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Progress in Atomic Physics Experiments on Nuclear Properties
Rainer Neugartsubject
PhysicsRadionuclideIsotopeStable isotope ratioNuclear TheoryNuclear structureNuclear physicsCharge radiusQuadrupolePhysics::Atomic PhysicsNuclideAtomic physicsNuclear ExperimentHyperfine structuredescription
The measurement of nuclear properties by atomic physics methods has influenced a great deal of our present understanding of the nuclear structure. This started from the discovery of the nuclear spin and magnetic moment, the observation of isotope shifts related to nuclear radii, and the resolution of quadrupole interaction effects in the hyperfine structures. The invention and improvement of many spectroscopic techniques has led to a comprehensive knowledge of the electromagnetic ground-state properties of all stable and many radioactive nuclides. On the other hand, the atomic and thus the nuclear masses of stable isotopes were determined very precisely by electromagnetic mass spectrometry. These masses formed the basis of indirect mass determinations for many radioactive isotopes whose decay or formation energies were measured.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-01-01 |