Isotope shifts of the transition energies in Be-like thorium and uranium

Abstract

Precise calculations of the isotope shifts in berylliumlike thorium and uranium ions are presented. The main contributions to the field and mass shifts are calculated within the framework of the Dirac–Coulomb–Breit Hamiltonian employing the configuration-interaction Dirac–Fock–Sturm method. These calculations include the relativistic, electron–electron correlation, and Breit-interaction effects. The QED, nuclear deformation, and nuclear polarization corrections are also evaluated.