Journal article

Authors list: Guckert, R; Zhao, X; Crane, SG; Hime, A; Taylor, WA; Tupa, D; Vieira, DJ; Wollnik, H

Publication year: 1998

Pages: R1637-R1640

Journal: Physical review A

Volume number: 58

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 1050-2947

eISSN: 1094-1622

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R1637

Publisher: American Physical Society

Abstract: 
We report the successful trapping of 6 x 10(6) Rb-82 (t(1/2) = 75 S) atoms with a trap lifetime of similar to 30 s in a magneto-optical trap that is coupled to an off-line mass separator. Efficient sample introduction is achieved by implanting Rb-82 ions into a small yttrium catcher foil located inside the trapping cell. Upon heating, the radioactive atoms are released from the foil and trapped without significant gas loading. This advancement makes a variety of high-precision electroweak interaction experiments possible, including the measurement of beta-decay correlations associated with spin-polarized Rb-82 nuclei.

Harvard Citation style: Guckert, R., Zhao, X., Crane, S., Hime, A., Taylor, W., Tupa, D., et al. (1998) Magneto-optical trapping of radioactive ⁸²Rb atoms, PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 58(3), pp. R1637-R1640. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R1637

APA Citation style: Guckert, R., Zhao, X., Crane, S., Hime, A., Taylor, W., Tupa, D., Vieira, D., & Wollnik, H. (1998). Magneto-optical trapping of radioactive ⁸²Rb atoms. PHYSICAL REVIEW A. 58(3), R1637-R1640. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.R1637