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Laser spectroscopy yields the first magnetic moment and charge-radius change for the thulium isomer 152mTm near the N=82 shell.

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load-bearing objection First μ and δ⟨r²⟩ for 152mTm; solid experimental work with a two-point King plot that is the real soft spot but not claim-breaking. the 3 major comments →

arxiv 2607.25033 v1 pith:6DJKU6ZK submitted 2026-07-27 nucl-ex

Laser Spectroscopy of Thulium Isotopes Near the (N=82) Shell Closure: Nuclear Moment and Charge Radius of {}^(152m)Tm

Jana Weyrich , Kenneth van Beek , Harshitbabu XXX , Aayush Arya , Sebastian Berndt , Michael Block , Alexandre Brizard , Premaditya Chhetri
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Arno Claessens Christoph Emanuel D\"ullmann Rafael Ferrer Sarina Geldhof Francesca Giacoppo Manuel J. Gutierrez Raphael Hasse Christian Helmel Fritz Peter He{\ss}berger Julian Hindermann Fedor Ivandikov Biswajit Jana Tom Kieck Mustapha Laatiaoui Nathalie Lecesne Andrew Mistry Danny M\"unzberg Thorben Niemeyer Sebastian Raeder Elisabeth Rickert Daniel Rodriguez Herve Savajols Matou Stemmler Dominik Studer Thomas Walther Jessica Warbinek Piet Van Duppen Klaus Wendt
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keywords Magnetic momentsMean-square charge radiusRADRISThuliumIsotope shiftsHyperfine structureN=82 shell closure
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This paper reports resonance-ionization laser spectroscopy of neutron-deficient thulium isotopes produced in fusion-evaporation reactions, together with offline reference measurements on 169Tm and 170Tm. From partially resolved hyperfine structure on the 389.8 nm transition the authors extract the nuclear magnetic dipole moment of the isomer 152mTm, and from isotope shifts they extract its change in mean-square charge radius relative to stable 169Tm. Moments obtained for 153Tm and 154mTm agree with earlier work, supporting the new 152mTm results. The data map how nuclear size and single-particle structure evolve toward the N=82 shell closure and show that gas-cell resonance ionization can reach short-lived thulium species at low production rates.

Core claim

Using resonance ionization laser spectroscopy on three atomic ground-state transitions, the authors determine the first experimental magnetic dipole moment of 152mTm, μ=5.8(3) μN, and the mean-square charge-radius difference δ⟨r²⟩152m,169=−1.86(25) fm². Supporting moments for 153Tm and 154mTm are consistent with literature values, and the charge radii follow the smooth isotopic trend seen in neighbouring rare-earth elements.

What carries the argument

Partially resolved hyperfine structure on the 389.8 nm transition, constrained by A- and B-factor ratios fixed from offline 169Tm/170Tm spectra, plus a two-point King-plot calibration that converts measured isotope shifts into δ⟨r²⟩ via the field- and mass-shift factors of that transition.

Load-bearing premise

The conversion of isotope shifts into charge-radius changes rests on a straight King-plot line fixed by only two literature reference radii, so any bias in those references or departure from linearity shifts both new radius values systematically.

What would settle it

An independent measurement of the magnetic moment or charge radius of 152mTm by another method, or addition of further well-known thulium charge radii that would re-determine the King-plot slope and intercept.

