Horst, Max Henrik (2023)
Laser Spectroscopy of ²⁰⁸Bi⁸²⁺ and Commissioning of the HITRAP Cooling Trap.
Technische Universität Darmstadt
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00026367
Ph.D. Thesis, Primary publication, Publisher's Version
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Item Type: | Ph.D. Thesis | ||||
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Type of entry: | Primary publication | ||||
Title: | Laser Spectroscopy of ²⁰⁸Bi⁸²⁺ and Commissioning of the HITRAP Cooling Trap | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Referees: | Nörtershäuser, Prof. Dr. Wilfried ; Walther, Prof. Dr. Thomas | ||||
Date: | 7 December 2023 | ||||
Place of Publication: | Darmstadt | ||||
Collation: | 127 Seiten in verschiedenen Zählungen | ||||
Date of oral examination: | 22 November 2023 | ||||
DOI: | 10.26083/tuprints-00026367 | ||||
Abstract: | Today, quantum electrodynamics (QED) is considered the most precisely tested theory in physics. The most precise tests have been performed mainly on comparatively simple systems such as the free electron. However, since QED should also be valid in the most extreme electric and magnetic fields, according to today’s understanding, tests must be performed in this regime as well. Heavy and highly charged ions are suitable for this purpose, because the remaining electrons near the nucleus are exposed to these extreme fields. Since such ions do not occur naturally on earth, they must be produced artificially. This requires high energies and, especially for the heaviest elements, large accelerator facilities, such as the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. In this work, laser spectroscopy of artificially produced ²⁰⁸Bi⁸²⁺ at relativistic energies was performed at the storage ring ESR of GSI. This is the first time that in-flight produced ions have been successfully studied by laser spectroscopy in a storage ring. The main challenge is the small amount of ions, which leads to low signal count rates in the detectors. In part due to the data analysis performed in this work, the measured background has been reduced to a point where the energy difference of the hyperfine splitting can be extracted. The obtained result is ²⁰⁸∆E⁽¹ˢ⁾ = 5598.97(1)(8) meV and represents an important milestone for the test of QED in the strongest magnetic fields. The accuracy of laser spectroscopy in storage rings like the ESR is limited by the velocity distribution of the ions. To improve the accuracy by several orders of magnitude, ion traps can be used. However, it is not possible to directly capture ions produced at relativistic energies in an ion trap. Therefore, in the second part of this work, the Cooling Trap of the HITRAP facility was commissioned. The task of the HITRAP facility is to decelerate the highly charged ions, to cool them and to transport them further to the subsequent experiments. The Cooling Trap is the final step of the deceleration process and is responsible for the sympathetic cooling of the ions by electrons. In this work, the Cooling Trap was commissioned with highly charged ions and electrons from local sources. Moreover, for the first time, ions and electrons were simultaneously stored in the Cooling Trap. This finally led to the first demonstration of cooling effects of electrons on highly charged ions in a Penning trap. |
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Status: | Publisher's Version | ||||
URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-263672 | ||||
Classification DDC: | 500 Science and mathematics > 530 Physics | ||||
Divisions: | 05 Department of Physics > Institute of Nuclear Physics > Experimentelle Kernphysik > Atom- und Kernphysik radioaktiver Nuklide | ||||
Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2023 13:11 | ||||
Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2023 07:27 | ||||
URI: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/26367 | ||||
PPN: | 513769951 | ||||
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