Abstract
The polarizabilities of the low lying states of the Mg+ and Ca+ ions are evaluated by diagonalizing the semi-empirical Hamiltonians in a large dimension single electron basis. The quadrupole moment of the metastable 3d state Ca+ is also calculated and is within 1% of a recent experimental value while being 5% smaller than some large ab-initio calculations. In addition, the long range dispersion coefficients for these ions interacting with a number of atoms are given. Oscillator strengths are also given and generally agree with the most sophisticated ab-initio calculations. The polarizabilities and dispersion coefficients can be used to estimate the frequency shifts of the Ca+ 4s ? 3d clock transition due to background electric fields and also collisions with a buffer gas. � 2007 EDP Sciences/Societ�taliana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 415-424 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | European Physical Journal D |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |