Recent developments in the ability to isolate and manipulate rare single ions created by nuclear reactions offer great potential for the study of the atomic, chemical and decay properties of superheavy elements. The basic operating principles for single ion manipulation will be described and the technologies that have been developed to thermalize, capture and guide radioactive ions will be presented. The specific challenges to their application to superheavy element studies will be highlighted, together with possible measurements that these techniques will allow.

Single-ion manipulation in gas catchers and RF systems

254th National Meeting (2017)

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