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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 46, Issue 8, 080017(2023)

Laser resonance ionization techniques for studying the properties of unstable nuclei

Hanrui HU, Yangfan GUO, Xiaofei YANG^*, and Shiwei BAI

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School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Received: Feb. 19, 2023

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Published Online: Sep. 19, 2023

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DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.080017

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