Name: ISOLDE Workshop and Users meeting 2025
Start: 2025-12-03T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-12-05T16:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

ISOLDE Workshop and Users meeting 2025

from Wednesday, December 3, 2025 (9:00 AM) to Friday, December 5, 2025 (4:00 PM)
CERN (222/R-001)

: Sessions

: Talks

: Breaks

Dec 3, 2025

Dec 4, 2025

Dec 5, 2025

9:00 AM	Welcome (until 9:15 AM)
9:00 AM	Welcome
9:05 AM	ISOLDE Collaboration news - Prof. Luis M Fraile (CERN)
9:15 AM	Session 1 (until 10:35 AM)
9:15 AM	HIE-ISOLDE 10 years - Yacine Kadi (CERN)
9:40 AM	Fission studies at ISS - Anna Kawecka (Chalmers University of Technology (SE))
10:05 AM	Exploring the Nuclear Structure and Collectivity of Neutron-Rich Tin Isotopes around $^{132}$Sn - Maximilian Paul Droste (Universitaet zu Koeln (DE))
10:20 AM	First ever $\alpha$-scattering with radioactive ion beams: a novel technique to determine $\alpha$-nuclear potentials away from stability. - Francisco Maria Santos Lima Geraldes Barba (Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (PT))
10:35 AM	--- Coffee Break ---
11:00 AM	Session 2 (until 12:35 PM)
11:00 AM	The ISOLDE Improvement Program, and what will happen in the hall - Erwin Siesling (CERN)
11:25 AM	Recent mass measurements and developments including the first application of mass-selective re-trapping at ISOLTRAP - Daniel Lange (Max Planck Society (DE))
11:50 AM	The quadrupole moments of the $2^{+}_{1}$ state in the even neutron deficient Sn isotopes - Rafael Antonio Lopez
12:05 PM	SPELS@WISArD : Spectrum of 32P ELectron Shape at WISArD - Anaïs Lépine (CENBG)
12:20 PM	The PI-LIST: High-resolution crossed-beams laser spectroscopy inside the ISOLDE laser ion source - Asar A H Jaradat (The University of Manchester (GB))

9:00 AM	Session 5 (until 10:35 AM)
9:00 AM	Nuclear structure for searches of new physics - Javier Menendez (University of Barcelona)
9:25 AM	Recent Developments in ISOLDE Targets and Glimpse of Future Proton Beam Delivery to ISOLDE - Isabel Frank (CERN)
9:50 AM	Beta-delayed two-neutron spectroscopy of 134In: a novel window into nuclear structure - Peter Dyszel (University of Tennessee (US))
10:05 AM	Probing the Nuclear Shape of Triple Point E(5) Symmetry Candidate 140Sm - Gulla Torvund (University of Oslo (NO))
10:20 AM	Compact Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation setup for medical applications - Dr Michael Pesek (CERN)
10:35 AM	--- Coffee Break ---
11:00 AM	Session 6 (until 12:35 PM)
11:00 AM	Halo orbits and the nuclear radius - Silvia Monica Lenzi (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))
11:25 AM	Comparison of bulk and interfacial diffusion of $^{8}\mathrm{Li}^{+}$ in solid-state battery materials with $\beta$-NMR at VITO - Amy Sparks
11:50 AM	Stable triaxial rotation as the main mode of excitation at or around magic numbers - Jose Nicolas Orce Gonzalez (University of the Western Cape (ZA))
12:05 PM	Exploring shape coexistence across N=60 in Sr isotopes using IDS - Jesús Sánchez Prieto (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) (ES))
12:20 PM	Investigation of coexisting structures in $^{182}$Pt via detailed $\beta$-decay studies of $^{182}$Au - Jozef Mišt (Comenius University (SK))

9:00 AM	Session 9 (until 10:35 AM)
9:00 AM	Solid-state physics at ISOLDE at the interface with quantum technologies, nuclear physics and fundamental interactions - Lino Miguel Da Costa Pereira (KU Leuven (BE))
9:25 AM	Implementation of the recoil distance Doppler-shift technique at ISOLDE - Christoph Hermann Fransen (Universitaet zu Koeln (DE))
9:50 AM	Evidence of fully aligned neutron-proton pair dominance in $^{128}$Cd - Jaime Benito Garcia (Universita e INFN, Legnaro (IT))
10:05 AM	Particle boundary in agglomerates induces magnetoelectric coupling in bismuth ferrite nanoparticles - Mr Thien Thanh Dang (Institute for Materials Science and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany)
10:20 AM	Low energy reactions at the CMAM tandem for the development of HISTARS - Miriam Caballero Rodriguez (Universidad Complutense (ES))
10:35 AM	--- Coffee break ---
11:00 AM	Session 10 (until 12:45 PM)
11:00 AM	RILIS operation and developments 2025 - Anjali Ajayakumar
11:25 AM	Magnetic co-doping in Al$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$N: An emission Mössbauer spectroscopy study - Rajdeep Adhikari (Johannes Kepler University (AT))
11:40 AM	Fission isomer studies on 240,242Am at IGISOL facility. - Olga Polak (National Center for Nuclear Research)
11:55 AM	Towards determination of distribution of magnetisation in 47-49K - Anu Nagpal (University of York (GB))
12:10 PM	Decay-fraction measurements of the radiative decay of the $^{229}$Th nuclear-clock isomer in solid-state hosts - Yens Elskens (KU Leuven)
12:25 PM	Closing Remarks and Prizes - Prof. Luis M Fraile (CERN)

