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Peter Mueller
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Degrees Attained
Dr. rer. nat. 2003, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany;
Dipl. Phys. 1996, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Employment History
since 2018 Prinicpal Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory;
since 2012 Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle;
2011 – 2018 Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory;
2007 – 2011 Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory;
2005 – 2007 Named Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory;
2003 – 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory;
2001 – 2003 Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory;
1997 – 2001 Research Assistant, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany;
1995 – 2001 Teaching Assistant, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Awards
2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers;
2011 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Award;
2010 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Nuclear Physics
2005 Willard Frank Libby Postdoctoral Fellowship of Argonne National Laboratory.
Research Interests
Laser spectroscopy for nuclear structure studies;
Low-energy tests of fundamental symmetries;
Ultra-sensitive trace-isotope analysis.
Selected Publications
Identifying recharge processes into a vast “fossil” aquifer based on dynamic groundwater 81Kr age evolution
R. Ram, A. Burg, J.C. Zappala, R. Yokochi, Y. Yechieli, R. Purtschert, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, R. Bernier, E.M. Adar
Journal of Hydrology (2020) doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124946
Atmospheric 81Kr as an integrator of cosmic-ray flux on the hundred-thousand-year timescale
J.C. Zappala, D. Baggenstos, Ch. Gerber, W. Jiang, B.M. Kennedy, Z.-T. Lu, J. Masarik, P. Mueller, R. Purtschert, A. Visser
Geophysical Research Letters 47, e2019GL086381 (2020) doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086381
Krypton-81 dating of the deep Continental Intercalaire aquifer with implications for chlorine-36 dating
T. Matsumoto, K.Zouari, R. Trabelsi, D. Hillegonds, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, J.C. Zappala, L.J. Araguás Araguás,
N. Romeo, A. Agoun
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 535, 116120 (2020) doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116120
Recent seawater intrusion into deep aquifer determined by the radioactivenoble-gas isotopes 81Kr and 39Ar
Y. Yechieli, R. Yokochi, M. Zilberbrand, Z.-T. Lu, R. Purtschert, J. Sueltenfuss, W. Jiang, J. Zappala, P. Mueller, R. Bernier,
N. Avrahamov, E. Adar, F. Talhami, Y. Livshitz, A. Burg
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 507, 21 (2019) doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.11.028
Radiokrypton unveils dual moisture sources of a deep desert aquifer
R. Yokochi, R. Ram, J. Zappala, W. Jiang, E. Adar, R. Bernier, A. Burg, U. Dayan, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, R. Purtschert,
Y. Yechieli
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, 16222 (2019) doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1904260116
Nuclear Charge Radii of 10,11B
B. Maaß, T. Hüther, K. König, J. Krämer, J. Krause, A. Lovato, P. Müller, K. Pachucki, M. Puchalski, R. Roth, R. Sánchez,
F. Sommer, R.B. Wiringa, W. Nörtershäuser
Physical Review Letters 122, 182501 (2019) doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.182501
Field Degassing as a New Sampling Method for 14C Analyses in Old Groundwater
R. Yokochi, R. Bernier, R. Purtschert, J.C. Zappala, Y. Yechieli, E. Adar, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, G. Olack, R. Ram
Radiocarbon 60, 349 (2018) doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2017.64
The circulation of the Dead Sea brine in the regional aquifer
N. Weber, Y. Yechieli, M. Stein, R. Yokochi, I. Gavrieli, J. Zappala, P. Mueller, Boaz Lazara
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 493, 242 (2018) doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.027
Rapid processing of 85Kr/Kr ratios using Atom Trap Trace Analysis
J.C. Zappala, K. Bailey, P. Mueller, T.P. O’Connor, and R. Purschert
Water Resources Research 53, 2553 (2017) doi.org/10.1002/2016WR020082
Setting a Limit on Anthropogenic Sources of Atmospheric 81Kr through Atom Trap Trace Analysis
J.C. Zappala, K. Bailey, W. Jiang, B. Micklich, P. Mueller, T.P. O’Connor, and R. Purtschert
Chemical Geology 453, 66 (2017) doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.02.007
