A1 Journal article (refereed)
Isotope Shifts of Radium Monofluoride Molecules (2021)

Udrescu, S. M., Brinson, A. J., Garcia Ruiz, R. F., Gaul, K., Berger, R., Billowes, J., Binnersley, C. L., Bissell, M. L., Breier, A. A., Chrysalidis, K., Cocolios, T. E., Cooper, B. S., Flanagan, K. T., Giesen, T. F., de Groote, R. P., Franchoo, S., Gustafsson, F. P., Isaev, T. A., Koszorús, Á., . . . Yang, X. F. (2021). Isotope Shifts of Radium Monofluoride Molecules. Physical Review Letters, 127(3), Article 033001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.033001

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All authors or editors: Udrescu, S. M.; Brinson, A. J.; Garcia Ruiz, R. F.; Gaul, K.; Berger, R.; Billowes, J.; Binnersley, C. L.; Bissell, M. L.; Breier, A. A.; Chrysalidis, K.; et al.

Journal or series: Physical Review Letters

ISSN: 0031-9007

eISSN: 1079-7114

Publication year: 2021

Publication date: 14/07/2021

Volume: 127

Issue number: 3

Article number: 033001

Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.033001

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/77379

Publication is parallel published: https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.10549

Abstract

Isotope shifts of 223–226,228Ra19F were measured for different vibrational levels in the electronic transition A2Π1/2←X2Σ+. The observed isotope shifts demonstrate the particularly high sensitivity of radium monofluoride to nuclear size effects, offering a stringent test of models describing the electronic density within the radium nucleus. Ab initio quantum chemical calculations are in excellent agreement with experimental observations. These results highlight some of the unique opportunities that short-lived molecules could offer in nuclear structure and in fundamental symmetry studies.

Keywords: nuclear physics; atomic physics; isotopes; radium

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Reporting Year: 2021

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