title: Nuclear polarization study: new frontiers for tests of QED in heavy highly charged ions.
abstract: A systematic investigation of the nuclear polarization effects in one- and few-electron heavy ions is presented. The nuclear polarization corrections in the zeroth and first orders in 1/Z are evaluated to the binding energies, the hyperfine splitting, and the bound-electron g factor. It is shown that the nuclear polarization contributions can be substantially canceled simultaneously with the rigid nuclear corrections. This allows for new prospects for probing the QED effects in a strong electromagnetic field and the determination of fundamental constants.
authors: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstraße 13, D-01062 Dresden, Germany and Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Oulianovskaya 1, Petrodvorets, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors: Andrey V
authors: AV
authors: Volotka
authors: Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstraße 13, D-01062 Dresden, Germany.
authors: Günter
authors: G
authors: Plunien