Ion trapping and experimental nuclear physics KU Leuven
Implementation of an ionic trap and measurement of hyperfine structure constants for study of nuclear magnetic octupole moment.
Implementation of an ionic trap and measurement of hyperfine structure constants for study of nuclear magnetic octupole moment.
The proposed network brings together the Belgian expertise on theoretical and experimental nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics and accelerator driven systems, and will execute, in a coherent and collaborative effort, a research program focussed around radioactive ion beam research. Together with the EU partners, a carefully sleected sample of atomic nuclei most of them with extreme proton to neutron ratios will be studied to bring key ...
This dissertation will begin with a general background introduction of atom probe tomography and the urgent needs and applications of atom probe tomography due to current metrology challenges induced by both the shrinkage and the architecture change (from planar to 3D structures) of next-generation semiconductor devices. The objective of this PhD study is to develop the experimental, theoretical and fundamental insight in Atomprobe Tomography ...
The systematic study of the properties of atomic nuclei with extreme numbers of protons and neutrons has been the focus of nuclear physics for decades. In typical low-energy nuclear physics experiments, the relevant nuclear structure observables are extracted with high precision from the measured energy levels of the atomic system. Recently, the laser-spectroscopic study of radioactive molecules, instead of atoms, that contain the nucleus of ...
This project aims at measuring the properties of the cornerstones in
the nuclear chart: doubly-magic nuclei and their immediate
neighbors, in particular for those very far from stability (24O, 54Ca,
78Ni, 100Sn, 132Sn). Doubly-magic nuclei appear all over the
nuclear chart and those close to stability (16O, 40Ca and 48Ca, 56Ni
and 208Pb) have been studied in great detail and helped in
understanding the nuclear ...
The research programme at the 'Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica' concentrates on fundamental nuclear physics and its applications. The experimental research combines work at the local detector and laser laboratories at KU Leuven with campaigns at ISOLDE-CERN (Geneva, Switzerland), GANIL (Caen, France) and other major international facilities. Project The heaviest elements of Mendeleev's table form an intriguing research laboratory of ...
The heaviest elements of Mendeleev's table form an intriguing research laboratory of interest for nuclear, atomic and astro-physics. The heaviest element experimentally produced on earth is Oganesson (118 protons). Such heavy atoms are radioactive and short lived but theory predicts an island of stability when going to even heavier elements. Their atomic structure is influenced by strong relativistic effects making it challenging to predict ...