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Laser Assisted Nuclear Decay Spectroscopy

A New Method for Studying Neutron-Deficient Francium Isotopes

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Authors:
  1. Kara Marie Lynch

    1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Manchester
  • Covers work awarded with the IOP Nuclear Physics Group Early Career Prize in 2013
  • Contains a detailed description of state-of-the-art collinear resonance ionization spectroscopy and laser-assisted nuclear-decay-spectroscopy techniques
  • Includes the first measurements of the hyperfine structure of the low-lying states in neutron-deficient francium
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Kara Marie Lynch
    Pages 1-6

  3. Theoretical Considerations for Laser Spectroscopy

    • Kara Marie Lynch
    Pages 7-14

  4. Theoretical Considerations for Nuclear Decay Spectroscopy

    • Kara Marie Lynch
    Pages 15-27

  5. Experimental Setup at ISOLDE

    • Kara Marie Lynch
    Pages 29-38

  6. Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy

    • Kara Marie Lynch
    Pages 39-51

  7. Laser Assisted Nuclear Decay Spectroscopy

    • Kara Marie Lynch
    Pages 53-68

  8. Spectroscopic Studies of Neutron-Deficient Francium

    • Kara Marie Lynch
    Pages 69-102

  9. Interpretation of Results

    • Kara Marie Lynch
    Pages 103-122

  10. Conclusion

    • Kara Marie Lynch
    Pages 123-124

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 125-131
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About this book

This work details an application of collinear resonance ionization spectroscopy for the separation of short-lived isomeric states and their subsequent study with decay spectroscopy. It reports the successful construction of a novel decay spectroscopy apparatus that can operate at pressures below 1 x 10^-9 mbar. The method is demonstrated by separating the nuclear ground and isomeric states of 204Fr and performing alpha-decay spectroscopy. An equivalent mass spectrometer would require 4.6 million times as much resolution to achieve the same result. This work unambiguously confirms the existence of a second isomeric state in 204Fr. The author also demonstrates the effectiveness of this method for laser spectroscopy and identification of hyperfine-structure components with energy tagging. This method was successfully used in 202Fr to identify ground and isomeric states. The measurement of 202Fr reported in this thesis demonstrates a factor of 100 improvement in sensitivity compared to state-of-the-art fluorescence techniques. The work reported in this thesis won the author the IOP Nuclear Physics Group Early Career Prize.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Kara Marie Lynch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Laser Assisted Nuclear Decay Spectroscopy

  • Book Subtitle: A New Method for Studying Neutron-Deficient Francium Isotopes

  • Authors: Kara Marie Lynch

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07112-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-07111-4Published: 31 July 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36138-3Published: 10 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-07112-1Published: 16 July 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 131

  • Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Spectroscopy and Microscopy

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