12:35 PM	--- Lunch Break ---
2:00 PM	Session 3 (until 3:50 PM)
2:00 PM	CERN Open Science Policy and Open Science Office - Anne Gentil-Beccot (CERN)
2:25 PM	Science Results and Technical Advances Enabled by the Multi-Ion Reflection Apparatus for Collinear Laser Spectroscopy (MIRACLS) - Stephan Malbrunot (TRIUMF (CA))
2:50 PM	From stellar explosions to medical isotopes: recent results from the TAS at ISOLDE - Dr Enrique Nacher (IFIC, CSIC-UV)
3:05 PM	Laser spectroscopy and CP-violation sensitivity of AcF - Carlos Mario Fajardo Zambrano (KU Leuven (BE))
3:20 PM	Terbium-149 production and separation: IS688 and beyond - Nicholas Philip Van Der Meulen (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))
3:35 PM	MULTIPAC and PACBit - Third Generation TDPAC Spectroscopy - Bjorn Dorschel (Institut Fur Materialwissenschaft Universität Duisburg-Essen (DE))
3:50 PM	--- Coffee Break ---
4:15 PM	Session 4 (until 6:00 PM)
4:15 PM	Radionuclide production by mass separation at CERN-MEDICIS for biomedical research and the PRISMAP European program - Edgars Mamis
4:40 PM	ISOLDE Safety - Lessons learned from past events - Letizia Di Giulio (CERN)
5:05 PM	Laser Spectroscopy on exotic cadmium isotopes at MIRACLS - Anthony Roitman (McGill University, (CA))
5:20 PM	ISRS project R&D status and plans for CERN LS3 - Ismael Martel (University of Huelva (ES))
5:35 PM	Advancements in Power Supply Systems - Dr Ferdinando Giordano
6:00 PM	Poster Session (until 8:00 PM)
6:15 PM	Testing the Standard Model with the WISArD Experiment - Samuel Lecanuet (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
6:17 PM	β-decay spectroscopy studies at VITO with laser-polarised beams of potassium isotopes - Ilaria Michelon (Universite de Geneve (CH))
6:18 PM	Neutron background monitoring for the IAXO-D0 detector prototype - Victor Martinez Nouvilas (Universidad Complutense (ES))
6:19 PM	l-forbidden M1 transitions in N = 50 isotones - Gabriel Garcia De Lorenzo (Universidad Complutense (ES))
6:20 PM	Nuclear structure of neutron-rich Ge isotopes - Pablo Gonzalez-Tarrio Vicente (Universidad Complutense (ES))
6:21 PM	ASCII - The Apparatus for Surface Physics and Interfaces at CERN's Ion Implantation Chamber - Carl Friedrich Jarschke
6:22 PM	Probing the nuclear magnetisation distribution with the Bohr-Weisskopf effect using collinear laser spectroscopy - Bram van den Borne (KU Leuven (BE))
6:23 PM	Decay spectroscopy of the Ac-225 decay chain for medical applications - Jana Aelbrechts (KU Leuven (BE))
6:24 PM	Production of intense, high-purity beams of neutron-rich Cd isotopes at ISOLDE - Marcos Llanos Exposito (Universidad Complutense (ES))
6:25 PM	Dion-Jacobson ANdNb2O7 (A = Rb,Cs) Layered Perovskite Systems: Bulk Study, Ion Exchange and Exfoliation - Jose Miguel Almeida Pereira (Universidade do Porto (PT))
6:26 PM	Detector simulations for beta delayed particle emission from 8He - Jeppe Schultz Nielsen (Aarhus University (DK))
6:27 PM	Magnetic field mapping and validation of the MAGDEM CCT superconducting magnet for ISRS - Carlos Alejandro Gonzales Cordero (University of Huelva (ES))
6:28 PM	Theoretical predictions for transfer reactions supporting the ISOLDE Linear Spectrometer (ILS) - Fatemeh Torabi (University of Huelva, Spain)
6:29 PM	$\beta$-decay spectroscopy studies of $^{124}$In - Pawel Wakuluk (Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL 02-093 Warsaw, Poland)
6:30 PM	Studies of excited states in $^{118}$Ag - M. Młynarczyk (Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland)
6:31 PM	Developments for a high-throughput laser ion source for CERN-MEDICIS - Ralitsa Ivaylova Mancheva (KU Leuven (BE))
6:32 PM	Beam Optics Modelling and Bayesian Analysis for Enhanced Beam Delivery to ISOLDE Experiments - Quentin Vuillemin
6:33 PM	A Space for Developing New Non-Radioactive Target Materials – Extension of the Chemical Lab for Development and Production of Nanometric Materials - Matthias Alexander Grasser
6:34 PM	Determination of half-lives, alpha-beta branching and hindrance factors of $^{219,220}$Po; implications on nuclear shape - Jack Shaw (KU Leuven (BE))
