Charge-state distribution of Li ions from the decay of laser-trapped atoms
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics
- Normandie University, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen (France)
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy
The accurate determination of atomic final states following nuclear β decay plays an important role in several experiments. In particular, the charge state distributions of ions following nuclear β decay are important for determinations of the β-ν angular correlation with improved precision. Also, beyond the hydrogenic cases, the decay of neutral 6He presents the simplest case. Our measurement aims at providing benchmarks to test theoretical calculations. The kinematics of Lin+ ions produced following the β decay of 6He within an electric field were measured using 6He atoms in the metastable (1s2s,3S1) and (1s2p,3P2) states confined by a magneto-optical trap. The electron shakeoff probabilities were deduced, including their dependence on ion energy. Finally, we find significant discrepancies on the fractions of Li ions in the different charge states with respect to a recent calculation.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; FG02-97ER41020
- OSTI ID:
- 1421952
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1408553
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review A, Vol. 96, Issue 5; ISSN 2469-9926
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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