2013/12/11 by M Tandecki, M. Tandecki, J. Zhang +15 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Nuclear physics research studies #nucl-ex #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1748-0221/8/12/p12006
published as 2013 JINST 8 P12006 · 21 pages, 8 figures
openalex publication_date 2013/12/11 · arxiv created 2013/12/12 · arxiv updated 2014/11/19 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
We report on the successful commissioning of the Francium Trapping Facility at TRIUMF. Large laser-cooled samples of francium are produced from a francium ion beam delivered by the ISAC radioactive ion beam facility. The ion beam is neutralized on an yttrium foil, which is subsequently heated to transfer the atoms into the magneto-optical trapping region. We have successfully trapped 207 Fr, 209 Fr and 221 Fr, with a maximum of 2.5 × 10 5 209 Fr atoms. The neutral cold atoms will be used in studies of the weak interaction through measurements of atomic parity non-conservation.