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most citedLaser spectroscopy of neutron-rich Hg isotopes: Illuminating the kink and odd-even staggering in charge radii across the shell closure

81 citations · 491 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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nucl-ex2025★ 1 cited

Extending the low- "border'' of the region of deformation with precision mass spectrometry of Kr

D. Lunney, V. Manea, M. Mougeot +17

The onset of collective nuclear behavior in the , , region is examined through high-precision mass measurements of Kr, performed with the ISOLTRAP mas…

nucl-ex2021★ 16 cited

Charge radii, moments and masses of mercury isotopes across the N = 126 shell closure

T. Day Goodacre, A. V. Afanasjev, A. E. Barzakh +48

Combining laser spectroscopy in a Versatile Arc Discharge and Laser Ion Source, with Penning-trap mass spectrometry at the CERN-ISOLDE facility, this work reports on mean-square ch…

nucl-ex2021★ 58 cited

Mass measurements of 99-101In challenge ab initio nuclear theory of the nuclide 100Sn

M. Mougeot, D. Atanasov, J. Karthein +23

100Sn is of singular interest for nuclear structure. Its closed-shell proton and neutron configuration exhibit exceptional binding and 100Sn is the heaviest nucleus comprising prot…

nucl-ex2020★ 81 cited

Laser spectroscopy of neutron-rich Hg isotopes: Illuminating the kink and odd-even staggering in charge radii across the shell closure

T. Day Goodacre, A. V. Afanasjev, A. E. Barzakh +41

The mean-square charge radii of Hg () have been studied for the first time and those of Hg () remeasured by the applicat…

nucl-ex2020★ 1 cited

Masses of short-lived , , , and stable nuclides

I. Kulikov, A. Algora, D. Atanasov +13

Mass measurements of Sc, As, Br and Hg nuclides produced at CERN's radioactive-ion beam facility ISOLDE are presented. The measurements were perform…

nucl-ex2020★ 19 cited

Examining the = 28 shell closure through high-precision mass measurements of Ar

Maxime Mougeot, Dinko Atanasov, Carlo Barbieri +21

The strength of the = 28 magic number in neutron-rich argon isotopes is examined through high-precision mass measurements of Ar, performed with the ISOLTRAP mass spec…

physics.ins-det2020★ 21 cited

Positron production using a 9 MeV electron linac for the GBAR experiment

M. Charlton, J. J. Choi, M. Chung +67

For the GBAR (Gravitational Behaviour of Antihydrogen at Rest) experiment at CERN's Antiproton Decelerator (AD) facility we have constructed a source of slow positrons, which uses…

nucl-ex2020★ 53 cited

First glimpse of the shell closure below from masses of neutron-rich cadmium isotopes and isomers

V. Manea, J. Karthein, D. Atanasov +18

We probe the nuclear shell closure by mass measurements of neutron-rich cadmium isotopes with the ISOLTRAP spectrometer at ISOLDE-CERN. The new mass of Cd offers the…

nucl-ex2019★ 1 cited

-value determination for NaNe and MgNa mirror-nuclei decays using high-precision mass spectrometry with ISOLTRAP at ISOLDE/CERN

Jonas Karthein, Dinko Atanasov, Klaus Blaum +14

We report on high-precision values of the NaNe and MgNa mirror -transitions from mass measurements with ISOLT…

nucl-ex2019★ 18 cited

Direct decay-energy measurement as a route to the neutrino mass

Jonas Karthein, Dinko Atanasov, Klaus Blaum +11

A high-precision measurement of the CsXe ground-to-ground-state electron-capture -value was performed using the ISOLTRAP mass spectrom…

nucl-ex2019★ 69 cited

Shape staggering of mid-shell mercury isotopes from in-source laser spectroscopy compared with Density Functional Theory and Monte Carlo Shell Model calculations

S. Sels, T. Day Goodacre, B. A. Marsh +45

Neutron-deficient Hg isotopes were studied using in-source laser resonance-ionization spectroscopy at the CERN-ISOLDE radioactive ion-beam facility, in an experiment co…

nucl-ex2018★ 59 cited

Precision Mass Measurement of Cr: Nuclear Collectivity towards the \emph{N}=40 Island of Inversion

Maxime Mougeot, Dinko Atanasov, Klaus Blaum +22

The neutron-rich isotopes Cr were produced for the first time at the ISOLDE facility and their masses were measured with the ISOLTRAP spectrometer. The new values are up…

nucl-ex2017★ 16 cited

Study of the long-lived excited state in the neutron deficient nuclides Po by precision mass measurement

N. A. Althubiti, D. Atanasov, K. Blaum +23

Direct mass measurements of the low-spin and high-spin states in the neutron-deficient isotopes Po, Po, and high-spin state in…

nucl-ex2015★ 78 cited

Precision Mass Measurements of 129-131Cd and Their Impact on Stellar Nucleosynthesis via the Rapid Neutron Capture Process

D. Atanasov, P. Ascher, K. Blaum +17

Masses adjacent to the classical waiting-point nuclide 130Cd have been measured by using the Penning- trap spectrometer ISOLTRAP at ISOLDE/CERN. We find a significant deviation of…