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Francium Atom (Fr)

Laser cooled and trapped: 1995 by J. E. Simsarian, A. Ghosh, G. Gwinner, L. A. Orozco, G. D. Sprouse, and P. A. Voytas at SUNY in Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Reference: Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 3522 (1996).

Basic information: Atomic/isotopic/spectroscopic information

(Some) groups currently using this atom:
      JQI/U Maryland
      U Manitoba

Atomic structure:
(coming soon)

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