| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M20488/01 |
| Title: |
LASER SPECTROSCOPY OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Billowes, Professor J |
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Physics & Astronomy |
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Victoria University of Manchester, The |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1998 |
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31 October 2001 |
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288,034
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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 Birmingham and the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland at the Jyvaskyla 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 time of the order of five milliseconds. Mass-separated reaction products are then studied by col-linear 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 Jyvaskyla facility opens up a field of refractory elements not previously studied. We propose to develop a technique of resonance ionisation spectroscopy using the IGISOL which can be applied with great sensitivity to short-lived isotopes in the trans-lead region. This programme is supplemented by gas trap laser spectroscopy on bismuth isotopes at ISOLDE-CERN, supported by related measurements and developments at our domestic facility at the University of Manchester.
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