Projects
Production of mass separated 11C beams for PET-aided hadron therapy KU Leuven
Nuclear physics, particularly the process of radioactive decay, plays an important role in nuclear medicine for the diagnosis and therapy of cancers. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death and is therefore a hot topic in research. Many different types of cancer exist, which are treated with a variety of therapies. Hadron therapy, and particularly 12C therapy is a promising treatment modality for non-metastatic cancers, where tumors are ...
MEDICIS-produced radioisotope beams for medicine. KU Leuven
Pure accelerated radioisotope beams have been used for 50 years in fundamental physics R&D, e.g. for nuclear structure studies (pear shaped exotic nuclei, Nature 2013); CERN-ISOLDE plays a central role in developing accelerator technologies and fostering collaborative approaches to advance this field of isotope mass separation online. Our most recent contribution was the use of nanomaterial targets for more intense and reliable beam ...
High intensity surface ion source towards long-term irradiations for ISOL@MYRRHA KU Leuven
This thesis presents the development and experimental testing of a novel surface ion source for the ISOL@MYRRHA project at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN. The MYRRHA project is the first prototype of a subcritical lead-bismuth cooled reactor driven by a linear particle accelerator. Part of the beam coming from the accelerator will be extracted towards an ISOL facility, ISOL@MYRRHA, for radioactive ion beam production. The ...
Nuclei under extremes. KU Leuven
Het HIE-ISOLDE project in CERN. KU Leuven
The HIE-ISOLDE-project in Cern. KU Leuven
Exotic Nucleï at Spiral2. KU Leuven
A new window on the atomic nucleus through high-precision atomic spectroscopy techniques. KU Leuven
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 ...
A new window on the atomic nucleus through high-precision atomic spectroscopy techniques. KU Leuven
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 nuclear ...