| Title | Blackbody-radiation shift in the Sr optical atomic clock |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Authors | M. S. Safronova, S. G. Porsev, U. I. Safronova, M. G. Kozlov, and C. W. Clark |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A |
| Volume | 87 |
| Pagination | 012509 |
| Date Published | jan |
| ISSN | 1050-2947 |
| Abstract | We evaluated the static and dynamic polarizabilities of the 5s(2) S-1(0) and 5s5p P-3(0)0 states of Sr using the high-precision relativistic configuration interaction combined with the all-order method. Our calculation explains the discrepancy between the recent experimental 5s(2) S-1(0) - 5s5p P-3(0)0 dc Stark shift measurement Delta alpha = 247.379(7) \{[\}Middelmann et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 263004 (2012)] and the earlier theoretical result of 261(4) a.u. \{[\} Porsev and Derevianko, Phys. Rev. A 74, 020502(R) (2006)]. Our present value of 247.5 a.u. is in excellent agreement with the experimental result. We also evaluated the dynamic correction to the BBR shift with 1% uncertainty; -0.1492(16) Hz. The dynamic correction to the BBR shift is unusually large in the case of Sr (7%) and it enters significantly into the uncertainty budget of the Sr optical lattice clock. We suggest future experiments that could further reduce the present uncertainties. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.012509 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.012509 |