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If this is right

  • The new moment and radius for 152mTm supply experimental benchmarks for density-functional and shell-model calculations near N=82.
  • The smooth charge-radius trend shows no abrupt structural change in thulium before the shell closure is reached.
  • Gas-cell resonance ionization is shown to be sensitive enough for short-lived thulium isotopes at very low production rates.
  • The same approach, once extended with higher-resolution jet spectroscopy and mass-selective detection, can reach still lighter species including the proton emitter 147Tm.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Pushing the isotopic chain below N=82 would test whether the charge-radius kink already seen in neighbouring elements also appears in thulium.
  • The large magnetic moment of 152mTm is consistent with a high-spin stretched configuration and can constrain the single-particle orbitals used to model nearby proton emitters.
  • The unexpected positive isotope shift of transition B suggests the literature assignment of its upper level may need re-examination by atomic theory.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The authors report resonance ionization laser spectroscopy of thulium isotopes using the RADRIS gas-cell technique at SHIP (on-line, 152m,153,154mTm) and the RISIKO separator with PI-LIST (off-line, 169,170Tm). Three ground-state transitions (389.8, 388.4, 388.8 nm) were studied; the 389.8 nm transition (A) yielded partially resolved hyperfine structure for all five isotopes. From the A-factors, scaled via Eq. (1) against 169Tm, they extract the first magnetic moment of 152mTm, μ = 5.8(3) μN, with 153Tm and 154mTm moments in agreement with (recalculated) literature values. A King-plot analysis of transition-A isotope shifts, calibrated on literature δ⟨r²⟩ for 153,170Tm, gives F_A = 15.8(20) GHz fm⁻², K_A = 19.6(45) THz·u, and the first charge-radius differences δ⟨r²⟩152m,169 = −1.87(29) fm² and δ⟨r²⟩154m,169 = −1.65(25) fm².

Significance. If the results hold, this work provides the first experimental magnetic moment and mean-square charge radius of 152mTm (N = 83), extending the Tm chain to one neutron above the N = 82 shell closure, where a kink in δ⟨r²⟩ is predicted and observed in neighboring chains (Te–Dy). The data complement the systematics of Er, Yb, and Dy and will constrain DFT calculations of the shell-gap evolution. Methodologically, the paper demonstrates that RADRIS can deliver moments and radii for isotopes produced at very low rates and identified indirectly via decay chains (152mTm via the 152Er α daughter), and the internal cross-checks are reassuring: the extracted moments of 153Tm and 154mTm agree with recalculated literature values, and the off-line 169,170Tm hyperfine constants reproduce established references. The moment extraction is standard and well calibrated; the radius extraction is the less robust part, as detailed below.

