Laser spectroscopy of exotic RI atoms in superfluid helium—OROCHI experiment

We have been developing a new laser spectroscopic technique “OROCHI,” which is based on the combination of superfluid helium as a stopper of radioactive isotope (RI) beam and in-situ laser spectroscopy of RI atoms, for determining spins and moments of exotic RIs. By using this unique technique, it is feasible to measure nuclear spins and electromagnetic moments of extremely low yield RI (estimated as less than 1 pps). Recently, we have demonstrated that nuclear spins and moments are obtained from Zeeman and hyperfine splittings of stable Rb isotopes measured using this OROCHI technique. Details of this laser spectroscopy method in He II “OROCHI” and the summary of our development are presented.     

用于核物理研究的精密激光谱技术的发展和展望

原子核基本性质（自旋、质量、寿命、磁矩、电四极矩和电荷半径等）与原子核的内在结构密切相关,是检验和发展原子核理论模型的重要依据。实验上可以通过多学科交叉的精密激光谱技术测量原子核外电子的超精细结构和同位素移位,来模型独立地提取原子核的自旋、磁矩、电四极矩和电荷均方根半径等多个核物理参量。这些基本性质的系统测量可以用于探索不稳定原子核中展现出来的新奇的物理现象与规律。近年来,为了测量产额更低的丰中子核的基本性质,激光谱技术不断更新和发展,以实现高分辨、高效率测量。本文详细介绍了激光谱测量的基本原理以及由此发展起来的用于不稳定原子核结构研究的各类互补的激光谱学技术,如共线激光谱（高分辨率低灵敏度）、在源激光谱（高灵敏度低分辨率）、共线共振电离谱（高分辨率高灵敏度）等激光谱技术,以及在不同核区的测量优势和局限。最后结合我国正在发展和规划中的新一代放射性核束装置,讨论精密激光谱技术在国内的发展以及在核物理研究中的应用。     

Laser spectroscopy of cooled zirconium fission fragments

The first on-line laser spectroscopy of cooled fission fragments is reported. The r ions, produced in uranium fission, were extracted and separated using an ion guide isotope separator. The ions were cooled and bunched for collinear laser spectroscopy by a gas-filled linear Paul trap. New results for nuclear mean-square charge radii, dipole, and quadrupole moments are reported across the N=60 shape change. The mean-square charge radii are found to be almost identical to those of the Sr isotones and previously offered modeling of the radial changes is critically reviewed.     

Lasers at accelerators—past,present and future

The application of lasers at accelerators is reviewed with emphasis on laser spectroscopy of short-lived isotopes and the determination of nuclear spins, moments, and changes of charge radii in long isotopic chains leading far-off stability. Experimental techniques as well as future directions are discussed.     

Nuclear ground state properties from optical investigations

Recent progress in on-line techniques of laser spectroscopy applied to nuclei far off stability is reviewed. The results concern nuclear spins, moments and charge radii, determined from hyperfine structure and isotope shift of atomic transitions. Examples of large core polarizations in the Cd-In-Sn region, derived from isotope shifts, and the octupole deformation in the Ra region, derived from ground state spins and magnetic moments, are discussed.     

Nuclear moments from laser spectroscopy

The systematic laser spectroscopy measurements of nuclear spins, moments and charge radii from hyperfine structures and isotope shifts are reviewed from a methodical point of view. Examples are given for the typical experimental approaches and their results. Laser spectroscopy methods of direct nuclear g-factor measurement have interesting features in common with the low-temperature nuclear orientation technique. These are described in some detail and discussed in their particular physics context.     

Properties of halo nuclei measured by laser and β NMR spectroscopy

The application of laser spectroscopy methods for a detailed investigation of nuclear moments and charge radii of halo nuclei has been restricted to only a few cases. Three such experiments are discussed, showing the potential of these methods for research on the nuclear halo structure. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Measurement of the moments of the relaxation time spectrum of a liquid by pulsed acoustic spectroscopy

On the basis of theoretical results describing the propagation of short acoustic pulses in relaxation media, the temporal characteristics of a signal that carry the information on the first five moments of the relaxation time spectrum (RTS) are determined. The measurement of these characteristics forms the basis of the proposed variant of pulsed acoustic spectroscopy of relaxation media. An experimental setup was developed in which short acoustic pulses were excited by a neodymium glass laser. Test measurements of RTS moments for an acetic acid, the liquid with a single relaxation time, are carried out.     

Physics highlights from laser spectroscopy at the IGISOL

Laser spectroscopy provides model-independent access to a variety of radioactive nuclear ground state and isomeric state properties. These include the nuclear moments, changes in mean-square charge radii, and direct measurements of the nuclear spin. At the IGISOL laboratory, the collinear laser spectroscopy programme is able to access cases, such as refractory elements and short-lived states, not available at conventional facilities. A summary of physics highlights is presented here.     

