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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. ...

Fundamental research in molecular, atomic and sub-atomic physics using radioactive probes. KU Leuven

Gerda Neyens
Nuclear and Radiation Physics
Radioactive isotopes and molecules are unique probes to answer key questions in nuclear and particle physics, atomic physics and quantum chemistry. Our consortium uses state-of-the-art measurement techniques, which we develop(ed) at KU Leuven and implement(ed) at international accelerator centers like e.g. ISOLDE-CERN (CH), GANIL (F), JYFL (FI) and GSI-FAIR (D). Our broad expertise in complementary precision methods, which we use to answer ...

Investigating the evolution of nuclear structure beyond N=50 by combined high-resolution laser spectroscopy and decay spectroscopy of radioactive zinc with the CRIS experiment at CERN KU Leuven

Thomas Elias Cocolios
Nuclear and Radiation Physics, Peking University
Our understanding of the structure of the atomic nucleus is built upon corner stones, key isotopes in the nuclear chart, named doubly-magic nuclei, which are predicted to exhibit particular properties. Some of those nuclei are very exotic and radioactive, and therefore difficult to produce and study. For example, the nucleus 78Ni (Z=28, N=50) is so exotic that it cannot be probed directly. In this project we shall use exotic isotopes ...

Reactions studies of nuclei far from stability KU Leuven

Riccardo Raabe
Nuclear and Radiation Physics

This research aims at providing crucial experimental information to answer key questions about the properties of exotic nuclei. Such systems, having an excess of neutrons or protons, are ideal candidates to emphasize hidden aspects of the interactions at work between the nucleons. To achieve these goals we will employ nucleon-transfer reations in different regions of the chart of nuclei. We are using state-of-the art experimental methods ...

Nuclei under extremes. KU Leuven

Mark Huyse
Nuclear and Radiation Physics
Since its inception, the study of atomic nuclei has largely been limited to nuclei near the valley of stability. Theories and paradigms have been developed based on data from those nuclei. Now, in the last decade, through technological and theoretical advances, it has become possible to produce and study nuclei far from stability in great detail. These nuclei possess truly exotic, unforeseen properties that challenge these paradigms, the ...

A new window on the atomic nucleus through high-precision atomic spectroscopy techniques. KU Leuven

Ruben de Groote
Nuclear and Radiation Physics

This project will extend the precision frontier for measurements of the
atomic structure of radioactive nuclei by a factor of 1000 compared to
the current state-of-the art, with the aim of improving our
understanding of the motion and distribution of nucleons in
radioactive atomic nuclei. By using high-precision quantum optics
methods at radioactive beam facilities, combining lasers, ion traps
and radiofrequency fields, new ...

Local probing of low−dimensional dilute magnetic materials KU Leuven

Lino da Costa Pereira
Quantum Solid State Physics (QSP)

The proposed research program is devoted to low−dimensional magnetic materials. Model systems consist of non-magnetic materials (with emphasis on 3-dimensional and 2-dimensional semiconductors and insulators) that are magnetically doped. The main goal is to provide a detailed understanding of the local structure, local magnetism and how they are coupled, using complementary local probe techniques based on intense particle beams ...

A novel laser spectroscopy apparatus for nuclear structure research at ISOL@MYRRHA KU Leuven

Agi Koszorus
Nuclear and Radiation Physics
Understanding the structure of the atomic nucleus requires the measurement of its properties using different probes and techniques. A significant part of this research is performed on short-lived radioactive isotopes, which can only be produced in small quantities in radioactive ion beam laboratories. Laser spectroscopy methods provide information on both the bulk properties of the nucleus and the nucleon-nucleon interactions. A new ...