Probing Nuclear Excitation by Electron Capture in an Electron Beam Ion Trap with Non-destructive Isomer Detection via Precision Mass Spectrometry
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| author | Tu, Bingsheng Xue, Nan Liu, Jialin Guo, Qi Wu, Yuanbin Liu, Zuoye Pálffy, Adriana Yang, Yang Yao, Ke Wei, Baoren Zou, Yaming Kong, Xiangjin Ma, Yu-Gang |
| author_facet | Tu, Bingsheng Xue, Nan Liu, Jialin Guo, Qi Wu, Yuanbin Liu, Zuoye Pálffy, Adriana Yang, Yang Yao, Ke Wei, Baoren Zou, Yaming Kong, Xiangjin Ma, Yu-Gang |
| contents | Nuclear excitation by electron capture (NEEC) is an important nuclear excitation mechanism which still lacks conclusive experimental verification. This is primarily attributed to strong background x-/$γ$-ray noise and competing nuclear excitation processes which would overshadow the signals in various environments that NEEC takes place. Here, we propose an experimental approach to observe the NEEC process within a background-free environment. Through collisions with a highly-compressed mono-energetic electron beam in an electron beam ion trap, nuclei may get excited to a long-lived isomeric state via the NEEC process. Subsequently, ions can be extracted and Penning-trap mass spectrometry employed to unambiguously detect the isomer. Our study focuses on the promising candidate $^{189}\mathrm{Os}$, demonstrating measurable detection rates of the NEEC process and discussing the feasibility of the proposed approach. This new approach for observing the NEEC process may be realized in the near future. |
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| spellingShingle | Probing Nuclear Excitation by Electron Capture in an Electron Beam Ion Trap with Non-destructive Isomer Detection via Precision Mass Spectrometry Tu, Bingsheng Xue, Nan Liu, Jialin Guo, Qi Wu, Yuanbin Liu, Zuoye Pálffy, Adriana Yang, Yang Yao, Ke Wei, Baoren Zou, Yaming Kong, Xiangjin Ma, Yu-Gang Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory Nuclear excitation by electron capture (NEEC) is an important nuclear excitation mechanism which still lacks conclusive experimental verification. This is primarily attributed to strong background x-/$γ$-ray noise and competing nuclear excitation processes which would overshadow the signals in various environments that NEEC takes place. Here, we propose an experimental approach to observe the NEEC process within a background-free environment. Through collisions with a highly-compressed mono-energetic electron beam in an electron beam ion trap, nuclei may get excited to a long-lived isomeric state via the NEEC process. Subsequently, ions can be extracted and Penning-trap mass spectrometry employed to unambiguously detect the isomer. Our study focuses on the promising candidate $^{189}\mathrm{Os}$, demonstrating measurable detection rates of the NEEC process and discussing the feasibility of the proposed approach. This new approach for observing the NEEC process may be realized in the near future. |
| title | Probing Nuclear Excitation by Electron Capture in an Electron Beam Ion Trap with Non-destructive Isomer Detection via Precision Mass Spectrometry |
| topic | Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.05217 |