Laser spectroscopy for the study of exotic nuclei

XF Yang, SJ Wang, SG Wilkins, RFG Ruiz - Progress in Particle and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Investigation into the properties and structure of unstable nuclei far from stability is a key
avenue of research in modern nuclear physics. These efforts are motivated by the continual …

Nuclear moments of indium isotopes reveal abrupt change at magic number 82

AR Vernon, RF Garcia Ruiz, T Miyagi, CL Binnersley… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
In spite of the high-density and strongly correlated nature of the atomic nucleus,
experimental and theoretical evidence suggests that around particular 'magic'numbers of …

Precision spectroscopy and laser-cooling scheme of a radium-containing molecule

SM Udrescu, SG Wilkins, AA Breier… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Molecules containing heavy radioactive nuclei are predicted to be extremely sensitive to
violations of the fundamental symmetries of nature. The nuclear octupole deformation of …

Isotope shifts of radium monofluoride molecules

SM Udrescu, AJ Brinson, RFG Ruiz, K Gaul, R Berger… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Isotope shifts of Ra 223–226, 228 F 19 were measured for different vibrational levels in the
electronic transition A 2 Π 1/2← X 2 Σ+. The observed isotope shifts demonstrate the …

Commissioning of a high-resolution collinear laser spectroscopy apparatus with a laser ablation ion source

SW Bai, XF Yang, SJ Wang, YC Liu, P Zhang… - Nuclear Science and …, 2022 - Springer
Collinear laser spectroscopy is a powerful tool for studying the nuclear spins,
electromagnetic moments, and charge radii of exotic nuclei. To study the nuclear properties …

Electromagnetic properties of indium isotopes illuminate the doubly magic character of 100Sn

J Karthein, CM Ricketts, RF Garcia Ruiz, J Billowes… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding the nuclear properties in the vicinity of 100Sn, which has been suggested to
be the heaviest doubly magic nucleus with proton number Z equal to neutron number N, has …

Tin resonance-ionization schemes for atomic-and nuclear-structure studies

FP Gustafsson, CM Ricketts, ML Reitsma… - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
This paper presents high-precision spectroscopic measurements of atomic tin using five
different resonance-ionization schemes performed with the collinear resonance-ionization …

Laser spectroscopy of indium Rydberg atom bunches by electric field ionization

AR Vernon, CM Ricketts, J Billowes, TE Cocolios… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
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 …

Construction and commissioning of the collinear laser spectroscopy system at BRIF

SJ Wang, XF Yang, SW Bai, YC Liu, P Zhang… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We have constructed a collinear laser spectroscopy (CLS) system installed at the Beijing
Radioactive Ion-beam Facility (BRIF), aiming to investigate the nuclear properties of …

Control and data acquisition system for collinear laser spectroscopy experiments

YC Liu, XF Yang, SW Bai, SJ Wang, P Zhang… - Nuclear Science and …, 2023 - Springer
A control and data acquisition system was implemented for the recently developed collinear
laser spectroscopy setup. This system is dedicated to data recording, storage, processing …