In-trap spectroscopy of charge-bred radioactive ions

A. Lennarz; A. Grossheim; K. G. Leach; M. Alanssari; T. Brunner; A. Chaudhuri; U. Chowdhury; J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia; A. T. Gallant; M. Holl; A. A. Kwiatkowski; J. Lassen; T. D. Macdonald; B. E. Schultz; S. Seeraji; M. C. Simon; C. Andreoiu; J. Dilling; D. Frekers

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.082502

In-trap spectroscopy of charge-bred radioactive ions

A. Lennarz, A. Grossheim, K. G. Leach, M. Alanssari, T. Brunner, A. Chaudhuri, U. Chowdhury, J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia, A. T. Gallant, M. Holl, A. A. Kwiatkowski, J. Lassen, T. D. Macdonald, B. E. Schultz, S. Seeraji, M. C. Simon, C. Andreoiu, J. Dilling, D. Frekers

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In this Letter, we introduce the concept of in-trap nuclear decay spectroscopy of highly charged radioactive ions and describe its successful application as a novel spectroscopic tool. This is demonstrated by a measurement of the decay properties of radioactive mass A=124 ions (here, In124 and Cs124) in the electron-beam ion trap of the TITAN facility at TRIUMF. By subjecting the trapped ions to an intense electron beam, the ions are charge bred to high charge states (i.e., equivalent to the removal of N-shell electrons), and an increase of storage times to the level of minutes without significant ion losses is achieved. The present technique opens the venue for precision spectroscopy of low branching ratios and is being developed in the context of measuring electron-capture branching ratios needed for determining the nuclear ground-state properties of the intermediate odd-odd nuclei in double-beta (ββ) decay.

Original language	English
Article number	082502
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	113
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.082502
State	Published - Aug 21 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft	FR 601/3-1
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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Lennarz, A., Grossheim, A., Leach, K. G., Alanssari, M., Brunner, T., Chaudhuri, A., Chowdhury, U., Crespo López-Urrutia, J. R., Gallant, A. T., Holl, M., Kwiatkowski, A. A., Lassen, J., Macdonald, T. D., Schultz, B. E., Seeraji, S., Simon, M. C., Andreoiu, C., Dilling, J., & Frekers, D. (2014). In-trap spectroscopy of charge-bred radioactive ions. Physical Review Letters, 113(8), Article 082502. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.082502

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