Experiments with Stored Highly Charged Ions at the Border between Atomic and Nuclear Physics

• Published in: Physics procedia Vol. 66; pp. 28 - 38
• Main Authors: Gao, B.S., Najafi, M.A., Atanasov, D.R., Blaum, K., Bosch, F., Brandau, C., Chen, X.C., Dillmann, I., Dimopoulou, Ch, Faestermann, Th, Hillenbrand, P.-M., Geissel, H., Gernhäuser, R., Kozhuharov, C., Kovalenko, O., Litvinov, S.A., Litvinov, Yu.A., Maier, L., Nolden, F., Piotrowski, J., Sanjari, M.S., Spillmann, U., Steck, M., Stöhlker, Th, Trageser, Ch, Tu, X.L., Weick, H., Winckler, N., Xu, H.S., Yamaguchi, T., Yan, X.L., Zhang, Y.H., Zhou, X.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 2015
• Subjects: bound-state beta decay; heavy-ion storage rings; Highly-charged ions; orbital electron capture; Highly-charged ions; orbital electron capture; bound-state beta decay; heavy-ion storage rings
• ISSN: 1875-3892; 1875-3892
• DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2015.05.006

Atomic charge states can significantly influence nuclear decay rates. Presented is a compact overview of experiments conducted at the Experimental Storage Ring ESR of GSI addressing β-decay of stored and cooled highly charged ions. Investigations of the two-body beta decay, namely the bound-state β-decay and its time-mirrored counterpart, orbital electron-capture, are discussed in more details and a special emphasis is given to the future experiment on the bound-state β-decay of fully-ionized 205Tl81+ nuclei.