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Coulomb excitation studies with radioactive ion beams from HIEISOLDE KU Leuven

Piet Van Duppen
Nuclear and Radiation Physics

The major fraction of the visible mass of the universe is situated in the nucleus of the atom: the heart of the matter. This nucleus is a compact object made of protons and neutrons (so-called nucleons) that interact through the strong and the electromagnetic force. Together with the electrons, that surround the nucleus at large distances, it constitutes the atom. While hydrogen (one proton surrounded by one electron) and helium atoms were ...

Radioactive molecular ion beam production KU Leuven

Gerda Neyens
Nuclear and Radiation Physics

The ISOLDE facility at CERN delivers radioactive ion beams through the Isotope Separation Online (ISOL) technique by impinging 1.4-GeV protons onto a thick target. Extraction of highly refractory elements has been proven possible through molecular sidebands i.e. using volatile molecules as carriers to diffuse the element through the source. In addition, radioactive molecules on their own are found ...

Radioactive ion beam research. KU Leuven

Piet Van Duppen
Nuclear and Radiation Physics
This project aims at an experimental study of the structure of nuclei with an unusual proton-to-neutron ratio using low- and medium energy radioactive ion beams. Radioactive decay studies, in-source laser spectroscopy measurements, Coulomb excitation experiments and nuclear reaction studies are proposed using state of the art production and detection techniques that have been developed by the proposing group over the last decade. Crucial ...

Laser-ionized Radioactive Ion Beams at Day 1 of ISOL@MYRRHA KU Leuven

Thomas Elias Cocolios
Nuclear and Radiation Physics
ISOL@MYRRHA is an Isotope Separation On-Line (ISOL) facility, under construction at SCK CEN. Bombarding hot target materials with 100 MeV protons, it produces, evaporates, ionizes and accelerates isotopes into Radioactive Ion Beams (RIBs), which can be used for fundamental physics, solid state research, medical developments, …At the start of the facility, in 2028, the ionization will be done in a 'hot cavity' using surface or resonant laser ...

Tb-IRMA-V: Production of radioactive terbium ion beams for medical applications with the isotope separation online technique KU Leuven

Thomas Elias Cocolios
Nuclear and Radiation Physics

In this project, the Versatile Arc Discharge and Laser Ion Source (VADLIS) will be studied and characterized, either with stable isotopes at the Leuven Isotope Separator (LIS) or with radioactive isotopes at the CERN MEDICIS facility, with the final aim of optimizing the production of medically relevant terbium isotopes within the Tb-IRMA-V project (KU Leuven, SCK CEN, CERN). These activities will include construction and ...

Laser and decay spectroscopy of neutron-deficient radioactive nuclei in the lead region (Z=82). KU Leuven

Mark Huyse
Nuclear and Radiation Physics

The fundamental interactions that are important to explain the properties of an atom are the electromagnetic force, that keep the electrons circling around the atomic nucleus, the weak force, that is responsible for nuclear beta decay which represents an important form of radioactivity, and the strong force, that keeps the protons and neutrons (also called nucleons) together in the nucleus. The electromagnetic force is well known, but the ...

No time to lose: Towards the creation of a thorium-based nuclear clock and a new era of ultra-high precision spectroscopy with radioactive isotopes. KU Leuven

Piet Van Duppen
Nuclear and Radiation Physics
A large international effort is ongoing to build the first nuclear clock [1]. The low excitation energy and expected long radiative lifetime make the first isomer in Th-229 the prime nuclear-clock candidate [2,3].The development of such a device is hindered by the experimental uncertainties on the measured nuclear properties of 229Th [3,4].My FWO project will address these knowledge gaps by performing high-precision studies of this isotope. ...

Research on radioactive nuclei at ISOLDE-CERN, SPIRAL2- GANIL and MEDICIS-CERN KU Leuven

Riccardo Raabe
Quantum Solid State Physics (QSP), Radiopharmaceutical Research, Nuclear and Radiation Physics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universiteit Gent

The properties of nuclei at the centre of atoms are determined by the interplay of the fundamental forces of nature - strong, weak and electromagnetic. Unstable nuclei, with an unusual number of protons and neutrons, can reveal hidden details of those interactions, beyond what we can explain with current models. The properties of those systems are also crucial to answer questions related to the origin of chemical elements and the fate of ...

Research on radioactive nuclei at ISOLDE-CERN, SPIRAL2- GANIL and MEDICIS-CERN Ghent University

Stefaan Vandenberghe
Department of Electronics and information systems

The properties of nuclei at the centre of atoms are determined by the interplay of the fundamental forces of nature - strong, weak and electromagnetic. Unstable nuclei, with an
unusual number of protons and neutrons, can reveal hidden details of those interactions, beyond what we can explain with current models. The properties of those systems are also crucial to answer questions related to the origin of chemical elements and the fate of ...

Research on radioactive nuclei at ISOLDE-CERN, SPIRAL2- GANIL and MEDICIS-CERN Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Vicky Caveliers
Supporting clinical sciences
The properties of nuclei at the centre of atoms are determined by the interplay of the fundamental forces of nature - strong, weak and electromagnetic. Unstable nuclei, with an unusual number of protons and neutrons, can reveal hidden details of those interactions, beyond what we can explain with current models. The properties of those systems are also crucial to answer questions related to the origin of chemical elements and the fate of ...