Precision Atomic Physics Techniques for Nuclear Physics with Radioactive Beams

Abstract

Atomic physics techniques for the determination of ground-state properties of radioactive isotopes are very sensitive and provide accurate masses, binding energies, Q-values, charge radii, spins, and electromagnetic moments. Many fields in nuclear physics benefit from these highly accurate numbers. They give insight into details of the nuclear structure for a better understanding of the underlying effective interactions, provide important input for studies of fundamental symmetries in physics, and help to understand the nucleosynthesis processes that are responsible for the observed chemical abundances in the Universe. Penning-trap and and storage-ring mass spectrometry as well as laser spectroscopy of radioactive nuclei have now been used for a long time but significant progress has been achieved in these fields within the last decade. The basic principles of laser spectroscopic investigations, Penning-trap and storage-ring mass measurements of short-lived nuclei are summarized and selected physics results are discussed.

63 pages, 28 figures, review article

References in corpus (28)

• The r-process of stellar nucleosynthesis: Astrophysics and nuclear physics achievements and mysteries
• Experimental quantum computing without entanglement
• Superallowed 0+ to 0+ nuclear beta decays: A new survey with precision tests of the conserved vector current hypothesis and the standard model
• High-precision determination of the electric and magnetic form factors of the proton
• Evolution of shell structure in neutron-rich calcium isotopes
• Nuclear Charge Radii of Be-7,9,10 and the one-neutron halo nucleus Be-11
• Q value of the 100Mo Double-Beta Decay
• Evolution of the N=50 shell gap energy towards ${}^{78}$Ni
• Direct mapping of nuclear shell effects in the heaviest elements
• Nuclear Structure in the Framework of the Unitary Correlation Operator Method
• High-precision mass measurements of nickel, copper, and gallium isotopes and the purported shell closure at N=40
• Mass measurements in the vicinity of the rp-process and the nu p-process paths with JYFLTRAP and SHIPTRAP
• New precision mass measurements of neutron-rich calcium and potassium isotopes and three-nucleon forces
• TRIGA-SPEC: A setup for mass spectrometry and laser spectroscopy at the research reactor TRIGA Mainz
• Relativistic, QED, and finite nuclear mass corrections for low-lying states of Li and Be${}^{+}$
• Nuclear spins, magnetic moments and quadrupole moments of Cu isotopes from N = 28 to N = 46: probes for core polarization effects
• Double-beta decay Q values of 130Te, 128Te, and 120Te
• Magnetic dipole moment of 57,59Cu measured by in-gas-cell laser spectroscopy
• Mass measurements beyond the major r-process waiting point 80Zn
• Precision Measurement of 11Li moments: Influence of Halo Neutrons on the 9Li Core
• Mass measurements near the $r$-process path using the Canadian Penning Trap mass spectrometer
• Living on the edge of stability, the limits of the nuclear landscape
• Evolution of the N=28 shell closure: a test bench for nuclear forces
• Mass measurements of very neutron-deficient Mo and Tc isotopes and their impact on rp process nucleosynthesis
• Charge radius and dipole response of ${}^{11}$Li
• Penning-trap mass spectrometry of highly charged, neutron-rich Rb and Sr isotopes in the vicinity of $A\approx 100$
• Nuclear Magnetic Moment of the 57Cu Ground State
• Texas A&M Penning Trap Facility - Design of the Measurement Trap

Cited by in corpus (64)

