Physikalisches Kolloquium
April 18, 2017 at 4 p.m. c.t. in MPI für Polymerforschung, Hermann-Staudinger-Hörsaal, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 MaiProf. Dr. Hans Jockers
Institut für Physik
jockers@uni-mainz.de
Prof. Dr. Concettina Sfienti
Institut für Kernphysik
sfienti@uni-mainz.de
Atomic physics techniques like Penning-trap mass spectrometry and laser spectroscopy have provided sensitive and high-precision tools for a detailed study of atomic and nuclear ground-state properties far from the valley of stability. Mass, moment and nuclear charge radii measurements in long isotopic and isotonic chains have allowed, e.g., to extract nuclear structure information such as shell and subshell closures, the onset of deformation, the coexistence of nuclear shapes and the discovery of new magic numbers. This colloquium covers the mentioned experimental techniques to study nuclear ground state properties and their impact on nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics and tests of fundamental interactions and their symmetries.
Comparisons to state-of-the-art calculations will be presented as well.