| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/C532988/1 |
| Title: |
An ion-cooler for laser spectroscopy of radioisotopes at ISOLDE |
| Principal Investigator: |
Billowes, Professor J |
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Physics and Astronomy |
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University of Manchester, The |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 2005 |
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31 October 2006 |
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55,904
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High resolution laser spectroscopy reveals how the size and shape of nuclei vary as the number of protons and neutrons is changed. These variations are highly sensitive to the structure of the nucleus, and thus shows details of the forces acting within nuclei.We are interested in measuring these properties for very short-lived isotopes, whose proton to neutron ratios are very different from those of naturally occurring, stable isotopes. These measurements provide model-independent information that will allow nuclear theories to be extended into these more exotic regions. Ultimately it is hoped to be able to predict the properties of the very exotic nuclei that are involved in stellar nucleosynthesis processes.The unstable nuclei we are interested in studying can be produced at the ISOLDE facility at CERN. The yield of these isotopes is, however, currently too low to allow measurements to be performed using the existing COLLAPS or COMPLIS laser spectroscopy facilities that are there. However, as part of our research programme at the Cyclotron Laboratory of the University of Jyvaskyla (JYFL), Finland, we have developed laser spectroscopic techniques specifically applicable to low-flux ion beams. An essential component in these techniques is an ion beam cooler-buncher. The installation of such a device at ISOLDE would allow us, and the existing laser facilities, to study more exotic nuclei than has been possible before.
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