Peter Mueller   Office: (630) 252-7267 FAX: (630) 252-6210 pmueller@anl.gov CV in pdf format

Degrees Attained

Dr. rer. nat.,       2003, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany;
Dipl. Phys.,         1996, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.

Employment History

Since  2007          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

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

Nuclear Charge Radius of He-8
     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)

Radiokrypton analysis in the 21st century: Development and application of a laser atom trap
     N.C. Sturchio, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, K. Bailey, T.P. O’Connor, R. Yokochi, P. Probst
        Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, A620 (2006)

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)

Intercomparison Measurements between accelerator and laser based mass spectrometry for ultra-trace determination of Ca-41 in the 10^-11 - 10^-10 isotopic range
     Ch. Geppert, P. Mueller, K. Wendt, Ch. Schnabel, H.-A. Synal, U. Herpers and S. Merchel
         Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B229, 519 (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 D12, 33 (2000)

Lineshapes in triple resonance ionization spectroscopy
     W. Noertershaeuser, P. Mueller, K. Wendt, B. A. Bushaw
         Applied Optics 39, 5590 (2000)