Resonant laser ionization of polonium at rilis-isolde for the study of ground- and isomer-state properties

Thomas E. Cocolios, Bruce A. Marsh, Valentine N. Fedosseev, Serge Franchoo, Gerhard Huber, Mark Huyse, Alexandra M. Ionan, Karl Johnston, Ulli Köster, Yuri Kudryavtsev, Maxim Seliverstov, Etam Noah, Thierry Stora, Piet Van Duppen

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    Abstract

    Three new ionization schemes for polonium have been tested with the resonant ionization laser ion source (rilis) during the on-line production of 196Po in a UCx target at isolde. The saturation of the atomic transitions has been observed and the yields of the isotope chain 193-198,200,202,204Po have been measured. This development provides the necessary groundwork for performing in-source resonant ionization spectroscopy on the neutron-deficient polonium isotopes (Z = 84). © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)4403-4406
    Number of pages3
    JournalNuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B
    Volume266
    Issue number19-20
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2008

    Keywords

    • Laser ionization
    • Optical transition
    • Polonium
    • Production yield
    • Saturation

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