Nuclear and in-source laser spectroscopy with the ISAC yield station

Peter Kunz; Corina Andreoiu; Pierre Bricault; Marik Dombsky; Jens Lassen; Andrea Teigelhöfer; Henning Heggen; Fiona Wong

doi:10.1063/1.4878718

Nuclear and in-source laser spectroscopy with the ISAC yield station

Rev Sci Instrum. 2014 May;85(5):053305. doi: 10.1063/1.4878718.

Authors

Peter Kunz¹, Corina Andreoiu², Pierre Bricault¹, Marik Dombsky¹, Jens Lassen¹, Andrea Teigelhöfer¹, Henning Heggen¹, Fiona Wong²

Affiliations

¹ TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada.
² Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada.

PMID: 24880362
DOI: 10.1063/1.4878718

Abstract

A new decay station has been built for the ISAC facility at TRIUMF for the rapid and reliable characterization of radioactive ion beam (RIB) compositions and intensities with the capability of simultaneously collecting α, β, and γ decay data from RIB with intensities between a few and ≈10(11) ions per second. It features user-friendly control, data acquisition, and analysis software. The analysis of individual decay time structures allows the unambiguous assignment of α and γ lines even with substantial isobaric contamination present. The capability for accurate half-life measurements is demonstrated with the example of (46)K. The coupling of the yield station to the laser ion source, TRILIS, allows the correlation of radiometric data with automated laser frequency scans. First results of in-source laser spectroscopy measurements on astatine are discussed.