Nature Communications (Jul 2020)
The electron affinity of astatine
- David Leimbach,
- Julia Karls,
- Yangyang Guo,
- Rizwan Ahmed,
- Jochen Ballof,
- Lars Bengtsson,
- Ferran Boix Pamies,
- Anastasia Borschevsky,
- Katerina Chrysalidis,
- Ephraim Eliav,
- Dmitry Fedorov,
- Valentin Fedosseev,
- Oliver Forstner,
- Nicolas Galland,
- Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz,
- Camilo Granados,
- Reinhard Heinke,
- Karl Johnston,
- Agota Koszorus,
- Ulli Köster,
- Moa K. Kristiansson,
- Yuan Liu,
- Bruce Marsh,
- Pavel Molkanov,
- Lukáš F. Pašteka,
- João Pedro Ramos,
- Eric Renault,
- Mikael Reponen,
- Annie Ringvall-Moberg,
- Ralf Erik Rossel,
- Dominik Studer,
- Adam Vernon,
- Jessica Warbinek,
- Jakob Welander,
- Klaus Wendt,
- Shane Wilkins,
- Dag Hanstorp,
- Sebastian Rothe
Affiliations
- David Leimbach
- CERN
- Julia Karls
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg
- Yangyang Guo
- Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen
- Rizwan Ahmed
- National Centre for Physics (NCP)
- Jochen Ballof
- CERN
- Lars Bengtsson
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg
- Ferran Boix Pamies
- CERN
- Anastasia Borschevsky
- Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen
- Katerina Chrysalidis
- CERN
- Ephraim Eliav
- School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University
- Dmitry Fedorov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute - NRC KI
- Valentin Fedosseev
- CERN
- Oliver Forstner
- Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- Nicolas Galland
- CEISAM, Université de Nantes, CNRS
- Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz
- CERN
- Camilo Granados
- CERN
- Reinhard Heinke
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
- Karl Johnston
- CERN
- Agota Koszorus
- KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica
- Ulli Köster
- Institut Laue-Langevin
- Moa K. Kristiansson
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University
- Yuan Liu
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Bruce Marsh
- CERN
- Pavel Molkanov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute - NRC KI
- Lukáš F. Pašteka
- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry & Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
- João Pedro Ramos
- SCK CEN, Research Centre Mol
- Eric Renault
- CEISAM, Université de Nantes, CNRS
- Mikael Reponen
- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä
- Annie Ringvall-Moberg
- CERN
- Ralf Erik Rossel
- CERN
- Dominik Studer
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
- Adam Vernon
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester
- Jessica Warbinek
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg
- Jakob Welander
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg
- Klaus Wendt
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
- Shane Wilkins
- CERN
- Dag Hanstorp
- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg
- Sebastian Rothe
- CERN
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17599-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Electron affinity (EA) is a key parameter in determining the chemical behavior of the elements, but challenging to measure for unstable atoms. Here the authors succeed in measuring the EA of astatine, the heaviest naturally occurring halogen, and compare it with predictions from relativistic calculations.
