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These notes present a review of the francium experiments at Stony Brook. The measurements show that the level of quantitative understanding of the atomic structure is sufficient to pursue experiments in atomic parity non-conservation.
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Orozco, L.A. (2002). Spectroscopy with Trapped Francium. In: Atutov, S.N., Calabrese, R., Moi, L. (eds) Trapped Particles and Fundamental Physics. NATO Science Series, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0440-4_7
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