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Direct mass measurements and ionization potential measurements of the actinides

  • Michael Block EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: June 18, 2019
Radiochimica Acta
From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 107 Issue 9-11

Abstract

The precise determination of atomic and nuclear properties such as masses, differential charge radii, nuclear spins, electromagnetic moments and the ionization potential of the actinides has been extended to the late actinides in recent years. In particular, laser spectroscopy and mass spectrometry have reached the region of heavy actinides that can only be produced only at accelerator facilities. The new results provide deeper insight into the impact of relativistic effects on the atomic structure and the evolution of nuclear shell effects around the deformed neutron shell closure at N = 152. All these experimental activities have also opened the door to extend such measurements to the transactinide elements in the near future. This contribution summarizes recent achievements in Penning trap mass spectrometry and laser spectroscopy of the late actinides and addresses future perspectives.

Keywords: Superheavy elements; mass measurements; laser spectroscopy; ionization potential

Funding source: BMBF

Award Identifier / Grant number: 05P18UMFN1

Funding statement: The contributions of the members of the SHIPTRAP, TRIGATRAP and RADRIS collaborations to the experiments reviewed in this manuscript are gratefully acknowledged. This work has been financially supported in part by BMBF within the grant 05P18UMFN1.

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Received: 2019-03-21
Accepted: 2019-05-02
Published Online: 2019-06-18
Published in Print: 2019-09-25

©2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial: 150 years of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
  3. Part A: Actinides and Transactinides
  4. Evolution of the periodic table through the synthesis of new elements
  5. Nuclear and chemical characterization of heavy actinides
  6. Direct mass measurements and ionization potential measurements of the actinides
  7. Relativity in the electronic structure of the heaviest elements and its influence on periodicities in properties
  8. The periodic table – an experimenter’s guide to transactinide chemistry
  9. Synthesis and properties of isotopes of the transactinides
  10. Part B: Nuclear Energy
  11. Homogenous recycling of transuranium elements from irradiated fast reactor fuel by the EURO-GANEX solvent extraction process
  12. Separation of trivalent actinides and lanthanides using various ‘N’, ‘S’ and mixed ‘N,O’ donor ligands: a review
  13. Separation of actinides from lanthanides associated with spent nuclear fuel reprocessing in China: current status and future perspectives
  14. Contamination of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station with actinide elements
  15. Protactinium(V) in aqueous solution: a light actinide without actinyl moiety
  16. What do we know about actinides-proteins interactions?
  17. Part C: Medical Radionuclides
  18. Positron-emitting radionuclides for applications, with special emphasis on their production methodologies for medical use
  19. Radiochlorine: an underutilized halogen tool
  20. Radiobromine and radioiodine for medical applications
  21. Radiochemical aspects of alpha emitting radionuclides for medical application
  22. Chelators and metal complex stability for radiopharmaceutical applications
https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2019-3143
Keywords for this article
Superheavy elements; mass measurements; laser spectroscopy; ionization potential

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial: 150 years of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
  3. Part A: Actinides and Transactinides
  4. Evolution of the periodic table through the synthesis of new elements
  5. Nuclear and chemical characterization of heavy actinides
  6. Direct mass measurements and ionization potential measurements of the actinides
  7. Relativity in the electronic structure of the heaviest elements and its influence on periodicities in properties
  8. The periodic table – an experimenter’s guide to transactinide chemistry
  9. Synthesis and properties of isotopes of the transactinides
  10. Part B: Nuclear Energy
  11. Homogenous recycling of transuranium elements from irradiated fast reactor fuel by the EURO-GANEX solvent extraction process
  12. Separation of trivalent actinides and lanthanides using various ‘N’, ‘S’ and mixed ‘N,O’ donor ligands: a review
  13. Separation of actinides from lanthanides associated with spent nuclear fuel reprocessing in China: current status and future perspectives
  14. Contamination of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station with actinide elements
  15. Protactinium(V) in aqueous solution: a light actinide without actinyl moiety
  16. What do we know about actinides-proteins interactions?
  17. Part C: Medical Radionuclides
  18. Positron-emitting radionuclides for applications, with special emphasis on their production methodologies for medical use
  19. Radiochlorine: an underutilized halogen tool
  20. Radiobromine and radioiodine for medical applications
  21. Radiochemical aspects of alpha emitting radionuclides for medical application
  22. Chelators and metal complex stability for radiopharmaceutical applications
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