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@PHDTHESIS{Mller:348999,
author = {Müller, Patrick Matthias},
title = {{L}aserspectroscopic determination of the nuclear charge
radius of ¹³{C}},
school = {Technische Universität Darmstadt},
type = {Dissertation},
address = {Darmstadt},
publisher = {ULB Darmstadt},
reportid = {GSI-2024-00460},
pages = {118, xix Seiten},
year = {2024},
note = {Dissertation, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 2023},
abstract = {Light nuclei, that consist of only a few nucleons, are
exciting testing grounds for our understanding of
fundamental interactions. Bound by the residual strong
interaction acting between the quarks inside the protons and
neutrons, these nuclei form interesting structures such as
condensed α clusters or halo nuclei that are challenging to
describe by nuclear theory. Over the last decades, ab initio
nuclear structure calculations, that are rooted in quantum
chromodynamics, were improved significantly. Providing
precise benchmark values for these theories is essential to
improve the precision of predictions on how nuclear matter
emerges. The isotopes of the light element carbon (C) are
highly interesting cases to study as they exhibit pronounced
α clustering and are important contributors to the
nucleosynthesis process in stars. Additionally, C is at the
limit of what is computationally possible using higher-order
nuclear structure calculations, and due to its unfavorable
spectral properties, no experimental high-precision
spectroscopy data is available so far. In this work, the
differential nuclear charge radius of ¹²⸴¹³C is
determined purely from results of ab initio nonrelativistic
quantum electrodynamics atomic structure calculations and
highprecision collinear laser spectroscopy measurements
carried out at the Collinear Apparatus for Laser
Spectroscopy and Applied Science (COALA), located at the
Institute for Nuclear Physics at the Technical University
Darmstadt. For this, first high-accuracy measurements of the
1s2s ³S₁ → 1s2p ³P₀,₁,₂ transitions in He-like
¹³C⁴⁺ were carried out and combined with measurements
in ¹²C⁴⁺ from preceding work. The C⁴⁺ isotopes in
the metastable ³S₁ state are produced in an electron beam
ion source and are accessible with lasers operated at a
wavelength of 227.6 nm. The fluorescence detection region
(FDR) of COALA at these deep-UV wavelengths was improved
with a new lens-based FDR designed and built within this
work. The new segment provides an improved signal-to-noise
ratio compared to the previous mirror-based design. This
considerably facilitated spectroscopy of the weakest
transitions in ¹³C⁴⁺, which split into hyperfine
structure (HFS). The effect of hyperfine-induced mixing on
the transition frequencies is investigated and benchmark
values for atomic structure calculations are provided. The
new model independent δ⟨r²⟩¹²⸴¹³ = −0.1245(66)
fm² is compared to results from elastic electron
scattering, muonic atom spectroscopy and ab initio nuclear
structure calculations. In combination with the existing
experimental results for ¹²C, the absolute nuclear charge
radius of ¹³C is determined. An elaborate analysis of the
fluorescence spectra and potential systematic uncertainties
is presented that is enabled by the new Python package
qspec, developed within this work for simulations and data
analysis surrounding laser spectroscopy. The package was
extensively tested during beamtimes at GSI, CERN/ISOLDE and
ANL where it significantly contributed to decision-making
processes by enabling a detailed live data analysis and
simulations. In addition to the analysis of ¹³C⁴⁺, an
investigation of quantum interference effects and
optical-population transfer in the HFS of ⁸⁷Sr⁺ is
presented in the appendix.},
cin = {ATP / DEC / SPARC@FAIR},
cid = {I:(DE-Ds200)ATP-20051214OR020 /
I:(DE-Ds200)DEC-20121002OR240 / I:(DE-Ds200)Coll-FAIR-SPARC},
pnm = {631 - Matter – Dynamics, Mechanisms and Control
(POF4-631) / DFG project 279384907 - SFB 1245: Atomkerne:
Von fundamentalen Wechselwirkungen zu Struktur und Sternen
(279384907)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-631 / G:(GEPRIS)279384907},
experiment = {$EXP:(DE-Ds200)no_experiment-20200803$},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
urn = {urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-267460},
doi = {10.26083/TUPRINTS-00026746},
url = {https://repository.gsi.de/record/348999},
}