Publications

Journals - Reviews and Proceedings - Theses

Journals

The role of carrier gases in the production of metastable argon atoms in a rf discharge Abstract
Kenneth Rudinger, Zheng-Tian Lu, and Peter Mueller
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 036105 (2009)

Hyperfine Suppression of 2 ³S₁ - 3 ³P_J Transitions in ³He Abstract / PDF
I.A. Sulai, Quixue Wu, M. Bishof, G.W.F. Drake, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, and R.Santra
Physical Review Letters 101, 173001 (2008)

Nuclear charge radius of ⁸He Abstract / PDF / Preprint arXiv:0801.0601v1 (nucl-ex)
P. Mueller, I.A. Sulai, A.C.C. Villari, J.A. Alcantara-Nunez, R. Alves-Conde, K. Bailey, G.W.F. Drake, M. Dubois, C. Eleon, G. Gaubert, R.J. Holt, R.V.F. Janssens, N. Lecesne, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, M.-G. Saint-Laurent, J.-C. Thomas, L.-B. Wang
Physical Review Letters 99, 252501 (2007)

Laser-trapping of Ra-225 and Ra-226 with repumping by room temperature blackbody radiation Abstract / PDF / Preprint (physics/0701263)
J. R. Guest, N. D. Scielzo, I. Ahmad, K. Bailey, J. P. Greene, R. J. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O'Connor, D. H. Potterveld
Physical Review Letters 98, 093001 (2007)

Thermal beam of metastable krypton atoms produced by optical excitation Abstract / Preprint (physics/0612046)
Y. Ding, S.-M. Hu, K. Bailey, A. M. Davis, R. W. Dunford, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O'Connor, L. Young
Review of Scientific Instruments 78, 023103 (2007)

Beam of metastable krypton atoms extracted from a microwave-driven discharge Abstract
Y. Ding, K. Bailey, A.M. Davis, S.-M. Hu, Z.-T. Lu T.P. O'Connor
Review of Scientific Instruments 77, 126105 (2006)

Measurement of the lifetimes of the lowest ³P₁ state of neutral Ba and Ra Abstract / PDF
N.D. Scielzo, J.R. Guest, E.C. Schulte, I. Ahmad, K. Bailey, D.L. Bowers, R.J. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, and D. Potterveld
Physical Review A 73, 010501(R) (2006)

Fine Structure of the 1s3p ³P_J Level in Atomic ⁴He: Theory and Experiment Abstract / PDF / Preprint (physics/0407114)
P. Mueller, L.-B. Wang, G. W. F. Drake, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, and T. P. O'Connor
Physical Review Letters 94, 133001 (2005)

Laser Spectroscopic Determination of the ⁶He Nuclear Charge Radius Abstract / PDF / Preprint (nucl-ex/0408008)
L.-B. Wang, P. Mueller, G. W. F. Drake, J. P. Greene, D. Henderson, R. J. Holt, R. V. F. Janssens, C. L. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O’Connor, R. C. Pardo, K. E. Rehm, J. P. Schiffer, X. D. Tang
Physical Review Letters 93, 142501 (2004)

An Atom Trap System for Practical ⁸¹Kr-Dating Abstract
X. Du, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O'Connor, L. Young
Review of Scientific Instruments 75, 3224 (2004)

One million year old groundwater in the Sahara revealed by krypton-81 and chlorine-36 Abstract / Preprint (physics/0402092)
N. C. Sturchio, X. Du, R. Purtschert, B. E. Lehmann, M. Sultan, L. J. Patterson, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, K. Bailey, T. P. O’Connor, L. Young, R. Lorenzo, B. M. Kennedy, M. van Soest, Z. El Alfy, B. El Kaliouby, Y. Dawood, and A. M. A. Abdallah
Geophysical Research Letters 31(5), L05503 (2004)

Counting individual ⁴¹Ca atoms with a Magneto-Optical Trap Abstract / PDF / Preprint (physics/0310045)
I. D. Moore, K. Bailey, J. Greene, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O’Connor, Ch. Geppert, K. D. A. Wendt, L. Young
Physical Review Letters 92, 153002 (2004)

