Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy of Neutron-Rich Indium Isotopes

von Adam Robert Vernon

223 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This thesis describes the application of the collinear resonance laser spectroscopy to sensitively measure the electromagnetic nuclear observables of the neutron-rich indium isotopes 115-131 In. This entailed a systematic study of the efficiency of resonant ionization schemes to extract the hyperfine structure of the isotopes, the atomic charge exchange process and benchmarking of modern atomic calculations with a laser ablation ion source. 

This allowed determination of the root-mean-square nuclear charge radii, nuclear magnetic dipole moments, nuclear electric quadrupole moments and nuclear spins of the 113-131 In isotopes with high accuracy. 

With a proton hole in the Z = 50 nuclear shell closure of tin and several nuclear isomer states, these measurements of the indium (Z = 49) isotope chain provided an efficient probe of the evolution of nuclear structure properties towards and at the doubly-magic nuclear shell closure of 132 Sn (N = 82) - revealing unpredicted changes.

• Reihe: Springer Theses
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Physik Atom- und Molekularphysik
• ISBN: 9783030541880
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2020
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing