Laser spectroscopy of neutron-rich ${}^{207,208}$Hg isotopes: Illuminating the kink and odd-even staggering in charge radii across the $N=126$ shell closure

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

The mean-square charge radii of ${}^{207,208}$Hg ($Z=80,N=127,128$) have been studied for the first time and those of ${}^{202,203,206}$Hg ($N=122,123,126$) remeasured by the applicat…