Polarizabilities of Rn-like Th4+ from rf spectroscopy of Th3+ Rydberg levels
J.A. Keele (1), S.R. Lundeen (1), C.W. Fehrenbach (2) ((1) Colorado, State University, (2) Kansas State University)
TL;DR
This study uses rf spectroscopy and RESIS to measure the polarizabilities of Th4+ ions via high-L Rydberg levels of Th3+, providing experimental data to test relativistic ion theories.
Contribution
It presents the first high-resolution measurements of Th3+ Rydberg levels to determine Th4+ polarizabilities, validating theoretical models for highly relativistic ions.
Findings
Dipole polarizability of Th4+ is 7.720(7) a.u.
Quadrupole polarizability of Th4+ is 21.5(3.9) a.u.
Results test and support relativistic atomic theories.
Abstract
High resolution studies of the fine structure pattern in high-L n=37 levels of Th3+ have been carried out using radio-frequency (rf) spectroscopy detected with Resonant Excitation Stark Ionization Spectroscopy (RESIS). Intervals separating L=9 to L=15 levels have been measured, and the results analyzed with the long-range effective potential model. The dipole polarizability of Th4+is determined to be aD= 7.720(7) a.u.. The quadrupole polarizability is found to be 21.5(3.9) a.u. Both measurements represent significant tests of a-priori theoretical descriptions of this highly relativistic ion.
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