| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M20495/01 |
| Title: |
LASER SPECTROSCOPY OF RADIOACTIVE SPECIES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Tungate, Dr G |
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School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1998 |
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31 October 2001 |
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241,003
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The proposed programme is a continuation of the investigation of the sizes, shapes and moments of radioactive isotopes by laser spectroscopy. The main theme of the work will be carried out in collaboration with the University of Manchester and the University of Jyvskyl in Finland at the Jyvskyl Cyclotron Laboratory. Short-lived radioactive isotopes are produced by the cyclotron through nuclear reactions. Reaction products are separated by an on-line isotope separator which works on separation times of the order of five milliseconds. Mass-separated reactions products are them studied by collinear fast beam laser spectroscopy using an ultra-sensitive coincidence technique invented by the collaboration. It has been demonstrated that the method is able to study nuclei far from stability and the Jyvskyl facility opens up a field of refractory elements not previously studied. This programme is supplemented by laser spectroscopy of stable and long-lived isotopes carried out with domestic laser facilities at the University of Birmingham using high resolution laser spectroscopy of thermal atomic beams. We will continue the innovative investigation of the electromagnetic decay of the 3.5 eV nuclear isomer recently discovered in the isotope thorium-229.
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http://www.bham.ac.uk |