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most citedHigh-temperature Tl decay clarifies Pb dating in early Solar System

22 citations · 85 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

physics.atom-ph2026

Rate coefficients for dielectronic recombination of N-like Ne

E. -O. Hanu, M. Lestinsky, E. B. Menz +16

Dielectronic recombination (DR) for the process Ne + e Ne was investigated in a merged-beams arrangement at the heavy-ion storage ring CRYRING@ESR…

nucl-ex2026

Precision masses of neutron-rich platinum and gold nuclei reveal enhanced shell strength below doubly-magic Pb

David Freire-Fernández, Rui-Jiu Chen, Usama Ahmed +63

The heaviest stable nuclei in the universe owe their existence to quantum shell structure, the grouping of protons and neutrons into discrete energy levels separated by gaps. The l…

nucl-ex2025★ 1 cited

Half-life determination of heavy ions in a storage ring considering feeding and depleting background processes

R. J. Chen, G. Leckenby, R. S. Sidhu +49

Heavy-ion storage rings have relatively large momentum acceptance which allows for multiple ion species to circulate at the same time. This needs to be considered in radioactive de…

physics.acc-ph2025

Software Defined Radio for on-line interaction with beam processes in the heavy ion storage ring ESR

M. S. Sanjari, Yu. A. Litvinov, S. Litvinov +19

The application of software defined radio in on-line interaction with the beam processes of the heavy ion storage ring is presented. It is discussed how this new technique can enha…

physics.ins-det2025

Schottky detection techniques for ultra-rare short-lived ions in heavy ion storage rings

Shahab Sanjari, Yuri A. Litvinov, George Hudson-Chang +10

Non-destructive Schottky detectors are indispensable devices widely used in experiments at heavy-ion storage rings. In particular, they can be used to accurately determine the mass…

nucl-ex2025★ 1 cited

Bayesian and Monte Carlo approaches to estimating uncertainty for the measurement of the bound-state decay of

G. Leckenby, M. Trassinelli, R. J. Chen +47

The measurement of the bound-state decay of at the Experimental Storage Ring at GSI, Darmstadt, has recently been reported with substantial impact on…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 3 cited

Electron-ion collision spectroscopy at the CRYRING@ESR electron cooler

C. Brandau, S. Fuchs, V. Hannen +7

Electron-ion collision spectroscopy at heavy-ion storage rings aims at precision measurements of resonance features that occur in the cross sections of electron collision processes…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 7 cited

Testing strong-field QED to second-order in the highly correlated atomic system berylliumlike Pb78+ by electron-ion recombination spectroscopy

S. Schippers, C. Brandau, S. Fuchs +33

A low-energy storage ring with an ultracold electron cooler has been coupled with a heavy-ion accelerator facilitating high-resolution electron-ion collision spectroscopy of the he…

physics.acc-ph2025★ 1 cited

Upgrades and maintenance of the CRYRING@ESR electron cooler for improved internal electron target operation

Athanasios Koutsostathis, Claude Krantz, Elena-Oana Hanu +10

The electron cooler of the CRYRING@ESR storage ring at the GSI-FAIR accelerator complex is a unique instrument, which not only provides beam cooling of the stored ions, but also se…

nucl-ex2025★ 10 cited

Bound-State Beta Decay of Ions and the LOREX Project

R. S. Sidhu, G. Leckenby, R. J. Chen +55

Stable Tl ions have the lowest known energy threshold for capturing electron neutrinos () of \,keV. The Lorandite Experiment (LOREX), proposed in th…

nucl-ex2024★ 22 cited

High-temperature Tl decay clarifies Pb dating in early Solar System

G. Leckenby, R. S. Sidhu, R. J. Chen +56

Radioactive nuclei with lifetimes on the order of millions of years can reveal the formation history of the Sun and active nucleosynthesis occurring at the time and place of its bi…

physics.ins-det2023★ 6 cited

Storage, Accumulation and Deceleration of Secondary Beams for Nuclear Astrophysics

J. Glorius, Yu. A. Litvinov, M. Aliotta +61

Low-energy investigations on rare ion beams are often limited by the available intensity and purity of the ion species in focus. Here, we present the first application of a techniq…

physics.ins-det2022★ 12 cited

Integration of maXs-type microcalorimeter detectors for high-resolution x-ray spectroscopy into the experimental environment at the CRYRING@ESR electron cooler

Ph. Pfäfflein, S. Bernitt, Ch. Hahn +17

We report on the first integration of novel magnetic microcalorimeter detectors (MMCs), developed within SPARC (Stored Particles Atomic Physics Research Collaboration), into the ex…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 6 cited

Single and double -shell vacancy production in slow Xe-Xe collisions

P. -M. Hillenbrand, S. Hagmann, Y. S. Kozhedub +23

We present an experimental and theoretical study of symmetric collisions at 50, 30, and 15 MeV/u, corresponding to strong perturbations with $v_K/v_…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 16 cited

X-ray emission associated with radiative recombination for Pb ions at threshold energies

B. Zhu, A. Gumberidze, T. Over +28

For bare lead ions, decelerated to the low beam energy of 10 MeV/u, the x-ray emission associated with radiative recombination (RR) at "cold collision" conditions has been studied…