abstract

• We report on the status of the FrPNC experiments and summarize our plans for measurements of parity non-conservation (PNC) in a sample of cold francium. The FrPNC collaboration has commissioned a laser cooling apparatus at the TRIUMF accelerator that collects and cools francium atoms for PNC experiments. We have recently demonstrated the robust, high efficiency transfer (50 %25) of laser cooled francium atoms to a second laser cooling apparatus, located 0.7 m below the first, where the PNC experiments will be conducted. © 2016, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.

authors

• Aubin S.
• Behr J.A.
• Collister R.
• Gorelov A.
• Gwinner G.
• Gómez García Eduardo
• Orozco L.A.
• Pearson M.R.
• Shiells K.
• Tandecki M.
• Zhang J.
• Zhao Y.

publication date

• 2016-01-01

funding provided via

• National Science Foundation, NSF: 1307536  Grant

published in

• Hyperfine Interactions  Journal

keywords

• Atom trap; Instrumentation for radioactive beams; Laser cooling

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s10751-016-1347-9

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volume

• 237

issue

• 1