Nuclear charge radii of 8,9Li determined by laser spectroscopy
G Ewald1, W Nörtershäuser, A Dax
1Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
Abstract:
The 2s-->3s transition of (6,7,8,9)Li was studied by high-resolution laser spectroscopy using two-photon Doppler-free excitation and resonance-ionization detection. Hyperfine structure splittings and isotope shifts were determined with precision at the 100 kHz level. Combined with recent theoretical work, the changes in the nuclear-charge radii of (8,9)Li were determined. These are now the lightest short-lived isotopes for which the charge radii have been measured. It is found that the charge radii monotonically decrease with increasing neutron number from 6Li to 9Li.
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