Global isotopic analysis of hyperfine-resolved rotational spectroscopic data for barium monofluoride, BaF

Abstract

New high-precision microwave spectroscopic measurements and analysis of rotational energy level transitions in the ground vibronic state of the open-shell BaF molecule are reported with the purpose of contributing to studies of physics beyond the Standard Model. BaF is currently among the key candidate molecules being examined in the searches for a measurable electron electric dipole moment, eEDM, as well as the nuclear anapole moment. Employing Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy, these new pure rotational transition frequencies for the 138Ba19F, 137Ba19F, 136Ba19F, 135Ba19F, and 134Ba19F isotopologues are analyzed here in a combined global fit with previous microwave data sets for 138Ba19F (v = 0 - 4), 137Ba19F, and 136Ba19F using the program SPFIT. As a result, hyperfine parameters are significantly improved, and we observe a distinctive structure in a Born-Oppenheimer breakdown (BOB) analysis of the primary rotational constant. This can be understood using the nuclear field shifts due to the known isotopic variation in the size of barium nuclei and in combination with the smaller linear mass-dependent BOB terms.

23 pages, 2 figures, 5 tables. v2: Added Table 1, updated Figure 2, added several references, and added some further discussion and clarification to main text and captions

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