Collinear laser spectroscopy of stable $^{55}$Mn I in the BECOLA facility at NSCL

Laser spectroscopy was performed on stable $^{55}$Mn atoms using the collinear laser spectroscopy system of the BEam COoling and LAser spectroscopy (BECOLA) facility at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University. Mn$^{+}$ ions were extracted from a commercial ion source at 15~keV and neutralized in a Na vapor cell via charge-exchange reactions. The Mn atomic beam was co-propagated with laser light, and hyperfine spectra for both the ground and metastable states were measured by detecting laser-induced fluorescence. Analysis of the hyperfine spectra will be presented and future laser studies of other transition metal elements using BECOLA will be discussed.