major comments (3)
  1. [§4.2, Fig. 6, Eq. (3)] The headline radius rests on a two-point King plot whose uncertainty is estimated from the envelope of bounding lines rather than a statistical fit. The extraction involves a strong cancellation: from Tab. 1, δν(152m,169) ≈ 506 − 16500 ≈ −16 GHz, while with the quoted K_A the mass-shift term is ≈ +13 GHz, i.e. it removes ~80% of the measured shift and the field-shift term (−29.5 GHz) is nearly twice the measured shift. Any fractional error in K_A is therefore amplified roughly twofold in δ⟨r²⟩. K_A is anchored almost entirely by the 170Tm–169Tm pair, δν = +76(130) MHz (Tab. 1: 430(80) vs 506(100) MHz), which is statistically consistent with zero and was fitted from a composite spectrum in which the 169Tm contaminant was ~10× stronger than the 170Tm signal (§2.2), with several parameters fixed. A ~200 MHz systematic in the 170Tm centroid — plausible given the contamination and the separat
  2. [§3.3, Ref. [35]] The gas-cell pressure shift of −465(68) MHz, which enters the transition-A isotope shifts and hence the King plot, is cited to a PhD thesis 'manuscript in preparation' [35]. This is a load-bearing, unverifiable input: its 68 MHz uncertainty and central value directly affect the 152m,153,154m centroids relative to the off-line 169,170Tm calibration. The paper should either describe the measurement (method, gas, pressure range, fit) in the text or supplement, or cite an accessible document. At minimum, the authors should state whether the pressure shift was measured on transition A itself and on 169Tm, and confirm it is applied in the correct reference frame for both the on-line and off-line centroid sets.
  3. [§2.2, Tab. 1] The 169Tm centroid positions are reported to deviate from the literature reference [19] by 510(30) MHz, reproducibly per scan but with different magnitudes for the three transitions (Tab. 1), and the origin is stated to be unresolved. Since the isotope shifts in the King plot are formed from this work's own 169Tm and 170Tm centroids measured under identical conditions, common offsets cancel, but a transition-dependent, unexplained offset in the calibration isotope is a correctness risk for the anchor. The authors should quantify (or bound) how any transition-dependent component of this offset propagates into δν(170,169) and hence into K_A, and state explicitly that the literature δ⟨r²⟩ anchors are unaffected because they enter only through the x-axis of the King plot.
minor comments (6)
  1. [Abstract vs §4.2] The abstract quotes δ⟨r²⟩152m,169 = −1.86(25) fm² while §4.2 gives −1.87(29) fm². The headline number should be identical in both places; please harmonize (and likewise check δ⟨r²⟩154m,169).
  2. [§2.2 vs §3.3] The A-constant ratio 0.915(31) is attributed to 170Tm in §2.2 ('A_l^170/A_u^170 = 0.915(31)') but is written as A_l^169/A_u^169 = 0.915(31) in §3.3, where it is used to constrain the on-line fits. Presumably one value is meant and was measured on 170Tm; please make the labeling consistent and clarify which isotope the constraint derives from.
  3. [Tab. 1 caption] The caption states an additional systematic of 10 MHz for centroid positions, whereas the text (§2.2, §3.3) specifies 30 MHz (wavelength meter) plus 25 MHz (Doppler alignment). Please reconcile; the Doppler term should presumably also appear in the caption or be explained why it is excluded from the table.
  4. [Tab. 1 / §4.1] The B-factors for 152mTm and 153Tm have uncertainties far exceeding their central values (e.g., B_A,l(152m) = 150(1650) MHz), so no quadrupole-moment information is obtained; this could be stated explicitly in §4.1 to avoid over-reading of Tab. 1.
  5. [§4.2 (transition B discussion)] The claimed positive isotope shift for transition B, taken as evidence of a possible misassignment of its upper level (4f^13 6s6p per [39]), is interesting but asserted only from the sign. A brief comparison of the three transitions' F/K ratio expectations, or a citation supporting the sign argument, would strengthen the point.
  6. [Throughout] Several production and placeholder issues suggest the manuscript was submitted before final polishing: an author appears as 'Harshitbabu XXX' with reference [35] as 'XXX, H.'; 'singel ion counting mode' (§2.1); 'nd:YAG pumplaser'; 'and offset of −1.5 fm2' (Fig. 7 caption); the dissertation note embedded in the author footnote; Fig. 5 caption orders '(right) B ... (left) C' — please verify against the figure. References [14] and [17] are the same publication.

Circularity Check

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No circularity: moments and radii are standard external calibrations, not self-referential derivations.

full rationale

The magnetic moments are obtained from measured hyperfine A constants via the standard scaling relation (Eq. 1) to the external literature moment and A of 169Tm; the A_l/A_u and B_l/B_u ratios taken from the offline 169/170 spectra are isotope-independent atomic constraints used only to reduce free parameters in partially resolved online fits, not to define the moments. The charge-radius extraction is a conventional two-point King-plot calibration: literature δ⟨r²⟩170,169 and δ⟨r²⟩153,169 (Angeli–Marinova) fix FA and KA for transition A, which are then applied to the newly measured isotope shifts of 152mTm and 154mTm. Neither result is forced by construction from its own inputs, nor does any load-bearing uniqueness or ansatz rest on overlapping-author citation. Weaknesses (two-point King plot, contaminated 170Tm centroid, unpublished pressure-shift thesis) are ordinary experimental systematics, not circular reasoning. Score 0.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

4 free parameters · 7 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claims are experimental extractions. They rest on standard atomic hyperfine and isotope-shift formulae, literature nuclear spins and reference moments/radii, transferability of A and B ratios across isotopes, a two-point King-plot determination of atomic factors, and an external pressure-shift correction. No new physical entities are postulated. The free parameters that actually move the quoted δ⟨r²⟩ are the fitted FA, KA and the subtracted pressure shift.

