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Journals

Nuclear charge radius of 8He Abstract

P. Mueller, I.A. Sulai, A.C.C. Villari, J.A. Alcantara-Nunez, R. Alves-Conde, K. Bailey, G.W.F. Drake, M. Dubois, C. Eleon, G. Gaubert, R.J. Holt, R.V.F. Janssens, N. Lecesne, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, M.-G. Saint-Laurent, J.-C. Thomas, L.-B. Wang
Physical Review Letters 99, 252501 (2007)

Laser-trapping of Ra-225 and Ra-226 with repumping by room temperature blackbody radiation Abstract / Preprint (physics/0701263)
J. R. Guest, N. D. Scielzo, I. Ahmad, K. Bailey, J. P. Greene, R. J. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O'Connor, D. H. Potterveld
Physical Review Letters 98, 093001 (2007)

Thermal beam of metastable krypton atoms produced by optical excitation Abstract / Preprint (physics/0612046)
Y. Ding, S.-M. Hu, K. Bailey, A. M. Davis, R. W. Dunford, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O'Connor, L. Young
Review of Scientific Instruments 78, 023103 (2007)

Beam of metastable krypton atoms extracted from a microwave-driven discharge Abstract
Y. Ding, K. Bailey, A.M. Davis, S.-M. Hu, Z.-T. Lu T.P. O'Connor
Review of Scientific Instruments 77, 126105 (2006)

Measurement of the lifetimes of the lowest 3P1 state of neutral Ba and Ra Abstract
N.D. Scielzo, J.R. Guest, E.C. Schulte, I. Ahmad, K. Bailey, D.L. Bowers, R.J. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, and D. Potterveld
Physical Review A 73, 010501(R) (2006)

Fine Structure of the 1s3p 3PJ Level in Atomic 4He: Theory and Experiment Abstract / Preprint (physics/0407114)
P. Mueller, L.-B. Wang, G. W. F. Drake, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, and T. P. O'Connor
Physical Review Letters 94, 133001 (2005)

Laser Spectroscopic Determination of the 6He Nuclear Charge Radius Abstract / Preprint (nucl-ex/0408008)
L.-B. Wang, P. Mueller, G. W. F. Drake, J. P. Greene, D. Henderson, R. J. Holt, R. V. F. Janssens, C. L. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O’Connor, R. C. Pardo, K. E. Rehm, J. P. Schiffer, X. D. Tang
Physical Review Letters 93, 142501 (2004)

An Atom Trap System for Practical 81Kr-Dating Abstract
X. Du, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O'Connor, L. Young
Review of Scientific Instruments 75, 3224 (2004)

One million year old groundwater in the Sahara revealed by krypton-81 and chlorine-36 Abstract / Preprint (physics/0402092)
N. C. Sturchio, X. Du, R. Purtschert, B. E. Lehmann, M. Sultan, L. J. Patterson, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, K. Bailey, T. P. O’Connor, L. Young, R. Lorenzo, B. M. Kennedy, M. van Soest, Z. El Alfy, B. El Kaliouby, Y. Dawood, and A. M. A. Abdallah
Geophysical Research Letters 31(5), L05503 (2004)

Counting individual 41Ca atoms with a Magneto-Optical Trap Abstract / Preprint (physics/0310045)
I. D. Moore, K. Bailey, J. Greene, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O’Connor, Ch. Geppert, K. D. A. Wendt, L. Young
Physical Review Letters 92, 153002 (2004)

Search for anomalously heavy isotopes of helium in the Earth’s atmosphere Abstract / Preprint (nucl-ex/0302025)
P. Mueller, L.-B. Wang, R. J. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O’Connor, and J. P. Schiffer
Physical Review Letters 92, 022501 (2004)

A new method of measuring 81Kr and 85Kr abundances in environmental samples Abstract / Preprint (physics/0311118)
X. Du, R. Purtschert, K. Bailey, B. E. Lehmann, R. Lorenzo, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O’Connor, N.C. Sturchio, and L. Young
Geophysical Research Letters 30, 2068 (2003)

Laser spectroscopic measurement of helium isotope ratios Abstract / Preprint (physics/0311121)
L.-B. Wang, P. Mueller, R. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O’Connor, Y. Sano, N.C. Sturchio
Geophysical Research Letters 30, 1592 (2003)

A Beam of Metastable Krypton Atoms Extracted from an RF-Driven Discharge Abstract / Preprint (PDF)
C.Y. Chen, K. Bailey, X. Du, Y.M. Li, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, L. Young, G. Winkler
Review of Scientific Instruments 72, 271 (2001)

Ultrasensitive isotope trace analyses with a magneto-optical trap Abstract
C.Y. Chen, Y.M. Li, K. Bailey, T.P. O'Connor, L. Young, Z.-T. Lu
Science 286, 1139 (1999)

 

Reviews and Proceedings

Searches for stable strangelets in ordinary matter: overview and a recent example Abstract / Preprint (nucl-ex/0402015)
Z.-T. Lu, R. J. Holt, P. Müller, T. P. O’Connor, J. P. Schiffer, L.-B. Wang
Nuclear Physics A 754, 361c (2005)

Tracing Noble Gas Radionuclides in the Environment Abstract / Preprint (nucl-ex/0402013)
P. Collon, W. Kutschera and Z.-T. Lu
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science 54, 39 (2004)

Search for a low-lying 3.5-eV isomeric state in 229Th PDF
I.D. Moore, I. Ahmad, K. Bailey, D. L. Bowers, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O’Connor, Z. Yin
Physics Division Report PHY-10990-ME-2004

Laser-Based Methods for Ultrasensitive Trace-Isotope Analyses (Feature review article) Abstract
Z.-T. Lu and K.D.A. Wendt
Review of Scientific Instruments 74, 1169 (2003)

Towards measuring the charge radius of 6He and 8He Abstract
P. Mueller, L.-B. Wang, K. Bailey, G.W.F. Drake, X. Du, J. Greene, A.M. Heinz, R.J. Holt, D. Henderson, R.V. Janssens, C.-L. Jiang, C. Law, Z.-T. Lu, I.D. Moore, T.P. O'Connor, R.C. Pardo, M. Paul, T. Pennington, K.E. Rehm, J.P. Schiffer
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physical Research B204, 536 (2003)

From Helium-6 to Krypton-81 PDF
Z.-T. Lu
Art and Symmetry in Experimental Physics, Festschrift for Eugene D. Commins, AIP Conference Proceedings 596 (2001)

Chinese

Search for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment in Atoms PDF
Z.-T. Lu
A write-up for National Natural Science Foundation of China (2008)

Atom Trap, krypton-81, and the groundwater underneath the Sahara Desert PDF
X. Du and Z.-T. Lu
Physics (Chinese), Vol. 34, 408 (2005)

 

Theses

Determination of the Helium-6 Nuclear Charge Radius Using High-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy PDF
Li-Bang Wang, PhD Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004

Realization of Radio-Krypton Dating with an Atom Trap PDF
Xu Du, PhD Thesis, Northwestern University, June 2003