Combining high-resolution laser and decay spectroscopy to study nuclei near the N=50 magic shell closure KU Leuven
The study of exotic radioisotopes, with an unnatural ratio of protons to neutrons, is essential to further our understanding of the atomic nucleus. Those isotopes are found in the explosion of dying stars, in nuclear medicine, or in nuclear waste. The study of the decay of those radioisotopes is often limited by the purity of the sample that can be produced. In this project, we propose to couple state-of-the-art, high-resolution, laser ...