free parameters (4)
  • Field-shift factor FA (transition A) = 15.8(20) GHz fm−2
    Slope of the two-point King plot; directly converts measured isotope shifts into δ⟨r²⟩ for 152m and 154m.
  • Mass-shift factor KA (transition A) = 19.6(45) THz·u
    Intercept of the same King plot; correlated with FA and enters the δ⟨r²⟩ extraction.
  • Gas-cell pressure shift (transition A) = −465(68) MHz
    Subtracted from online centroids before isotope-shift evaluation; taken from a dedicated measurement reported only as a thesis in preparation.
  • Shared Voigt FWHM and saturation parameters (online HFS fits) = FWHM ~3–5 GHz (power-dependent)
    Fixed from the highest-statistics 152m spectrum and shared across simultaneously recorded isotopes; affects partial-HFS centroid and A extraction when only a double-peak structure is resolved.
axioms (7)
  • domain assumption Nuclear spins of 152mTm (9+), 153Tm (11/2−), 154mTm (9+), 169Tm (1/2+), 170Tm (1−) are the literature values and are fixed in all fits.
    Stated in §2.2 and §3.3; wrong spin would invalidate both A→μ conversion and the constrained HFS model.
  • domain assumption Hyperfine anomaly is ≲1% and covered by quoted uncertainties, so μ ∝ A·I holds between 169Tm and the neutron-deficient isotopes.
    Explicitly invoked in §4.1 with citation to Persson’s anomaly table.
  • domain assumption A_l/A_u and B_l/B_u ratios measured on 169/170Tm are isotope-independent and may be imposed on 152m,153,154m fits.
    Used in §3.3 to reduce free parameters when only a double-peak structure is resolved.
  • domain assumption Literature δ⟨r²⟩170,169 and δ⟨r²⟩153,169 from Angeli & Marinova (2013) are accurate calibration anchors for the King plot.
    §4.2; only two anchors determine FA and KA for all new radii.
  • standard math Isotope shift decomposes linearly as M−1 Ki + Fi δ⟨r²⟩ with negligible higher-order field-shift terms over the measured mass range.
    Eq. (3); standard IS analysis assumption.
  • domain assumption Online α-gated activity assigned to 152mTm is dominated by that isomer (fed by 156mLu α decay), not by ground-state or contaminant feeding that would mix centroids.
    §3.2 Identification of Populated Nuclear States; supported by α spectrum and HIVAP but not uniquely proven for every scan.
  • ad hoc to paper Linear King-plot uncertainty may be estimated from the envelope of bounding fits when only two calibration points exist.
    §4.2 explicitly adopts this because a two-point fit has no meaningful statistical error.

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We report on resonance ionization laser spectroscopy measurements performed on both neutron-deficient and neutron-rich thulium ($\mathrm{Tm}, Z=69$) isotopes. Isotope shifts were determined for three atomic ground-state transitions at wavelengths of $389.8\,\mathrm{nm}$, $388.4\,\mathrm{nm}$, and $388.8\,\mathrm{nm}$ in the isotopes ${}^{152\mathrm{m}}\mathrm{Tm}$, ${}^{153}\mathrm{Tm}$, ${}^{154\mathrm{m}}\mathrm{Tm}$, and ${}^{169}\mathrm{Tm}$. In addition, for the $389.8\,\mathrm{nm}$ transition, measurements were extended to the isotope ${}^{170}\mathrm{Tm}$, and the hyperfine structure was partially resolved for all five isotopes. From the extracted hyperfine coupling constants, the nuclear magnetic dipole moment for ${}^{152\mathrm{m}}\mathrm{Tm}$, $\mu\left({}^{152\mathrm{m}}\mathrm{Tm}\right) = 5.8(3)\,\mu_\mathrm{N}$ was determined. Furthermore, the measured isotope shifts enabled the extraction of the change in the mean-square nuclear charge radius $\delta\langle r^2\rangle^{152\mathrm{m},169} = -1.86(25)\,\mathrm{fm}^2$ for ${}^{152\mathrm{m}}\mathrm{Tm}$.

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