@article{723384,
      recid = {723384},
      author = {Lynch, Kara Marie,},
      title = {Laser assisted nuclear decay spectroscopy a new method for  studying neutron-deficient Francium isotopes / [electronic  resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiii, 131 pages) :},
      note = {"Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Manchester,  UK."},
      abstract = {This work details an application of collinear resonance  ionization spectroscopy for the separation of short-lived  isomeric states and their subsequent study with decay  spectroscopy.It reports the successful construction ofa  novel decay spectroscopy apparatus that can operate at  pressures below 1 x 10^-9 mbar.The method is demonstrated  by separating the nuclear ground and isomeric states of  204Fr and performing alpha-decay spectroscopy. An  equivalent mass spectrometer would require 4.6 million  times as much resolution to achieve the same result. This  work unambiguously confirms the existence of a second  isomeric state in 204Fr. The author also demonstrates the  effectiveness of this method for laser spectroscopy and  identification of hyperfine-structure components with  energy tagging. This method was successfully used in 202Fr  to identify ground and isomeric states. The measurement of  202Fr reported in this thesis demonstrates a factor of 100  improvement in sensitivity compared to state-of-the-art  fluorescence techniques.The work reported in this thesis  won the author the IOP Nuclear Physics Group Early Career  Prize},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/723384},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07112-1},
}