Nuclear Sizes and the Isotope Shift

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dc.creatorFriar, J. L.
dc.creatorMartorell, J.
dc.creatorSprung, D. W. L.
dc.date1997-07-11
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dc.descriptionDarwin-Foldy nuclear-size corrections in electronic atoms and nuclear radii are discussed from the nuclear-physics perspective. Interpretation of precise isotope-shift measurements is formalism dependent, and care must be exercised in interpreting these results and those obtained from relativistic electron scattering from nuclei. We strongly advocate that the entire nuclear-charge operator be used in calculating nuclear-size corrections in atoms, rather than relegating portions of it to the non-radiative recoil corrections. A preliminary examination of the intrinsic deuteron radius obtained from isotope-shift measurements suggests the presence of small meson-exchange currents (exotic binding contributions of relativistic order) in the nuclear charge operator, which contribute approximately 1/2%.
dc.description17 pages, latex, 1 figure -- Submitted to Phys. Rev. A -- epsfig.sty required
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9707016
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9707016
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.A56:4579-4586,1997
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.56.4579
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/208066
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.subjectAtomic Physics
dc.titleNuclear Sizes and the Isotope Shift
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