Using 81Kr and Noble Gases to Characterize and Date Groundwater and Brines in the Baltic Artesian Basin on the One-Million-Year Timescale
Ch. Gerber, R. Vaikmäe, W. Aeschbach, A. Babre, W. Jiang, M. Leuenberger, Z.-T. Lu, R. Mokrik, P. Müller, V. Raidla,
T. Saks, N. H. Waber, Th. Weissbach, J. C. Zappala, R. Purtschert
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.033
High accuracy position response calibration method for a micro-channel plate ion detector
R. Honga, A. Leredde, Y. Bagdasarova, X. Fléchard, A. García, P. Müller, A. Knecht, E. Liénard, M. Kossin,
M.G. Sternberg, H.E. Swanson, D.W. Zumwalt
Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. A 835, 42 (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.08.024
Improved limit on the 225Ra electric dipole moment PDF
M. Bishof, R.H. Parker, K.G. Bailey, J. P. Greene, R.J. Holt, M.R. Kalita, W. Korsch, N.D. Lemke, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller,
T. P. O'Connor, J.T. Singh, and M.R. Dietrich
Physical Review C, 94, 025501 (2016), DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.94.025501, arXiv:1606.04931
First measurement of the atomic electric dipole moment of 225Ra PDF
R. H. Parker, M. R. Dietrich, M.R. Kalita, N.D. Lemke, K. Bailey, M.N. Bishof, J. P. Greene, R. J. Holt, W. Korsch, Z.-T. Lu,
P. Mueller, T. P. O'Connor, J.T. Singh
Physical Review Letters, 114, 233002 (2015), DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.233002, arXiv:1504.07477
(see accompanying Physics Synopsis)
Continental degassing of 4He by surficial discharge of deep groundwater
P.K. Aggarwal, T. Matsumoto, N.C. Sturchio, H.K. Chang, D. Gastmans, L.J. Araguas-Araguas, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu,
P. Mueller, R. Yokochi, R. Purtschert and T. Torgersen
Nature Geoscience, 8, 35 (2015), DOI:10.1038/ngeo2302
Measurement of the Hyperfine Quenching Rate of the Clock Transition in 171Yb
C.-Y. Xu, J. Singh, J. C. Zappala, K. G. Bailey, M. R. Dietrich, J. P. Greene, W. Jiang, N. D. Lemke, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller,
T. P. O'Connor
Physical Review Letters 113, 033003 (2014), DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.033003
Radiometric 81Kr dating identifies 120,000-year-old ice at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
Christo Buizert, Daniel Baggenstos, Wei Jiang, Roland Purtschert, Vasilii V. Petrenko, Zheng-Tian L, Peter Müller,
Tanner Kuhl, James Lee, Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, and Edward J. Brook
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111, 6876 (2014) ,
DOI:10.1073/pnas.132032911
Krypton-81 in Groundwater of the Culebra Dolomite Near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico
N.C. Sturchio, K.L. Kuhlman, R. Yokochi, P.C. Probst, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, G.-M. Yang
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 160, 12 (2014) , DOI:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2014.02.002
Ion current as a precise measure of the loading rate of a magneto-optical trap
W. Jiang, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O’Connor, and R. Purtschert
Optics Letters 39, 409 (2014) DOI:10.1364/OL.39.000409
Colloquium: Laser probing of neutron-rich nuclei in light atoms Abstract / PDF
Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, G. W. F. Drake, W. Nörtershäuser, Steven C. Pieper, and Z.-C. Yan
Rev. Mod. Phys. 85, 1383 (2013)
Noble gas radionucleides in Yellowstone geothermal gas emissions: A reconnaissance
R. Yokochi, N.C. Sturchio, R. Purtschert, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, G.-M. Yang, f, B.M. Kennedy, Y. Kharaka
Chemical Geology 339, 43 (2013) DOI:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.037
Efficient, tightly-confined trapping of 226Ra Abstract (PDF)
R.H. Parker, M.R. Dietrich, K. Bailey, J.P. Greene, R.J. Holt, M.R. Kalita, W. Korsch, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller,
T.P. O'Connor, J. Singh, I.A. Sulai, W.L. Trimble
Physical Review C 86, 065503 (2012)
An Atom Counter for Measuring 81Kr and 85Kr in Environmental Samples http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.019
W. Jiang, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T.P. O'Connor, C.-F. Cheng, S.-M. Hu, R. Purtschert, N.C. Sturchio,
Y.R. Sun, W.D. Williams, and G.-M. Yang
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 91,1-6 (2012)
Optical Excitation and Decay Dynamics of Ytterbium Atoms Embedded in a Solid Neon Matrix Abstract ( PDF / arXiv:1106.3447)
C.-Y. Xu, S.-M. Hu, J. Singh, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O'Connor and U. Welp
Physical Review Letters 107, 093001 (2011)
