$7P_{1/2}$ hyperfine splitting in $^{206,207,209,213}$Fr and the hyperfine anomaly

ORAL

Abstract

We perform precision measurements on francium, the heaviest alkali with no stable isotopes, at the recently commissioned Francium Trapping Facility at TRIUMF. A combination of RF and optical spectroscopy allows better than 10 ppm (statistical) measurements of the $7P_{1/2}$ state hyperfine splitting for the isotopes $^{206,207,209,213}$Fr, in preparation for weak interaction studies. Together with previous measurements of the ground state hyperfine structure, it is possible to extract the hyperfine anomaly. This is a correction to the point interaction of the nuclear magnetic moment and the electron wavefunction, known as the Bohr Weisskopf effect. Our measurements extend previous measurements\footnote{Grossman {\it et al} Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 935 (1999).} to the neutron closed shell isotope (213) as well as further in the neutron deficient isotopes (206, 207).

*Work supported by NSERC and NRC from Canada, NSF and DOE from USA, CONYACT from Mexico.

Authors

  • J. Zhang

    • JQI, Physics, University of Maryland and NIST, College Park, 20742, USA
  • L.A. Orozco

    • JQI, Dept. of Physics, UMD and NIST, USA
    • JQI, Physics, University of Maryland and NIST, College Park, 20742, USA
  • R. Collister

    • University of Manitoba
    • Physics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
  • G. Gwinner

    • Physics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
  • M. Tandecki

    • TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2A3, Canada
    • TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, V6T2A3, Canada
  • J.A. Behr

    • TRIUMF
    • TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, V6T2A3, Canada
  • M.R. Pearson

    • TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, V6T2A3, Canada
  • E. Gomez

    • Instituto de Fisica, UASLP, San Luis Potosi, 78290, Mexico
  • S. Aubin

    • College of William and Mary
    • Dept. of Physics, College of William and Mary
    • Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23197, USA.