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A novel method for the determination of nuclear charge radii of lithium isotopes is presented. Precise laser spectroscopic measurements of the isotope shift in the lithium 2s → 3s transition are combined with highly accurate atomic physics calculation of the mass dependent isotope shift to extract the charge-distribution-sensitive information. This approach has been used to determine the charge radii of 8,9Li for the first time.
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Nörtershäuser, W., Dax, A., Ewald, G. et al. First Measurement of the Nuclear Charge Radii of Short-Lived Lithium Isotopes. Hyperfine Interact 162, 93–100 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-005-9211-3
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