Resonance ionization spectroscopy of thorium isotopes-towards a laser spectroscopic identification of the low-lying 7.6 eV isomer of 229Th

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Raeder, S ^a   Sonnenschein, V ^a,b   Gottwald, T ^a   Moore, I D ^b   Reponen, M ^b   Rothe, S ^a,c   Trautmann, N ^a   Wendt, K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVEN PARITY; EXCITATION PATHWAYS; INTERMEDIATE STATE; ION OPTICS; ISOTOPE SHIFTS; ODD-PARITY; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; RESONANCE IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS;

IONIZATION; ISOMERS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; THORIUM; TITANIUM;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 80051683921     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/44/16/165005     Document Type: Article

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