The nuclear charge radius of 13C
Journal Article
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· Nature Communications
- Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany); Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany); GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany); Max Planck Inst. fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg (Germany); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany); Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Heverlee (Belgium)
- Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany); GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)
- Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany); GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany); Max Planck Inst. fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg (Germany); Univ. of Tsukuba (Japan)
- Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany); GSI-Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany); Max Planck Inst. fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg (Germany)
The size is a key property of a nucleus. Accurate nuclear radii are extracted from elastic electron scattering, laser spectroscopy, and muonic atom spectroscopy. The results are not always compatible, as the proton-radius puzzle has shown most dramatically. Beyond helium, precision data from muonic and electronic sources are scarce in the light-mass region. The stable isotopes of carbon are an exception. We present a laser spectroscopic measurement of the root-mean-square (rms) charge radius of 13C and compare this with ab initio nuclear structure calculations. Measuring all hyperfine components of the 2 3S → 2 3P fine-structure triplet in 13C4+ ions referenced to a frequency comb allows us to determine its center-of-gravity with accuracy better than 2 MHz although second-order hyperfine-structure effects shift individual lines by several GHz. We improved the uncertainty of Rc(13C) determined with electrons by a factor of 6 and found a 3σ discrepancy with the muonic atom result of similar accuracy.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 3002318
- Journal Information:
- Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 16; ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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