Hyperfine-structure-resolved laser spectroscopy of many-electron highly charged ions

Abstract

Highly charged ions (HCIs) have opened up various research frontiers in fundamental physics, such as recent proposals for atomic clocks based on heavy HCIs with many electrons. This paper demonstrates a laser spectroscopic method using an electron beam ion trap plasma with a quasi-Zeeman-free low magnetic field to deepen understanding of their hyperfine structure.