":"We aim to present a comprehensive theoretical investigation of dielectronic recombination (DR) of the silicon-like isoelectronic sequence and provide DR and radiative recombination (RR) data that can be used within a generalized collisional-radiative modelling framework. Total and final-state level-resolved DR and RR rate coefficients for the ground and metastable initial levels of 16 ions between $rm{P^{+}}$ and $rm{Zn^{16+}}$ are determined. We carried out multi-configurational Breit-Pauli (MCBP) DR calculations for silicon-like ions in the independent processes, isolated resonance, distorted wave (IPIRDW) approximation. Both $Delta n_c =0$ and $Delta n_c =1$ core excitations are included using $LS$ and intermediate coupling schemes. Results are presented for a selected number of ions and compared to all other existing theoretical and experimental data. The total dielectronic and radiative recombination rate coefficients for the ground state are presented in tabulated form for easy implementation into spectral modelling codes. These data can also be accessed from the Atomic Data and Analysis Structure (ADAS) OPEN-ADAS database. This work is a part of an assembly of a dielectronic recombination database for the modelling of dynamic finite-density plasmas.","PeriodicalId":8441,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Atomic Physics","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79161026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retardation effects in spectroscopic measurements of the Casimir-Polder interaction","authors":"J. C. Carvalho, P. Pedri, M. Ducloy, A. Laliotis","doi":"10.1103/physreva.97.023806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.97.023806","url":null,"abstract":"Spectroscopy is a unique experimental tool for measuring the fundamental Casimir-Polder interaction between excited state atoms, or other polarizable quantum objects, and a macroscopic surface. Spectroscopic measurements probe atoms at nanometric distances away from the surface where QED retardation is usually negligible and the atom-surface interaction is proportional to the inverse cube of the separation distance, otherwise known as the van der Waals regime. Here we focus on selective reflection, one of the main spectroscopic probes of Casimir-Polder interactions. We calculate for the first time selective reflection spectra using the full, distance dependent, Casimir-Polder energy shift and linewidth. We demonstrate that retardation can have significant effects, in particular for experiments with low-lying energy states. We also show that the effective probing depth of selective reflection spectroscopy depends on the transition linewidth. Our analysis allows us to calculate selective reflection spectra with composite surfaces, such as metasurfaces, dielectric stacks, or even bi-dimensional materials.","PeriodicalId":8441,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Atomic Physics","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88099877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laser-stimulated electric quadrupole transitions in the molecular hydrogen ion H2+","authors":"V. Korobov, P. Danev, D. Bakalov, S. Schiller","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevA.97.032505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.97.032505","url":null,"abstract":"Molecular hydrogen ions are of metrological relevance due to the possibility of precise theoretical evaluation of their spectrum and of external-field-induced shifts. We report the results of the calculations of the rate of laser-induced electric quadrupole transitions between a large set of ro-vibrational states of ${rm H_2^+}$. The hyperfine and Zeeman structure of the E2 transition spectrum and the effects of the laser polarization are treated in detail. We also present the nuclear spin-electron spin coupling constants, computed with a precision 10 times higher than previously.","PeriodicalId":8441,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Atomic Physics","volume":"199 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76396185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}