Towards measurement of charge radii of neutron-deficient <sup>52,53</sup>Ni

ORAL

Abstract

Chains of charge radius of Ca and Ni isotopes show a similar trend across the neutron magic number N = 28, though 48Ca is known to be a robust doubly-magic nucleus, whereas 56Ni is soft as a doubly-magic nucleus [1]. The charge radius measurements will be extended to very neutron-deficient 52,53Ni isotopes to investigate if the surprising similarity persists and for better understanding of structure around the soft 56Ni. The experiment will be performed at the BECOLA/RISE facility at FRIB. Currently, test experiments are performed to establish an efficient, low-background multi-step laser resonant ionization scheme using a Rydberg state as a final state to be ionized via field ionization. Details of the development as well as the science background will be discussed.

[1] F. Sommer et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 132501 (2022).

*This work is supported in part by the NSF grant No. PHY-21-11185 and the DOE Office of Science Award No. DE-SC0000661.

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Presenters

  • Adam J Dockery

    • Michigan State University

Authors

  • Kei Minamisono

    • Michigan State University

  • Adam J Dockery

    • Michigan State University

  • Alex Brinson

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Ronald Fernando F Garcia Ruiz

    • MIT
    • MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science

  • Phillip Imgram

    • TU Darmstadt

  • Haruka Kakioka

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jonas Karthein

    • Texas A&M University

  • Kristian Koenig

    • Technische Universität Darmstadt

  • Jeremy D Lantis

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Mason D Moenter

    • FRIB

  • Scott Moroch

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Patrick Müller

    • TU Darmstadt

  • Wilfried Nörtershäuser

    • TU Darmstadt

  • Alejandro Ortiz Cortes

    • FRIB
    • Michigan State University

  • Fabian Camilo C Pastrana Cruz

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Paula Plazas Isanoa

    • Michigan State University

  • Laura Renth

    • TU Darmstadt

  • Brooke J Rickey

    • Michigan State University

  • Dominic M Rossi

    • TU Darmstadt

  • Silviu-Marian M Udrescu

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • University of Chicago

  • Shane Wilkins

    • Michigan State University