000723384 000__ 03295cam\a2200481Ii\4500 000723384 001__ 723384 000723384 005__ 20230306140335.0 000723384 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000723384 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000723384 008__ 140801s2015\\\\sz\a\\\\ob\\\\000\0\eng\d 000723384 019__ $$a889312713$$a894170100 000723384 020__ $$a9783319071121$$qelectronic book 000723384 020__ $$a3319071122$$qelectronic book 000723384 020__ $$z9783319071114 000723384 0247_ $$a10.1007/978-3-319-07112-1$$2doi 000723384 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)ocn885027781 000723384 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)885027781$$z(OCoLC)889312713$$z(OCoLC)894170100 000723384 040__ $$aGW5XE$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cGW5XE$$dN$T$$dCOO$$dYDXCP$$dE7B$$dEBLCP$$dDEBSZ 000723384 049__ $$aISEA 000723384 050_4 $$aQC454.L3 000723384 08204 $$a543/.5$$223 000723384 1001_ $$aLynch, Kara Marie,$$eauthor. 000723384 24510 $$aLaser assisted nuclear decay spectroscopy$$h[electronic resource] :$$ba new method for studying neutron-deficient Francium isotopes /$$cKara Marie Lynch. 000723384 264_1 $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c2015. 000723384 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiii, 131 pages) :$$billustrations (some color). 000723384 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000723384 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000723384 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000723384 4901_ $$aSpringer Theses,$$x2190-5053 000723384 500__ $$a"Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Manchester, UK." 000723384 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references. 000723384 5050_ $$aTheoretical Considerations for Laser Spectroscopy -- Theoretical Considerations for Nuclear Decay Spectroscopy -- Experimental Setup at ISOLDE -- Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy -- Laser Assisted Nuclear Decay Spectroscopy -- Spectroscopic Studies of neutron-Deficient Francium -- Interpretation of Results. 000723384 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000723384 520__ $$aThis work details an application of collinear resonance ionization spectroscopy for the separation of short-lived isomeric states and their subsequent study with decay spectroscopy.It reports the successful construction ofa novel decay spectroscopy apparatus that can operate at pressures below 1 x 10^-9 mbar.The method is demonstrated by separating the nuclear ground and isomeric states of 204Fr and performing alpha-decay spectroscopy. An equivalent mass spectrometer would require 4.6 million times as much resolution to achieve the same result. This work unambiguously confirms the existence of a second isomeric state in 204Fr. The author also demonstrates the effectiveness of this method for laser spectroscopy and identification of hyperfine-structure components with energy tagging. This method was successfully used in 202Fr to identify ground and isomeric states. The measurement of 202Fr reported in this thesis demonstrates a factor of 100 improvement in sensitivity compared to state-of-the-art fluorescence techniques.The work reported in this thesis won the author the IOP Nuclear Physics Group Early Career Prize 000723384 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 1, 2014). 000723384 650_0 $$aLaser spectroscopy. 000723384 650_0 $$aFrancium$$xSpectra. 000723384 77608 $$iPrint version:$$z9783319071114 000723384 830_0 $$aSpringer theses. 000723384 852__ $$bebk 000723384 85640 $$3SpringerLink$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-07112-1$$zOnline Access$$91397441.1 000723384 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:723384$$pGLOBAL_SET 000723384 980__ $$aEBOOK 000723384 980__ $$aBIB 000723384 982__ $$aEbook 000723384 983__ $$aOnline 000723384 994__ $$a92$$bISE