Nuclear structure investigations of Es 253-255 by laser spectroscopy

S. Nothhelfer, Th E. Albrecht-Schönzart, M. Block, P. Chhetri, Ch E. Düllmann, J. G. Ezold, V. Gadelshin, A. Gaiser, F. Giacoppo, R. Heinke, T. Kieck, N. Kneip, M. Laatiaoui, Ch Mokry, S. Raeder, J. Runke, F. Schneider, J. M. Sperling, D. Studer, P. Thörle-PospiechN. Trautmann, F. Weber, K. Wendt

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Abstract

Laser resonance ionization spectroscopy was performed on the rare einsteinium isotopes Es253-255 at the RISIKO mass separator in Mainz. With low sample sizes ranging down to femtograms, the prominent 352 nm-ground-state transition was measured in all three einsteinium isotopes, and four additional ground-state transitions were measured in Es254. Hyperfine-structure analysis resulted in assigned spin values of I(Es254)=7 and I(Es255)=7/2. From the extracted coupling constants, nuclear magnetic dipole moments of μI(Es254)=3.42(7)μN and μI(Es255)=4.14(10)μN as well as spectroscopic electric quadrupole moments of Qs(Es254)=9.6(1.2)eb and Qs(Es255)=5.1(1.7)eb were derived. Our value for Es254 deviates from the value of |μI(Es254)|=4.35(41)μN extracted from the angular anisotropy of α-radiation emitted by Es254.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberL021302
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume105
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2022

Funding

Acknowledgments. This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Heavy Elements Chemistry Program, under Award DE-FG02-13ER16414. The isotopes used in this research were supplied by the U.S. DOE Isotope Program, managed by the Office of Science. This work has been supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF, Germany) under Project No. 05P18UMCIA. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 861198–LISA–H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019.

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