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Mercury Atom (Hg)

Laser cooled and trapped: 2007 by H. Hachisu, K. Miyagishi, S. G. Porsev, A. Derevianko, V. D. Ovsiannikov, V. G. Pal’chikov, M. Takamoto, and H. Katori at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan.
Reference: Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 053001 (2008).

Basic information: Atomic/isotopic/spectroscopic information

(Some) groups currently using this atom:
      Observatoire de Paris
      TU Darmstadt

Atomic structure:
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