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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…
Bound-state Compton scattering of linearly polarized photons
Jonas Sommerfeldt, Nick M. Mayer, Anna Maiorova +4
We present a theoretical study of Compton scattering of X- and -rays by a -shell electron. Special attention is paid to the double-differential cross section and polarization…
The Darkfield Approach to Measuring Vacuum Birefringence and Light-by-Light Couplings -- A Proof-of-Principle Experiment
Michal Smíd, Pooyan Khademi, Carsten Bähtz +29
Vacuum fluctuations give rise to effective nonlinear interactions between electromagnetic fields. These generically modify the characteristics of light traversing a strong-field re…
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…
Letter of Intent: Towards a Vacuum Birefringence Experiment at the Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields
N. Ahmadiniaz, C. Bähtz, A. Benediktovitch +49
Quantum field theory predicts a nonlinear response of the vacuum to strong electromagnetic fields of macroscopic extent. This fundamental tenet has remained experimentally challeng…
Measurement of the Isolated Nuclear Two-Photon Decay in
D. Freire-Fernández, W. Korten, R. J. Chen +57
The nuclear two-photon or double-gamma () decay is a second-order electromagnetic process whereby a nucleus in an excited state emits two gamma rays simultaneously. To be able…