https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716300006
Laser spectroscopy studies on nobelium
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GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstrasse 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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Helmholtz Institut Mainz, Staudingerweg 18, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
* e-mail: m.block@gsi.de
Published online: 22 November 2017
Laser spectroscopy of the heaviest elements provides high-precision data on their atomic and nuclear properties. For example, atomic level energies and ionization potentials allow us to probe the influence of relativistic effects on their atomic structure and to benchmark state-of-the-art atomic structure calculations. In addition, it offers an alternative route to determine nuclear properties like spins, magnetic moments and quadrupole moments in a nuclear model-independent way. Recently, a sensitive method based on resonant laser ionization has been applied to nobelium isotopes around N = 152 at GSI Darmstadt. In pioneering experiments, several atomic states have been identified extending the reach of laser spectroscopy beyond fermium. In this contribution, the main achievements and future perspectives are briefly summarized.
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