  We have demonstrated Zeeman slowing and capture of neutral Ra-225 and Ra-226
atoms in a magneto-optical trap (MOT). The intercombination transition 1S0-3P1
is the only quasi-cycling transition in radium and was used for laser-cooling
and trapping. Repumping along the 3D1-1P1 transition extended the lifetime of
the trap from milliseconds to seconds. Room-temperature blackbody radiation was
demonstrated to provide repumping from the metastable 3P0 level. We measured
the isotope shift and hyperfine splittings on the 3D1-1P1 transition with the
laser-cooled atoms, and set a limit on the lifetime of the 3D1 level based on
the measured blackbody repumping rate. Laser-cooled and trapped radium is an
attractive system for studying fundamental symmetries.
