Measuring the difference in nuclear charge radius of Xe isotopes by EUV spectroscopy of highly charged Na-like ions.
Silwal, R;Lapierre, A;Gillaspy, J D;Dreiling, J M;Blundell, S A;Dipti, ;Borovik, A;Gwinner, G;Villari, A C C;Ralchenko, Yu;Takacs, E;
physical review a2018Vol. 98
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silwal2018measuringphysical
Abstract
The difference in the mean-square nuclear charge radius of xenon isotopes was measured utilizing a method based on extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy of highly charged Na-like ions. The isotope shift of the Na-like 1 (3 - 3) transition between the Xe and Xe isotopes was experimentally determined using the electron-beam ion-trap facility at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The mass-shift and the field-shift coefficients were calculated with enhanced precision by the relativistic many-body perturbation theory and multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock method. The mean-square nuclear charge radius difference was found to be 〈〉 = 0.269(42) fm. Our result has smaller uncertainty than previous experimental results and agrees with the literature values.