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Sharp resonant structures in the cross section of the atomic electron-ion collision process of dielectronic recombination are exploited to study isotope shifts and hyperfine interaction of heavy highly-charged ions. This novel approach provides a conceptual alternative to existing methods. In this contribution, we present a series of measurements, which we performed at the heavy ion storage ring ESR of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany. In a first experiment the stable isotopes A = 142 and A = 150 of three-electron neodymium ANd57 + were studied. Isotope shifts of dielectronic resonances associated with 2s − 2p j (j = 1/2, 3/2) transitions were extracted from the measured data. The evaluation of the energy shift was performed within a full QED framework and yielded a change in the mean-square charge radius of \(^{142,150}\delta \langle r^2 \rangle = -1.36(1)(3)\) fm2. At GSI, in addition to the investigation of stable isotopes unstable species can be artificially synthesized and studied. Radioisotopes produced in-flight from fragmentation of a 238U primary beam were injected into the ESR and were subsequently separated by their mass-to-charge ratio. This enabled us to perform first DR experiments with the exotic nuclei 237U89 + (Z = 92 )and 234Pa88 + (Z = 91).
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Brandau, C., Kozhuharov, C., Müller, A. et al. Resonant recombination at ion storage rings: a conceptual alternative for isotope shift and hyperfine studies. Hyperfine Interact 196, 115–127 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-009-0142-2
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