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Probing Sizes and Shapes of Nobelium Isotopes by Laser Spectroscopy
Ephraim EliavUlyana SafronovaF. LautenschlägerHartmut BackeBradley ChealAlexander YakushevF. GiacoppoMarianna SafronovaUzi KaldorPeter KunzC. WraithSergey G. PorsevRafael FerrerP. ChhetriJulian C. BerengutP. Van DuppenO. KalejaWerner LauthR. BeerwerthE. Minaya RamirezWitold NazarewiczJadambaa KhuyagbaatarMark HuyseAnastasia BorschevskyMichael BlockVictor V. FlambaumA. K. MistryThomas WaltherV. A. DzubaStephan FritzscheS. GötzJulia EvenDieter AckermannB. SchuetrumpfM. LaatiaouiCh. E. DüllmannF. P. HeßbergerSebastian Raedersubject
IN-BEAMNuclear TheoryGeneral Physics and Astronomychemistry.chemical_element[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]DROPLET-MODEL01 natural sciencesEffective nuclear chargeNO-2540103 physical sciencesNeutronSUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS010306 general physicsSpectroscopyMASSESNuclear ExperimentHyperfine structurePhysicsMagnetic momentNUCLEI010308 nuclear & particles physicsPRODUCTSchemistryQuadrupoleUPDATENobeliumAtomic physicsSHIPNuclear densitydescription
Until recently, ground-state nuclear moments of the heaviest nuclei could only be inferred from nuclear spectroscopy, where model assumptions are required. Laser spectroscopy in combination with modern atomic structure calculations is now able to probe these moments directly, in a comprehensive and nuclear-model-independent way. Here we report on unique access to the differential mean-square charge radii of ^{252,253,254}No, and therefore to changes in nuclear size and shape. State-of-the-art nuclear density functional calculations describe well the changes in nuclear charge radii in the region of the heavy actinides, indicating an appreciable central depression in the deformed proton density distribution in ^{252,254}No isotopes. Finally, the hyperfine splitting of ^{253}No was evaluated, enabling a complementary measure of its (quadrupole) deformation, as well as an insight into the neutron single-particle wave function via the nuclear spin and magnetic moment. numpages: 6 ispartof: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS vol:120 issue:23 pages:232503-232503 ispartof: location:United States status: Published online
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