Studies of all order correlation effects in the isotope shifts and fine structure variation constants: Applications to Na and Mg+

TL;DR

This paper investigates electron correlation effects on isotope shifts and fine structure variations in Na and Mg+ using relativistic coupled-cluster calculations, identifying potential lines for probing fundamental constant variations.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of correlation effects and presents new calculations of fine structure constant variation coefficients for Na and Mg+ states.

Findings

Correlation effects significantly influence isotope shift calculations.

Identified transition lines suitable for detecting variations in the fine structure constant.

Comparison with previous results highlights improvements in accuracy.

Abstract

We study the electron correlation effects in the calculations of isotope shifts in Na and Mg+ using the relativistic coupled-cluster method. The trends of the correlation effects are explicitly discussed and comparison of the present results with the previously reported results are given. We also present the fine structure constant variation coefficients for many states in the above systems. From these results, it is possible to find out suitable transition lines those can be used as anchor and probe lines in finding possible variation in the fine structure constant.