Fundamental symmetries studies with cold trapped francium atoms at ISAC

Hyperfine Interactions

Volumn 172, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Gwinner, G ^a   Gomez, E ^b   Orozco, L A ^b   Perez Galvan, A ^b   Sheng, D ^b   Zhao, Y ^b   Sprouse, G D ^c   Behr, J A ^d   Jackson, K P ^d   Pearson, M R ^d   Aubin, S ^e   Flambaum, V V ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRIUMF   (Canada)

^e Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anapole; Francium; Weak interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547838804     PISSN: 03043843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10751-007-9523-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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