Atomic & Molecular
Physics Group
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität
Greifswald, Institut
für Physik
Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 6, D-17487
Greifswald, Germany
phone: +49-3834-86-4700, fax: 86-4701
Ion
Trapping and Mass Spectrometry
for
Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics
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June 2013: Masses of exotic calcium isotopes pin
down nuclear forces
F. Wienholtz et al., Nature 498, 346 (2013) press releases: CERN,
idw/English, idw/German
Featured also in Nature News&Views
ion ping pong
Proceedings Int. Workshop on Non-Neutral Plasma Physics 2012 in
Greifswald now available at
NON-NEUTRAL
PLASMA PHYSICS VIII
Recent publications in Phys. Rev. Lett.:
Phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance measurements for short-lived
nuclides
S. Eliseev et
al., Phys. Rev. Lett.
110, 082501 (2013), press release (in German): idw
Plumbing
neutron stars to new depths with the
binding energy of the exotic nuclide 82Zn
R.N. Wolf et al. , Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 041101 (2013)
cover of PRL issue, synopsis, report
in Science News, pro-physik.de,
CERN Courier article,
Cover of CERN Courier,
CERN
bulletin, CERN
PH Newsletter,
press releases: idw in English, idw in German
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Nov. 2012: Defense of Doctoral Thesis by Franklin Martinez
Congratulations !
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A few further highlights:
Direct mapping of nuclear shell effects
in the heaviest elements
Science
337, 1207 (2012) press release/echo (in
German): university, idw, FAZ,
Physik
in unserer Zeit, pro-physik.de (in English): idw
Two-electron emission
after photoexcitation of metal-cluster dianions
A. Herlert, L. Schweikhard, New J. Phys. 14,
055015 (2012)
Lutz
Schweikhard elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
“for his developments of ion-trapping techniques and their
application …” press release/echo (in German): idw
Direct mass measurements above
uranium bridge the gap to the island of stability
Nature
463, 785 (2010) press release/echo (in German):
idw, FAZ
Phys.
Rev. Lett. 102, 112501 (2009) media release/echo (in German): idw, FAZ
and more on
·
Cluster
Physics:
Appearance size of
poly-anionic aluminum clusters, Alnz−, z = 2 – 5, F.
Martinez et al., Eur. J. Phys. D 67,
39 (2013)
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Ion-Storage
Techniques:
The
Stability Diagram of the Digital Ion Trap, S. Bandelow
et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrom.
336, 47 (2013)
The 3-state digital ion
trap, S. Bandelow, et al., Int.
J. Mass Spectrom., in print
Lifting
of the trapping-potential during ion storage for multi-anion production in a
Penning trap, F.
Martinez et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 313, 30 (2012)
Static-mirror ion
capture and time focusing for electrostatic ion-beam traps and multi-reflection
time-of-flight mass analyzers by use of an in-trap potential lift,
R.N. Wolf et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 313, 8 (2012)
ISOLTRAP’s Multi-Reflection
Time-of-Flight Mass Separator/Spectrometer, R.N.
Wolf, F. Wienholtz
et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrom., Int. J. Mass Spectrom., in print
·
Beta
Decay:
Q-Value
and Half-Lives for the Double-Beta-Decay Nuclide 110Pd, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 062502 (2012), press release (in German): idw
Resonant
enhancement of neutrinoless double electron capture
in 152Gd, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 052504 (2011), press release (in
German): idw