Speaker
Description
The ISOLDE Decay Station (IDS) [https://isolde-ids.web.cern.ch/] was designed as a flexible tool for decay spectroscopy studies, operating since 2014 at ISOLDE. At the core of IDS there are 4-6 HPGe clovers to detect $\gamma$ rays with high energy resolution together with a moving tape system and a complex array of ancillary detectors such as LaBr$_3$:Ce crystals to measure excited-state lifetimes down to a few picoseconds, silicon detectors (annular, PAD, DSSSD, Solar Cell) for charged particle (p, $\alpha$, e$^-$, e$^+$) or $\beta$-delayed fission fragments spectroscopy and an efficient plastic scintillator array acting as a neutron Time-of-Flight detector for $\beta$-delayed neutron emission studies. In recent years, IDS has also been used as a decay-spectroscopy tool for in-source laser spectroscopy studies together with RILIS.
Following the end of the CERN Long Shutdown (2019-2020) development campaign, ISOLDE has resumed experiments in June 2021 and there have been several new decay spectroscopy experiments performed at IDS: laser spectroscopy of neutron-rich Tl, Po and At isotopes; fast timing studies around neutron-rich Cu and Cd, beta-delayed neutron spectroscopy of $^8$He. These measurements will be highlighted in the current presentation alongside a detailed description of the setup and future development plans for IDS.
