Speaker
Prof.
Gerda Neyens
(KU Leuven)
Description
High-resolution laser spectroscopy at ISOLDE gives access to properties of nuclear ground states and long-lived (> 5ms) isomeric states of radioactive nuclei far from stability, such as nuclear spins, nuclear magnetic and quadruple moments and charge radii [1]. These fundamental properties of exotic nuclei provide important information for the investigation of the nuclear structure in different regions of nuclear chart. Currently, two complementary collinear laser spectroscopy set-ups are available at ISOLDE: one for optically detected Collinear Laser Spectroscopy (COLLAPS) [2] and one for Collinear Resonant Ionization Spectroscopy (CRIS) [3].
By combining these two techniques, the nuclear structure in several key regions of the nuclear chart is been studied, from the very neutron-deficient to the very neutron-rich side of the nuclear landscape. Recent results from studies in the Ca and Ni regions will be presented and an outlook to future opportunities will be presented.
References:
[1] P. Campbell et al., Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 86, 127 (2016).
[2] http://collaps.web.cern.ch/
[3] http://isolde-cris.web.cern.ch/isolde-cris/
Primary author
Prof.
Gerda Neyens
(KU Leuven)