http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.05989
A comprehensive study of the mass sensitivity of the vibration-rotation-inversion transitions of $^{14}$NH$_3$, $^{15}$NH$_3$, $^{14}$ND$_3$, and $^{15}$ND$_3$ is carried out variationally using the TROVE approach. Variational calculations are robust and accurate, offering a new way to compute sensitivity coefficients. Particular attention is paid to the $\Delta k=\pm 3$ transitions between the accidentally coinciding rotation-inversion energy levels of the $\nu_2=0^+,0^-,1^+$ and $1^-$ states, and the inversion transitions in the $\nu_4=1$ state affected by the “giant” $l$-type doubling effect. These transitions exhibit highly anomalous sensitivities, thus appearing as promising probes of a possible cosmological variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio $\mu$. Moreover, a simultaneous comparison of the calculated sensitivities reveals a sizeable isotopic dependence which could aid an exclusive ammonia detection.
A. Owens, S. Yurchenko, W. Thiel, et. al.
Mon, 25 May 15
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Comments: 18 pages, 2 figures, 10 tables