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Sensitivity to new physics of isotope-shift studies using the coronal lines of highly charged calcium ions

Nils-Holger Rehbehn1,*, Michael K. Rosner1, Hendrik Bekker1,2, Julian C. Berengut3,1, Piet O. Schmidt4,5, Steven A. King4, Peter Micke4,1, Ming Feng Gu6, Robert Müller4,7 et al.

Andrey Surzhykov4,7,8 and José R. Crespo López-Urrutia1,†

  • 1Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
  • 2Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
  • 3School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
  • 4Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany
  • 5Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
  • 6Space Science Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
  • 7Technische Universität Braunschweig, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
  • 8Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology Braunschweig, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany

  • *nils.rehbehn@mpi-hd.mpg.de
  • †crespojr@mpi-hd.mpg.de
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Phys. Rev. A 103, L040801 – Published 21 April, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.L040801

Abstract

Promising searches for new physics beyond the current standard model (SM) of particle physics are feasible through isotope-shift spectroscopy, which is sensitive to a hypothetical fifth force between the neutrons of the nucleus and the electrons of the shell. Such an interaction would be mediated by a new particle which could in principle be associated with dark matter. In so-called King plots, the mass-scaled frequency shifts of two optical transitions are plotted against each other for a series of isotopes. Subtle deviations from the expected linearity could reveal such a fifth force. Here, we study experimentally and theoretically six transitions in highly charged ions of Ca, an element with five stable isotopes of zero nuclear spin. Some of the transitions are suitable for upcoming high-precision coherent laser spectroscopy and optical clocks. Our results provide a sufficient number of clock transitions for—in combination with those of singly charged Ca+—application of the generalized King plot method. This will allow future high-precision measurements to remove higher-order SM-related nonlinearities and open a door to yet more sensitive searches for unknown forces and particles.

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Phys. Rev. A 103, L040801– Published 21 April, 2021
  • Received 3 February 2021
  • Accepted 31 March 2021
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