Dr
Rafael Ferrer
(KU Leuven IKS)
01/06/2017, 13:45
Invited Presentation
Resonant laser ionization and spectroscopy are widely used techniques at radioactive ion beam facilities to produce pure beams of exotic nuclei and measure the shape, size, spin and electromagnetic multipole moments of these nuclei. In such measurements, however, it is difficult to combine a high efficiency with a high spectral resolution. Recently, we have demonstrated the on-line application...
Prof.
Iain Moore
(University of Jyväskylä)
01/06/2017, 14:00
Invited Presentation
Since the successful commissioning of the IGISOL-4 facility, Jyväskylä, throughout 2012-2014 [1], we have moved towards full operation. The gradual evolution of the ion guide method for a universal production of both volatile and non-volatile elements has been driven by the pursuit of physics research on both sides of the valley of beta stability. The on-going development of new ion (and atom)...
Dr
Francesca Giacoppo
(Helmholtz-Institut Mainz and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH)
01/06/2017, 14:15
Invited Presentation
Penning-trap mass spectrometry allows direct and reliable measurements of atomic masses with very high precision. This technique is especially suitable to investigate the nuclear structure evolution of radioactive nuclides through measurements of binding energies.
The heaviest elements investigated to date in pioneering experiments with the SHIPTRAP setup at GSI, Darmstadt, have been...
Dr
Magdalena Kowalska
(CERN)
01/06/2017, 14:30
Invited Presentation
Spin-polarized beams of radioactive nuclei can be of interest for studies in different fields, such as nuclear structure, fundamental interactions, or material science and life sciences. This is the motivation behind a recent initiative to build a permanent ISOLDE beamline, called VITO, devoted to various studies with polarized and non-polarized beams, as described in Ref. [1]. Within this...
Dr
Ryan Ringle
(NSCL)
01/06/2017, 14:45
Invited Presentation
The Low-Energy Beam and Ion Trap (LEBIT) facility [1] at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) remains the only facility that employs Penning trap mass spectrometry for high-precision mass measurements of rare isotopes produced via projectile fragmentation. This powerful combination of a fast, chemically insensitive rare isotope production method with a high-precision...
Dr
Nathan Brewer
(ORNL/UTK)
01/06/2017, 15:00
Invited Presentation
Beta-delayed neutron emission (βn) points to the structure of involved nuclei and helps to understand the competition of allowed and first forbidden β-transition during the decay process. The resulting β1n and βxn branching ratios affect the nucleosynthesis pattern in the r-process [1].
BRIKEN array has been assembled by a multinational collaboration at the BigRIPS separator at RIKEN...
Mr
Daniel Bazin
(NSCL/MSU)
01/06/2017, 15:15
Invited Presentation
The Active Target Time Projection Chamber (AT-TPC) built at NSCL was recently commissioned using re-accelerated beams from the completed ReA3 linac. This detector is well suited to the energy domain covered by this accelerator, around the Coulomb barrier, using inverse kinematics reactions with radioactive nuclei. Its main asset is the enhanced luminosity gained from the active target concept...
Prof.
Maria J G. Borge
(ISOLDE-CERN)
01/06/2017, 15:30
Invited Presentation
ISOLDE is the CERN facility dedicated to the production of radioactive ion beams for many different experiments in the fields of nuclear and atomic physics, materials science and life sciences. The ISOL method involves in this case the bombardment of a thick target with an intense proton beam, producing high yields of exotic nuclei with half-lives down to the millisecond range. By a clever...