Vanishing of the fusion-like process in heavy-ion collisions

With high resolution collinear fast beam laser spectroscopy in the 451 nm-line of Indium nuclear moments and the change in the mean square radii of the nuclear charge distribution of^105,106 In have been determined.     

Nuclear moments of the neutron-deficient thallium isotopes

The nuclear moments of the neutron-deficient^187,188Tl isotopes were determined by measuring the hyperfine structure splittings of the λ=535 nm line in neutral thallium. An optical efficiency of 2×10⁻⁴ photons per radioactive ion was achieved using collinear fast beam laser spectroscopy with a large solid angle fiber optical array detector. Most of the moments can be interpreted fairly well in the single particle model.     

Double-resonance <Emphasis Type="Italic">g</Emphasis>-factor measurements by quantum jump spectroscopy

With the advent of high-precision frequency combs that can bridge large frequency intervals, new possibilities have opened up for the laser spectroscopy of atomic transitions. Here, it is shown that laser spectroscopic techniques can also be used to determine the ground-state g factor of a bound electron. The proposal is based on a double-resonance experiment, where the spin state of a ground-state electron is constantly being read out by laser excitation to the atomic L shell, while the spin flip transitions are being induced simultaneously by a resonant microwave field, leading to the detection of the quantum jumps between the ground-state Zeeman sublevels. The magnetic moments of electrons in light hydrogen-like ions could thus be measured with advanced laser technology. Corresponding theoretical predictions are also presented. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Nuclear moments and change in the charge-radii of neutron deficient lead isotopes

The nuclear moments of¹⁹⁵Pb and the change in the charge radii of^{192,194,195,196}Pb have been determined from the isotope shift and hyperfine structure of the 723 nm line of neutral lead by collinear laser spectroscopy.     

Isotope shift and hyperfine structure measurements for 155Yb by laser ion source technique

The change in the mean square charge radius and electromagnetic moments of the neutron deficient ¹⁵⁵Yb isotope have been determined using resonance ionization spectroscopy in a laser ion source. The data point to an absence of a marked deformation change for Yb isotopes with N=84−86. Received: 2 October 1997 / Revised version: 24 October 1997     

Metal-insulator transitions in an expanding metallic fluid: particle formation kinetics

Core-level photoemission spectroscopy provides a local probe of expansion dynamics and associated transient chemical properties as a highly pressurized, metallic fluid expands into vacuum following impulsive heating of a semiconductor by an intense, ultrashort laser pulse. Transient photoemission peak shifts reveal that metal-insulator transitions occur rapidly following laser heating. These experiments probe constituents species and solidification kinetics occurring in the early moments of material ejection and provide insight into how particles arise in the current laser ablation regime.     

New laser setup at the IRIS facility. Magnetic moments and mean squared charge radii of neutron deficient Tl isotopes

A new laser installation for the resonance ionization spectroscopy in a laser ion source and for rare isotope production has been put into operation at the IRIS mass-separator, working on-line with the 1 GeV proton beam of the Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute synchrocyclotron. Isotope shift and hyperfine splitting of 276.9 nm atomic transition in the long chain of Tl isotopes and isomers have been measured. New data on the magnetic moments and changes in mean squared charge radius for ^{183,184,185,185m,186m2,195m,197m}Tl have been obtained.     

Collinear laser spectroscopy of neutron-rich Cs isotopes at an on-line mass separator

High-resolution laser spectroscopy was carried out in fast atomic beams of ^{133,137,138,139}Cs, yielding hyperfine structure and isotope shift in the 455.5 nm resonance line. Nuclear moments and changes of mean-square radii are derived from the results.     

Nuclear moments and charge radii of neutron-rich Rb isotopes by fast-beam laser spectroscopy

A systematic study of nuclear moments and rms charge radii in Rb was made possible by extending high-resolution cw laser spectroscopy into the deep blue. Measurements of optical isotope shifts and hyperfine structure of fission-produced ^89?93Rb are reported.     

Determination of dipole moments in vibrationally excited CH3OH by combined far infrared laser Stark effect and transferred Lamb dip spectroscopy

Optically pumped fir laser lines in CH₃OH are studied by combined fir emission Stark effect and transferred Lamb dip spectroscopy. Effective dipole moments are determined, which are interpreted as being associated with hybridization of CO stretch states and states of a different vibrational mode, with same J but different K. Far-infrared laser lines originating from large offset absorption lines, which are Stark-tuned into coincidence, are assigned. The results suggest that the mode interacting with the CO stretch is the CH₃ symmetric rocking mode.