Juha Äystö, University of Jyväskylä
Penning Trap Mass Spectrometry of Exotic Nuclei
Argonne Physics Division Seminar - 5 Apr 2010

Manipulation of radioactive isotopes with ion traps has opened new opportunities in nuclear spectrometry. The applications employed so far include high-precision mass measurements as well as many other applications where high sensitivity and purity is obtained through ion manipulation in Penning and Paul traps. In my talk I will discuss some recent experiments and mass measurements related to nuclear structure studies near the magic neutron numbers 50 and 82 [1], studies of rapid proton capture process near 100Sn [2], precision measurements of nuclear beta decays for electroweak physics [3] and accurate Q-value measurements for double beta decay and electron capture experiments [4].

References
[1] J. Hakala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 (2008) 052502
[2] V. Elomaa et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 102 (2009) 252501
[3] T. Eronen et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2008) 252501
[4] S. Rahaman et al., Phys. Lett. B 662 (2008) 111

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