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most citedCharge radii of exotic potassium isotopes challenge nuclear theory and the magic character of

148 citations · 881 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

nucl-ex2026

Nuclear charge radii of aluminium isotopes at the proton drip line

Alex Brinson, Brooke Rickey, Pierre Arthuis +35

Understanding the evolution of nuclear size away from stability remains a central challenge in nuclear physics. In neutron-deficient systems, charge radii can be highly sensitive t…

physics.ins-det2025★ 3 cited

Commissioning the Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy Experiment at FRIB

A. J. Brinson, B. J. Rickey, J. M. Allmond +14

This manuscript reports on the commissioning of the Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy Experiment (RISE) at the BECOLA facility at FRIB. The new instrument implements the collinear…

nucl-ex2025

Charge Radii Measurements of Exotic Tin Isotopes in the Proximity of and

F. P. Gustafsson, L. V. Rodríguez, R. F. Garcia Ruiz +51

We report nuclear charge radii for the isotopes Sn, measured using two different collinear laser spectroscopy techniques at ISOLDE-CERN. These measurements clarify the…

physics.atom-ph2024★ 2 cited

Ionization potential of radium monofluoride

S. G. Wilkins, H. A. Perrett, S. M. Udrescu +43

The ionization potential (IP) of radium monofluoride (RaF) was measured to be 4.969(2)[10] eV, revealing a relativistic enhancement in the series of alkaline earth monofluorides. T…

nucl-ex2023★ 26 cited

Electromagnetic Properties of Indium Isotopes Elucidate the Doubly Magic Character of Sn

J. Karthein, C. M. Ricketts, R. F. Garcia Ruiz +24

Our understanding of nuclear properties in the vicinity of Sn, suggested to be the heaviest doubly magic nucleus with equal numbers of protons (Z=50) and neutrons (N=50), h…

physics.ins-det2023★ 2 cited

Voltage scanning and technical upgrades at the Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy experiment

Michail Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, Jordan R. Reilly, Agota Koszorus +16

To optimize the performance of the Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy (CRIS) experiment at CERN-ISOLDE, technical upgrades are continuously introduced, aiming to enhance i…

nucl-ex2022

Electromagnetic moments of scandium isotopes and isotones in the distinctive orbit

S. W. Bai, Á. Koszorús, B. S. Hu +31

The electric quadrupole moment of Sc was measured by collinear laser spectroscopy at CERN-ISOLDE to be b, and a nearly tenfold improvement in precis…

nucl-ex2021

Neutron occupancies and single-particle energies across the stable tin isotopes

S. V. Szwec, D. K. Sharp, B. P. Kay +14

The occupancies and vacancies of the valence neutron orbitals across the stable tin isotopic chain from have been determined. These were inferred from the cross…

nucl-ex2021★ 52 cited

Isotope Shifts of Radium Monofluoride Molecules

S. M. Udrescu, A. J. Brinson, R. F. Garcia Ruiz +25

Isotope shifts of RaF were measured for different vibrational levels in the electronic transition . The observed isoto…

nucl-ex2020★ 148 cited

Charge radii of exotic potassium isotopes challenge nuclear theory and the magic character of

Á. Koszorús, X. F. Yang, W. G. Jiang +26

Nuclear charge radii are sensitive probes of different aspects of the nucleon-nucleon interaction and the bulk properties of nuclear matter; thus, they provide a stringent test and…

physics.atom-ph2020★ 18 cited

Laser spectroscopy of indium Rydberg atom bunches by electric field ionization

A. R. Vernon, C. M. Ricketts, J. Billowes +11

This work reports on the application of a novel electric field-ionization setup for high-resolution laser spectroscopy measurements on bunched fast atomic beams in a collinear geom…

physics.atom-ph2020★ 85 cited

The electron affinity of astatine

David Leimbach, Julia Sundberg, Yangyang Guo +35

One of the most important properties influencing the chemical behavior of an element is the energy released with the addition of an extra electron to the neutral atom, referred to…

physics.atom-ph2019★ 31 cited

Analytic Response Relativistic Coupled-Cluster Theory: The first application to indium isotope shifts

B. K. Sahoo, A. R. Vernon, R. F. Garcia Ruiz +16

With increasing demand for accurate calculation of isotope shifts of atomic systems for fundamental and nuclear structure research, an analytic energy derivative approach is presen…

nucl-ex2019★ 136 cited

Measurement and microscopic description of odd-even staggering of charge radii of exotic copper isotopes

R. P. de Groote, J. Billowes, C. L. Binnersley +23

The mesoscopic nature of the atomic nucleus gives rise to a wide array of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena. The size of the nucleus is a window into this duality: while the ch…

nucl-ex2019★ 29 cited

Emergence of simple patterns in many-body systems: from macroscopic objects to the atomic nucleus

R. F. Garcia Ruiz, A. R. Vernon

Strongly correlated many-body systems often display the emergence of simple patterns and regular behaviour of their global properties. Phenomena such as clusterization, collective…

nucl-th2019★ 129 cited

Spectroscopy of short-lived radioactive molecules: A sensitive laboratory for new physics

R. F. Garcia Ruiz, R. Berger, J. Billowes +24

The study of molecular systems provides exceptional opportunities for the exploration of the fundamental laws of nature and for the search for physics beyond the Standard Model of…

nucl-ex2017★ 53 cited

Dipole and quadrupole moments of Cu as a test of the robustness of the shell closure near Ni

R. P. de Groote, J. Billowes, C. L. Binnersley +21

Nuclear spins and precise values of the magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole moments of the ground-states of neutron-rich Cu isotopes were measured using the Collinear…