Electronic level structure of Th+ in the range of the Th 229m isomer energy
- authored by
- D. M. Meier, J. Thielking, P. Głowacki, M. V. Okhapkin, R. A. Müller, A. Surzhykov, E. Peik
- Abstract
Using resonant two-step laser excitation of trapped Th+232 ions, we observe 166 previously unknown energy levels of even parity within the energy range from 7.8 to 9.8 eV and angular momenta from J=1/2 to 7/2. We also classify the high-lying levels observed in our earlier experiments by the total angular momentum and perform multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock calculations to compare their results with the observed level density. The observed levels can be relevant for the excitation or decay of the Th229m isomeric nuclear state which lies in this energy range. The high density of electronic levels promises a strongly enhanced electronic bridge excitation of the isomer in Th+229.
- External Organisation(s)
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National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB)
Poznan University of Technology
Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Type
- Article
- Journal
- Physical Review A
- Volume
- 99
- ISSN
- 2469-9926
- Publication date
- 29.05.2019
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.99.052514 (Access:
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