Finite nuclear mass corrections to electric and magnetic interactions in diatomic molecules

Abstract

In order to interpret precise measurements of molecular properties the finite nuclear mass corrections to the Born-Oppenheimer approximation have to be accounted for. It is shown that they can be obtained systematically in the perturbative approach. The formulae for the leading corrections to the relativistic contribution to energy, the transition electric dipole moment, the electric polarizability, and the magnetic shielding constant are presented.Comment: 24 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev.