Abstract

We present modeling and preliminary experimental results towards the development of our magnetooptical trap (MOT) setup and polarisation scheme for 35Ar. The atomic beam that is used for loading the MOT includes a novel transverse cooling arrangement based on a frequency broadened ’white-light molasses’. Our modeling shows that, under certain experimental conditions, such a setup can be beneficial in comparison to conventional transverse cooling techniques. We will report on experimental realization of such a setup.

Details

Title
Towards precision β-decay measurements with laser cooled 35Ar
Author
Glover, R D 1 ; Lenaers, F 1 ; Velten, Ph 2 ; Finlay, P 2 ; Couratin, C 2 ; Hayen, L 2 ; Severijns, N 2 ; Bastin, T 1 

 Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Atomique et de Spectroscopie, Université de Liège, Liège 4000, Belgium 
 Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium 
Publication year
2015
Publication date
Sep 2015
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2576404402
Copyright
© 2015. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.