https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2008-00105-4
Nuclear recoil effect on the magnetic-dipole decay rates of atomic levels
1
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstraße 13, 01062 Dresden, Germany
2
Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Oulianovskaya 1, Petrodvorets, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
Corresponding author: a volotka@theory.phy.tu-dresden.de
Received:
6
March
2008
Revised:
1
May
2008
Published online:
30
May
2008
The effect of finite nuclear mass on the magnetic-dipole transition probabilities between fine-structure levels of the same term is investigated. Based on a rigorous QED approach a nonrelativistic formula for the recoil correction to first order in me/M is derived. Numerical results for transitions of experimental interest are presented.
PACS: 31.30.Gs – Hyperfine interactions and isotope effects, Jahn-Teller effect / 32.70.Cs – Oscillator strengths, lifetimes, transition moments
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2008