Search for anomalously heavy isotopes of helium in the Earth’s atmosphere Abstract / PDF / Preprint (nucl-ex/0302025)
P. Mueller, L.-B. Wang, R. J. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O’Connor, and J. P. Schiffer
Physical Review Letters 92, 022501 (2004)

A new method of measuring 81Kr and 85Kr abundances in environmental samples Abstract / Preprint (physics/0311118)
X. Du, R. Purtschert, K. Bailey, B. E. Lehmann, R. Lorenzo, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O’Connor, N.C. Sturchio, and L. Young
Geophysical Research Letters 30, 2068 (2003)

Laser spectroscopic measurement of helium isotope ratios Abstract /Preprint (physics/0311121)
L.-B. Wang, P. Mueller, R. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O’Connor, Y. Sano, N.C. Sturchio
Geophysical Research Letters 30, 1592 (2003)

A Beam of Metastable Krypton Atoms Extracted from an RF-Driven Discharge Abstract /Preprint (PDF)
C.Y. Chen, K. Bailey, X. Du, Y.M. Li, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, L. Young, G. Winkler
Review of Scientific Instruments 72, 271 (2001)

Ultrasensitive isotope trace analyses with a magneto-optical trap Abstract
C.Y. Chen, Y.M. Li, K. Bailey, T.P. O'Connor, L. Young, Z.-T. Lu
Science 286, 1139 (1999)

Reviews and Proceedings

Atom Trap, Krypton-81, and Saharan Water Preprint
Zheng-Tian Lu
Nuclear Physics News 18(2), 24 (2008)

Searches for stable strangelets in ordinary matter: overview and a recent example Abstract /Preprint (nucl-ex/0402015)
Z.-T. Lu, R. J. Holt, P. Müller, T. P. O’Connor, J. P. Schiffer, L.-B. Wang
Nuclear Physics A 754, 361c (2005)

Tracing Noble Gas Radionuclides in the Environment Abstract / Preprint (nucl-ex/0402013)
P. Collon, W. Kutschera and Z.-T. Lu
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science 54, 39 (2004)

Search for a low-lying 3.5-eV isomeric state in ²²⁹Th PDF
I.D. Moore, I. Ahmad, K. Bailey, D. L. Bowers, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O’Connor, Z. Yin
Physics Division Report PHY-10990-ME-2004

Laser-Based Methods for Ultrasensitive Trace-Isotope Analyses (Feature review article) Abstract
Z.-T. Lu and K.D.A. Wendt
Review of Scientific Instruments 74, 1169 (2003)

Towards measuring the charge radius of ⁶He and ⁸He Abstract
P. Mueller, L.-B. Wang, K. Bailey, G.W.F. Drake, X. Du, J. Greene, A.M. Heinz, R.J. Holt, D. Henderson, R.V. Janssens, C.-L. Jiang, C. Law, Z.-T. Lu, I.D. Moore, T.P. O'Connor, R.C. Pardo, M. Paul, T. Pennington, K.E. Rehm, J.P. Schiffer
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physical Research B204, 536 (2003)

From Helium-6 to Krypton-81 PDF
Z.-T. Lu
Art and Symmetry in Experimental Physics, Festschrift for Eugene D. Commins, AIP Conference Proceedings 596 (2001)

Chinese

Simple atom, extreme nucleus - Laser trapping and probing of exotic helium isotopes PDF
Li-Bang Wang, Zheng-Tian Lu, Peter Mueller
Wuli (Physics), Vol. 38, 339 (2009)

Search for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment in Atoms PDF
Z.-T. Lu
A write-up for National Natural Science Foundation of China (2008)

Atom Trap, krypton-81, and the groundwater underneath the Sahara Desert PDF
X. Du and Z.-T. Lu
Wuli (Physics), Vol. 34, 408 (2005)

Theses

Determination of the Helium-6 Nuclear Charge Radius Using High-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy PDF
Li-Bang Wang, PhD Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004

Realization of Radio-Krypton Dating with an Atom Trap PDF
Xu Du, PhD Thesis, Northwestern University, June 2003