2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/190975The electric polarizability and logarithmic mean-excitation energy are calculated for the deuteron using techniques introduced in atomic physics. These results are then used to improve limits on the atomic-deuterium frequency shift due to nuclear polarization in the unretarded dipole limit, as well as confirming previous results.7 pages, latex -- To appear in Phys. Rev. C --Nuclear TheoryAtomic Physicstext