• Origin of the Heaviest Elements: the Rapid Neutron-Capture Process
• Unexpectedly large charge radii of neutron-rich calcium isotopes
• Laser Spectroscopy for the Study of Exotic Nuclei
• Probing the N = 32 shell closure below the magic proton number Z = 20: Mass measurements of the exotic isotopes 52,53K
• Dawning of the N=32 shell closure seen through precision mass measurements of neutron-rich titanium isotopes
• Machine learning the nuclear mass
• Halos and related structures
• Precision isotope shift measurements in Ca${}^{+}$ using highly sensitive detection schemes
• Nuclear shape coexistence: A study of the even-even Hg isotopes using the interacting boson model with configuration mixing
• Precision Mass Measurements of 129-131Cd and Their Impact on Stellar Nucleosynthesis via the Rapid Neutron Capture Process
• Opportunities for Fundamental Physics Research with Radioactive Molecules
• Precision spectroscopy by photon-recoil signal amplification
• Neutrinoless Double-Electron Capture
• High-resolution, accurate MR-TOF-MS for short-lived, exotic nuclei of few events in their ground and low-lying isomeric states
• Complete ${\alpha }^{7}m$ Lamb shift of helium triplet states
• Storage ring mass spectrometry for nuclear structure and astrophysics research
• Decay-assisted collinear resonance ionization spectroscopy: Application to neutron-deficient francium
• Shell structure of potassium isotopes deduced from their magnetic moments
• In-gas-cell laser ionization spectroscopy in the vicinity of 100Sn: Magnetic moments and mean-square charge radii of N=50-54 Ag
• Part-per-billion measurement of the $4^2{S}_{1/2}\to 3^2{D}_{5/2}$ electric quadrupole transition isotope shifts between ${}^{42,44,48}$Ca${}^{+}$ and ${}^{40}$Ca${}^{+}$
• Breakdown of the Isobaric Multiplet Mass Equation for the A = 20 and 21 Multiplets
• Changes in nuclear structure along the Mn isotopic chain studied via charge radii
• Will a decaying atom feel a friction force?
• Efficient, high-resolution resonance laser ionization spectroscopy using weak transitions to long-lived excited states
• New charge radius relations for atomic nuclei
• Nuclear shape coexistence in Po isotopes: An interacting boson model study
• Deviations from Born-Oppenheimer mass scaling in spectroscopy and ultracold molecular physics
• The next generation of laser spectroscopy experiments using light muonic atoms
• Hyperfine-induced effects on the linear polarization of the K${\alpha }_1$ emission from helium-like ions
• Unexpectedly large difference of the electron density at the nucleus in the 4p ${}^2$P${}_{1/2,3/2}$ fine-structure doublet of Ca${}^{+}$
• Extinction of the N=20 neutron-shell closure for 32Mg examined by direct mass measurements
• Toward precision mass measurements of neutron-rich nuclei relevant to $r$-process nucleosynthesis
• Study of bound states in 12Be through low-energy 11Be(d,p)-transfer reactions
• In-gas-cell laser spectroscopy for magnetic dipole moment of ${}^{199}$Pt toward $N=$ 126
• Frequency-comb based collinear laser spectroscopy of Be for nuclear structure investigations and many-body QED tests
• Odd-even staggering and shell effects of charge radii for nuclei with even $Z$ from $36$ to $38$ and from $52$ to $62$
• Precision mass measurements of ${}^{125-127}$Cd isotopes and isomers approaching the $N=82$ closed shell
• The TITAN in-trap decay spectroscopy facility at TRIUMF
• Ab-initio coupled-cluster calculations of ground and dipole excited states in 8He
• High-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy of Long-Lived Plutonium Isotopes
• Mass measurements of neutron-rich Rb and Sr isotopes
• Laser Resonance Chromatography of Superheavy Elements
• A Single-Ion Reservoir as a High-Sensitive Sensor of Electric Signals
• Spins and magnetic moments of 58;60;62;64Mn ground states and isomers
• Precision mass measurements of magnesium isotopes and implications on the validity of the Isobaric Mass Multiplet Equation
• Vacuum Friction
• Exploiting transport properties for the detection of optical pumping in heavy ions
• Violation of the equivalence principle induced by oscillating rest mass and transition frequency, and its detection in atom interferometers
• Instrumentation for high-resolution laser spectroscopy at the ALTO radioactive-beam facility
• King-plot analysis of isotope shifts in simple diatomic molecules
• Trapped-ion decay spectroscopy towards the determination of ground-state components of double-beta decay matrix elements
• Extending the applicability of an open-ring trap to perform experiments with a single laser-cooled ion
• Status and Outlook of CHIP-TRAP: the Central Michigan University High Precision Penning Trap
• Improvements to TITAN's Mass Measurement and Decay Spectroscopy Capabilities
• A Facility for Production and Laser Cooling of Cesium Isotopes and Isomers
• Mapping the frontiers of the nuclear mass surface
• Transition frequencies, isotope shifts, and hyperfine structure in $4s\to 4p$ transitions of Ti${}^{+}$ ions
• Raman velocity filter as a tool for collinear laser spectroscopy
• The qspec Python package: A physics toolbox for laser spectroscopy
• High-resolution spectroscopy of barium monofluoride: Odd isotopologues, hyperfine structure and isotope shifts
• Magnetic hyperfine structure constants of ${}^{137}$BaF in the ${}^2{\Pi }_{1/2}$ and ${}^2{\Pi }_{3/2}$ excited states
• A new beamline for Resonant Excitation of Beams with Electromagnetic fields and Lasers (REBEL) and Stopping and Trapping of Radioactive Isotopes for Precision Experiments (STRIPE)
• Nd${}^{+}$ isotope shift measurements in a cryogenically-cooled neutral plasma
• Formation of Two-Ion Crystals by Injection from a Paul-Trap Source into a High-Magnetic-Field Penning Trap