Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Towards high-resolution laser ionization spectroscopy of the heaviest elements in supersonic gas jet expansion

  • R. Ferrer,
  • A. Barzakh,
  • B. Bastin,
  • R. Beerwerth,
  • M. Block,
  • P. Creemers,
  • H. Grawe,
  • R. de Groote,
  • P. Delahaye,
  • X. Fléchard,
  • S. Franchoo,
  • S. Fritzsche,
  • L. P. Gaffney,
  • L. Ghys,
  • W. Gins,
  • C. Granados,
  • R. Heinke,
  • L. Hijazi,
  • M. Huyse,
  • T. Kron,
  • Yu. Kudryavtsev,
  • M. Laatiaoui,
  • N. Lecesne,
  • M. Loiselet,
  • F. Lutton,
  • I. D. Moore,
  • Y. Martínez,
  • E. Mogilevskiy,
  • P. Naubereit,
  • J. Piot,
  • S. Raeder,
  • S. Rothe,
  • H. Savajols,
  • S. Sels,
  • V. Sonnenschein,
  • J-C Thomas,
  • E. Traykov,
  • C. Van Beveren,
  • P. Van den Bergh,
  • P. Van Duppen,
  • K. Wendt,
  • A. Zadvornaya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14520
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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It is challenging to explore properties of heavy elements as they can only be produced artificially. Here, the authors demonstrate a high resolution spectroscopy method, studying the properties of actinium, which can be extended to the study of other elements located at the end of the periodic table.