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Precision measurements on Si-

Atomic Physics 2024-04-10 v1

Abstract

High-precision measurements of the electron affinities (EA) of the three stable isotopes of silicon, 28^{28}Si, 29^{29}Si and 30^{30}Si, have been performed at the cryogenic electrostatic ion-beam storage ring DESIREE. The quantum states of the ions were manipulated using laser depletion, and the ions were photodetached by laser photodetachment threshold spectroscopy. These EA values are the first reported for 29^{29}Si^- and 30^{30}Si^- and provide a reduced uncertainty for 28^{28}Si^-. The resulting EAs are EA(28EA(^{28}Si)=1.38952201(17)) = 1.38952201(17) eV, EA(29EA(^{29}Si)=1.38952172(12)) = 1.38952172(12) eV and EA(29EA(^{29}Si)=1.38952078(12)) = 1.38952078(12) eV, with the corresponding isotope shifts IS(2928IS(^{29-28}Si)=0.29(16)) = 0.29(16) micro eV and IS(3028IS(^{30-28}Si)=1.23(16)) = 1.23(16) micro eV. In addition to these measurements, the resolution and signal-to-background level was sufficient to reveal the hyperfine structure splitting in the 29^{29}Si^- isotope, which we report to be $1.8(4) micro eV.

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@article{arxiv.2404.06226,
  title  = {Precision measurements on Si-},
  author = {J. Karls and H. Cederquist and N. D. Gibson and J. Grumer and M. Ji and I. Kardasch and D. Leimbach and P. Martini and J. E. Navarro Navarrete and R. Poulose and S. Rosen and H. T. Schmidt and A. Simonsson and H. Zettergren and D. Hanstorp},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.06226},
  year   = {2024}
}
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