Resonant laser ionization of polonium at rilis-isolde for the study of ground- and isomer-state properties

✍ Scribed by Thomas E. Cocolios; Bruce A. Marsh; Valentine N. Fedosseev; Serge Franchoo; Gerhard Huber; Mark Huyse; Alexandra M. Ionan; Karl Johnston; Ulli Köster; Yuri Kudryavtsev; Maxim Seliverstov; Etam Noah; Thierry Stora; Piet Van Duppen

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 172 KB
• Volume: 266
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-583X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.05.142

✦ Synopsis

Three new ionization schemes for polonium have been tested with the resonant ionization laser ion source (RILIS) during the on-line production of 196 Po in a UC x target at ISOLDE. The saturation of the atomic transitions has been observed and the yields of the isotope chain 193-198,200,202,204 Po have been measured. This development provides the necessary groundwork for performing in-source resonant ionization spectroscopy on the neutron-deficient polonium isotopes (Z = 84).