Carter works on extending methods for high-precission atomic structure calculations for fundamental physics studies, particularly the high-accuracy inclusion of radiative QED effects into many-body atomic structure calculations. Primary supervisor: Dr. Jacinda Ginges.

Publications during PhD

• Vacuum polarization corrections to hyperfine structure in many-electron atoms, J. C. Hasted, C. J. Fairhall, O. R. Smits, B. M. Roberts, J. S. M. Ginges, [arXiv:2409.17979]
• QED radiative corrections to electric dipole amplitudes in heavy atoms, C. J. Fairhall, B. M. Roberts, and J. S. M. Ginges, Phys. Rev. A 107, 022813 (2023), [arXiv:2212.11490]
• Electric dipole transition amplitudes for atoms and ions with one valence electron, B. M. Roberts, C. J. Fairhall, and J. S. M. Ginges, Phys. Rev. A 107, 052812 (2023), [arXiv:2211.11134]

Conferences/Worskhops during PhD

• AIP (Australian Institute of Physics) Congress (poster), Melbourne, 2024
• 14th REHE Conference (talk), Amersfoort, The Netherlands, 2024
• AIP (Australian Institute of Physics) Summer Meeting (talk), ANU, 2023
• 9th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology (poster), Kingsclif NSW, 2023
• AIP (Australian Institute of Physics) Congress (poster), Adelaide, 2022
• DAMOP (poster, virtual), 2022