Conveners
Session 8
- Robert Grzywacz (University of Tennessee (US))
This presentation provides an overview of CERN's Open Science policy and the comprehensive suite of services and tools available to support the CERN community in meeting policy requirements. We will explore the key principles underpinning CERN's commitment to open science, including open access to publications, research data management, and knowledge sharing. The session will showcase the...
The ISBM (Ion Sources and Beam Manipulation) team at ISOLDE is dedicated to the development and application of advanced techniques for radioactive ion beam (RIB) purification and preparation. This includes molecular beam extraction, laser ionization and background suppression methods, specialized devices such as fast beam gates, timed beam delivery systems, ion traps, and a variety of...
β-detected Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (β-NMR) is the method employed at VITO to measure the nuclear magnetic moments of unstable nuclei. In a β-NMR experiment at VITO, the main observable is the asymmetry between β-particles emitted along or opposite to the nuclear polarization direction, measured with detectors placed on opposite sides of the sample. The asymmetry for a given β-transition...
The region near the doubly magic nucleus $^{78}$Ni (Z = 28, N = 50) plays a key role in understanding shell evolution and the balance between single-particle and collective degrees of freedom [1]. It represents a critical testing ground for theories of nuclear structure far from stability and for constraining models of r-process nucleosynthesis. In this context, neutron-rich zinc isotopes...
The antiProton Unstable Matter Annihilation (PUMA) experiment aims to use low-energy antiprotons as a probe to investigate the proton-to-neutron ratio at the tail of nuclear density of unstable nuclei. Since no existing facility provides a collider of low-energy antiprotons and low-energy radioactive ions, PUMA proposes to bridge this gap by storing up to one billion antiprotons in a portable...
Beta-delayed fission (βDF) is a two-step process where a parent nucleus β-decays into a daughter nucleus that can then fission with a certain probability from an excited state [1]. The experimentally measured βDF probability (P$_{βDF}$) is often very small and has been studied mostly for neutron-deficient isotopes, while only a few cases have been reported on the neutron-rich side of the...
