Probing fundamental physics with spin-based quantum sensors

DF Jackson Kimball, D Budker, TE Chupp, AA Geraci… - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
The applications of spin-based quantum sensors to measurements probing fundamental
physics are surveyed. Experimental methods and technologies developed for spin-based …

Sensitivity of nuclear clock transition to variation of the fine-structure constant

P Fadeev, JC Berengut, VV Flambaum - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
Peik and Tamm [Europhys. Lett. 61, 181 (2003) EULEEJ 0295-5075 10.1209/epl/i2003-
00210-x] proposed a nuclear clock based on the isomeric transition between the ground …

Quadrupole-octupole coupling and the onset of octupole deformation in actinides

K Nomura, R Rodríguez-Guzmán, LM Robledo… - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
The evolution of quadrupole and octupole collectivity and their coupling is investigated in a
series of even-even isotopes of the actinides Ra, Th, U, Pu, Cm, and Cf with neutron number …

Microscopic description of octupole collective excitations near and

K Nomura, L Lotina, T Nikšić, D Vretenar - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
Octupole deformations and related collective excitations are analyzed using the framework
of nuclear density functional theory. Axially symmetric quadrupole-octupole constrained self …

Beyond-mean-field description of octupolarity in dysprosium isotopes with the Gogny-D1M energy density functional

R Rodríguez-Guzmán, LM Robledo - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
The emergence and stability of (static) octupole deformation effects in Dy isotopes from drip
line to drip line (72≤ N≤ 142) are analyzed in this paper using mean-field and beyond …

Nuclear physics midterm plan at Legnaro National Laboratories (LNL)

M Ballan, S Bottoni, M Caamaño, A Caciolli… - … Physical Journal Plus, 2023 - epjplus.epj.org
The next years will see the completion of the radioactive ion beam facility SPES (Selective
Production of Exotic Species) and the upgrade of the accelerators complex at Istituto …

Evolution of octupole deformation and collectivity in neutron-rich lanthanides

K Nomura, R Rodríguez-Guzmán, LM Robledo… - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
The onset of octupole deformation and its impact on related spectroscopic properties is
studied in even-even neutron-rich lanthanide isotopes Xe, Ba, Ce, and Nd with neutron …

Fine-structure constant sensitivity of the Th-229 nuclear clock transition

K Beeks, GA Kazakov, F Schaden, I Morawetz… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
State-resolved laser spectroscopy at the 10$^{-12} $ precision level recently reported in $
arXiv $: 2406.18719 determined the fractional change in nuclear quadrupole moment …

The angular momentum and parity projected multidimensionally constrained relativistic Hartree–Bogoliubov model

K Wang, BN Lu - Communications in Theoretical Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Nuclear deformations are fundamentally important in nuclear physics. We recently
developed a multidimensionally constrained relativistic Hartree–Bogoliubov (MDCRHB) …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomy of octupole correlations in 96Zr with a symmetry-restored multidimensionally-constrained covariant density functional theory

YT Rong, XY Wu, BN Lu, JM Yao - Physics Letters B, 2023 - Elsevier
A recent analysis based on the STAR measurement in relativistic heavy-ion collision
experiments provides evidence of octupole correlation in the ground state of 96 Zr, the …