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AUTHOR
Fritz Buchinger
Opportunities for Fundamental Physics Research with Radioactive Molecules
Molecules containing short-lived, radioactive nuclei are uniquely positioned to enable a wide range of scientific discoveries in the areas of fundamental symmetries, astrophysics, nuclear structure, and chemistry. Recent advances in the ability to create, cool, and control complex molecules down to the quantum level, along with recent and upcoming advances in radioactive species production at several facilities around the world, create a compelling opportunity to coordinate and combine these efforts to bring precision measurement and control to molecules containing extreme nuclei. In this manuscript, we review the scientific case for studying radioactive molecules, discuss recent atomic, mo…
The mean square nuclear charge radius of
We report on a collinear laser spectroscopy measurement of the nuclear charge radius of (I = 3/2), yielding . Within the experimental accuracy, the N = 20 neutron shell closure has no influence on the charge radii of the calcium isotopes.