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Hyperfine structure measurements of neutral niobium with Fourier transform spectroscopy

2010

Aims. We report on experimental studies of hyperfine structure splitting of neutral niobium.Methods. We used high-resolution Fourier transform spectroscopy to record a spectrum of niobium produced with a hollow cathode discharge lamp in the range of wavenumbers from 10 000 cm-1 to 30 000 cm-1 .Results. The magnetic dipole hyperfine structure constants A were determined for the 109 levels of odd parity by analyzing the profiles of 224 spectral lines. The A  values of 57 of these level are reported for the first time.

PRECISE DETERMINATION OF 135Ba+ AND 137Ba+ HYPERFINE STRUCTURE

1981

Sudden change in the nuclear charge distribution of very light gold isotopes

1987

4 pages, 3 tables, 2 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 21.10.Ft, 21.10.Ky, 27.70.+q.

Precision Laser Spectroscopy of the Ground State Hyperfine Splitting of HydrogenlikeBi82+209

1994

The first direct observation of a hyperfine splitting in the optical regime is reported. The wavelength of the $M1$ transition between the $F=4$ and $F=5$ hyperfine levels of the ground state of hydrogenlike $^{209}\mathrm{Bi}^{82+}$ was measured to be ${\ensuremath{\lambda}}_{0}=243.87(4)$ nm by detection of laser induced fluorescence at the heavy-ion storage ring ESR at GSI. In addition, the lifetime of the laser excited $F=5$ sublevel was determined to be ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{0}=0.351(16)$ ms. The method can be applied to a number of other nuclei and should allow a novel test of QED corrections in the previously unexplored combination of strong magnetic and electric fields in highly cha…

F-resolved magneto-optical resonances in theD1excitation of cesium: Experiment and theory

2008

Bright and dark nonlinear magneto-optical resonances associated with the ground state Hanle effect have been studied experimentally and theoretically for ${D}_{1}$ excitation of atomic cesium. This system offers the advantage that the separation between the different hyperfine levels exceeds the Doppler width, and hence transitions between individual levels can be studied separately. At the same time, the system retains the advantages offered by ordinary glass cells, including simplicity and subnatural width Hanle resonances. Experimental measurements for various laser power densities and transit relaxation times are compared with a model based on the optical Bloch equations, which averages…

Direct perturbation theory in terms of energy derivatives: Fourth-order relativistic corrections at the Hartree–Fock level

2011

In this work, the quantum-chemical treatment of relativistic effects by means of direct perturbation theory is extended from its lowest order, DPT2, to the next higher order, DPT4. The required theory is given in terms of energy derivatives with the DPT4 energy correction defined as the corresponding second derivative with respect to the relativistic perturbation parameter λ(rel) = c(2) and c as the speed of light. To facilitate the implementation in standard quantum-chemical program packages, a general formulation of DPT starting from a nonrelativistic Lagrangian is developed, thereby expanding both wave function and operators in terms of λ(rel). The corresponding expressions, which incorp…

HIGH-RESOLUTION FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY OF LANTHANUM IN Ar DISCHARGE IN THE NEAR-INFRARED

2013

A high-resolution spectrum of lanthanum has been recorded by a Fourier Transform spectrometer in the wavelength range from 833 nm to 1666 nm (6000 cm{sup –1} to 12,000 cm{sup –1}) using as light source a hollow cathode lamp operated with argon as the discharge carrier gas. In total, 2386 spectral lines were detected in this region, of which 555 lines could be classified as La I transitions and 10 lines as La II transitions. All La II transitions and 534 of these La I transitions were classified for the first time, and 6 of the La II transitions and 433 of the classified La I transitions appear to be new lines, which could not be found in the literature. The corresponding energy level data o…

PRECISE LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS OF TRANS-DCOOH AND TRANS-HCOOD FOR ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS

2011

The rotational spectra of the mono-deuterated isotopologues of trans-formic acid, trans-DCOOH and trans-HCOOD, were investigated. In the millimeter- and submillimeter-wave frequency regions the Lamb-dip technique was exploited to obtain sub-Doppler resolution and to resolve the hyperfine structure due to the deuterium and hydrogen nuclei, thus enabling the accurate determination of the corresponding hyperfine constants. The experimental determination was supported by high-level quantum-chemical calculations at the coupled-cluster level of theory using large atomic-orbital basis sets. The Lamb-dip measurements were also supplemented by THz Doppler- limited measurements in order to extend the…

Determination of the ground-state hyperfine structure in neutral229Th

2012

The ground-state hyperfine structure of neutral 229Th has been measured for the first time using high-resolution resonance ionization spectroscopy. The measurements were performed as a preparatory work aimed at the identification of the predicted low-lying 7.6 eV isomer in 229Th through an investigation of its hyperfine structure. The hyperfine coupling constants have been extracted for the atomic ground state as well as for three excited states at 26 096, 26 113 and 38 278 cm−1. Due to rather small splittings not all hyperfine components were completely resolved and therefore an extensive χ2-error analysis was performed to achieve reliable results. The ground-state transition to the excite…

Ion beam coolers in nuclear physics

2003

Cooling techniques for low-energy radioactive ion beams are reviewed together with applications on high-precision measurements of ground state properties of exotic nuclei. The emphasis in the presentation is on cooling, bunching and improving the overall characteristics of ion beams by RFQ-driven buffer gas cooling devices. Application of cooled and bunched beams in collinear laser spectroscopy to extract isotope shifts and hyperfine structure are presented with examples on radioactive Ti, Zr and Hf isotopes. The impact of the new-generation coolers on mass measurements of short-lived nuclei is discussed with examples on precision measurements of masses of super-allowed beta emitters. As a …