Atomic & Molecular
Physics Group
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität
Greifswald, Math.-Nat. Fakultät,
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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March 2014:
Robert Wolf receives two prizes
for his dissertation on
multi-reflection time-of-flight
mass spectrometry and
application in nuclear physics
(see press
release)
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June 2013: ion ping pong
Masses
of exotic calcium isotopes pin down nuclear forces
F. Wienholtz et al., Nature
498, 346 (2013), featured also in Nature News&Views
press releases, etc.: CERN
updates or CERN,
idw, chemie.de,
pro-physik.de,
CERN Courier,
Physics Today (physics
update), in German: idw/German,
Physik
in unserer Zeit
Newspaper articles (in German) in F.A.Z.
and NNZ
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Recent
publications
Upgrades
at ClusterTrap and Latest Results
F. Martinez et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrom., accepted
Ion-Bunch Stacking in a
Penning Trap after Purification in an Electrostatic Mirror Trap
M. Rosenbusch et al., Appl. Phys. B 114, 147-155 (2014)
A
phase-imaging technique for cyclotron-frequency measurements
S. Eliseev et al., Appl. Phys. B 114, 107-128 (2014)
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A few further highlights:
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
Direct mapping of nuclear shell effects
in the heaviest elements
E. Minaya Ramirez et al., 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
M. Block et al.,
Nature 463, 785 (2010) press
release/echo (in German): idw,
FAZ
D. Neidherr et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.
102, 112501 (2009) media release/echo (in German): idw,
FAZ,
Physik in unserer Zeit
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)
·
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., 353,
49-53 (2013)
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., 349-350, 123 (2013)
·
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