,39Ar Detection at the 10-16 Isotopic Abundance Level with Atom Trap Trace Analysis Abstract ( PDF / arXiv:1101.2933 )
W. Jiang, W. D. Williams, K. Bailey, A.M. Davis, S.-M. Hu, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, R. Purtschert, N.C. Sturchio,
Y.R. Sun, P. Mueller
Physical Review Letters 106, 103001 (2011) ( See accompanying Physics Synopsis )
Spectroscopic study of the cycling transition 4s[3/2]2–4p[5/2]3 at 811.8 nm in 39Ar: Hyperfine structure and isotope shift Abstract / PDF
W. Williams, Z.-T. Lu, K. Rudinger, C.-Y. Xu, R. Yokochi, and P. Mueller
Physical Review A 83, 012512 (2011)
The role of carrier gases in the production of metastable argon atoms in a rf discharge Abstract
Kenneth Rudinger, Zheng-Tian Lu, and Peter Mueller
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 036105 (2009)
Lifetime of the 7s6d 1D2 atomic state of radium Abstract / PDF
W. L. Trimble, I. A. Sulai, I. Ahmad, K. Bailey, B. Graner, J. P. Greene, R. J. Holt, W. Korsch, Z.-T. Lu,
P. Mueller, and T. P. O’Connor
Physical Review A 80, 054501 (2009)
Hyperfine Suppression of 2 3S1 - 3 3PJ Transitions in 3He Abstract / PDF
I.A. Sulai, Quixue Wu, M. Bishof, G.W.F. Drake, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, and R.Santra
Physical Review Letters 101, 173001 (2008)
Nuclear charge radius of 8He Abstract / PDF / Preprint arXiv:0801.0601v1 (nucl-ex)
P. Mueller, I.A. Sulai, A.C.C. Villari, J.A. Alcantara-Nunez, R. Alves-Conde, K. Bailey, G.W.F. Drake, M. Dubois, C. Eleon,
G. Gaubert, R.J. Holt, R.V.F. Janssens, N. Lecesne, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O'Connor, M.-G. Saint-Laurent, J.-C. Thomas,
L.-B. Wang
Physical Review Letters 99, 252501 (2007)
Charge radius and dipole response of Li-11
H. Esbensen, K. Hagino, P. Mueller, and H. Sagawa
Physical Review C 76, 024302 (2007)
Fine Structure of the 1s3p 3PJ Level in Atomic He-4: Theory and Experiment
P. Mueller, L.-B. Wang, G. W. F. Drake, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O’Connor
Physical Review Letters 94, 133001 (2005)
Laser Spectroscopic Determination of the He-6 Nuclear Charge Radius
L.-B. Wang, P. Mueller, G. W. F. Drake, J. P. Greene, D. Henderson, R. J. Holt, R. V. F. Janssens, C. L. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu,
T.P. O’Connor, R. C. Pardo, K. E. Rehm, J. P. Schiffer, X. D. Tang
Physical Review Letters 93, 142501 (2004)
An Atom Trap System for Practical Kr-81-Dating
X. Du, K. Bailey, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O'Connor, L. Young
Review of Scientific Instruments 75, 3224 (2004)
One million year old groundwater in the Sahara revealed by krypton-81 and chlorine-36
N.C. Sturchio, X. Du, R. Purtschert, B. E. Lehmann, M. Sultan, L. J. Patterson, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, K. Bailey,
T.P. O’Connor, L. Young, R. Lorenzo, B.M. Kennedy, M. van Soest, Z. El Alfy, B. El Kaliouby, Y. Dawood,
and A.M.A. Abdallah
Geophysical Research Letters 31, L05503 (2004)
Counting individual Ca-41 atoms with a Magneto-Optical Trap
I. D. Moore, K. Bailey, J. Greene, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O’Connor, Ch. Geppert, K. D. A. Wendt, L. Young
Physical Review Letters 92, 153002 (2004)
Search for anomalously heavy isotopes of helium in the Earth’s atmosphere
P. Mueller, L.-B. Wang, R. J. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T. P. O’Connor, and J. P. Schiffer
Physical Review Letters 92, 022501 (2004)
A new method of measuring Kr-81 and Kr-85 abundances in environmental samples
X. Du, R. Purtschert, K. Bailey, B. E. Lehmann, R. Lorenzo, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O’Connor,
N.C. Sturchio, and L. Young
Geophysical Research Letters 30, 2068 (2003).
Laser spectroscopic measurement of helium isotope ratios
L.-B. Wang, P. Mueller, R. Holt, Z.-T. Lu, T.P. O’Connor, Y. Sano, N.C. Sturchio
Geophysical Research Letters 30, 1592 (2003)
Ca-41 ultratrace determination with isotopic selectivity > 10^12 by diode-laser-based RIMS
P. Mueller, B.A. Bushaw, K. Blaum, S. Diel, Ch. Geppert, A. Nahler, N. Trautmann, W. Noertershaeuser, K. Wendt
Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry 370, 508 (2001)
Trace Detection of Ca-41 in Nuclear Reactor Concrete by Diode-laser-based Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry
P. Mueller, K. Blaum, B. A. Bushaw, S. Diel, Ch. Geppert, A. Naehler, W. Noertershaeuser, N. Trautmann an K. Wendt
Radiochimica Acta 88, 487 (2000)
Isotope shifts and hyperfine structure in calcium 4snp 1P1 and 4snf F Rydberg States
P. Mueller, B. A. Bushaw, W. Noertershaeuser, K. Wendt
European Physical Journal D 12, 33 (2000)
Lineshapes in triple resonance ionization spectroscopy
W. Noertershaeuser, P. Mueller, K. Wendt, B. A. Bushaw
Applied Optics 39, 5590 (2000)