6:35 PM	First-Principles EFG Calculations and PAC Probing of Octahedral Distortions in AYTiO4 (A = Na, Ag) Layered Perovskites - Lucas Felgueiras De Almeida (Universidade do Porto (PT))
6:36 PM	Engineering of the Upgraded VITO β-NMR Beamline - Jiri Jaluvka (Brno University of Technology (CZ))
6:37 PM	Development and testing of nanostructured uranium carbide targets for ISOLDE physics - Valentina Berlin (SY group)
6:38 PM	Laser spectroscopy of neutron deficient lutetium (Z=71) with PI-LIST - David Thomas Mcelroy (The University of Manchester (GB))
6:39 PM	Recent development of SiC targets at ISOL@MYRRHA and CERN-ISOLDE - Flavia Guidubaldi (KU Leuven (BE) - SCK CEN (BE))
6:40 PM	Upcoming End-Station for Laser-RF Double-Resonance Spectroscopy at the VITO Beamline - Nikolay Azaryan (CERN)
6:41 PM	Design and simulation of a dedicated ion beamline for LARIS within CERN-ISOLDE - Emanuel Crans (Eindhoven Technical University (NL))
6:42 PM	Stabilization of Actinide and Lanthanide Carbides for ISOLDE Target Elimination - Serdar Usta
6:43 PM	Emission channeling and photoluminescence spectroscopy studies of lead-related quantum emitters in diamond - Kirill Danilov (KU Leuven)
6:44 PM	Combining high-resolution laser spectroscopy and beta-gamma spectroscopy using the CRIS Decay Spectroscopy Station - Simone Casci (KU Leuven (BE))
6:45 PM	Laser Spectroscopy measurements of ^(151-175)Tm. On behalf of the COLLAPS collaboration - Jack Brian Hughes (University of Liverpool (GB))
6:46 PM	A study of seniority-2 configurations in N=126 isotonic chain. Coulomb excitation of 214Ra. - Ivan Todorov Anastasov (University of Sofia - St. Kliment Ohridski (BG))
6:47 PM	Prospects for future molecular spectroscopy measurements using 223RaF - Carlos Mario Fajardo Zambrano (KU Leuven (BE))
6:48 PM	Measurements of Nuclear Deformation in A=144 Isobars via Coulomb Excitation. - Josh Alex David Curry (University of Liverpool (GB))
6:49 PM	The new ion-implantation chamber in the General Low Mass (GLM) area of ISOLDE. - Ian Chang Jie Yap (Institut Fur Materialwissenschaft Universität Duisburg-Essen (DE))
6:50 PM	In-trap molecular formation at ISOLDE Offline 2 - Alexander Schmidt
6:51 PM	Recent technical developments and measurements at ISOLTRAP - Paul Florian Giesel (University of Greifswald (DE))
6:52 PM	Combined Collinear Laser Spectroscopy and Gas-Cell Ionization Feasibility Studies on Stable Fluorine: Development and Optimization at LIAF–COLLAPS - Mr Ronaldo R. Méndez Hernández for the LIAF-COLLAPS colaboration (Max Planck Society (DE))
6:53 PM	NMR shielding constants and rederivation of accurate magnetic dipole moments of stable Se and Te isotopes - Mr Andrej Hurajt (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava)
6:54 PM	PROPOSAL FOR A NEW GENERAL TIMING SYSTEM AT ISOLDE - Lukas Nies (CERN)
6:55 PM	Recent developments on terbium mass separation from tantalum target materials at CERN-MEDICIS facility. - Patricija Kalnina (CERN and University of Latvia)
6:56 PM	Lifetime measurements in neutron-rich lanthanides with the GRIFFIN Spectrometer using the fast-timing technique - Faye Rowntree (University of Liverpool (GB))
6:57 PM	Towards King-plot nonlinearity searches with radioactive ion beams - Sandro Fabian Kraemer (KU Leuven (BE))
6:58 PM	Coulomb excitation of $^{212}$Ra at HIE-ISOLDE - Hannes Mayr (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (DE))
6:59 PM	On the design of a flexible Ion source for COLLAPS - Edward Noel Matthews (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (DE) and EP-SME-IS)
7:00 PM	Preliminary Results on the Gamma-Spectroscopy of 229Ac Following the Beta Decay of 229Ra - Magda Satrazani (KU Leuven (BE))
7:02 PM	Production Cross Section Measurements of the natPd(α,x)111Ag Reaction - Laurine PUREN (Laboratoire Subatech)
7:03 PM	The evolution of nuclear structure near the N = 20 Island of Inversion - a measurement of 30Mg(d,p)31Mg reaction - Michal Wlodarczyk (The University of Manchester (GB))

12:35 PM	--- Lunch Break ---
2:00 PM	Session 7 (until 3:50 PM)
2:00 PM	Status of the SHiP experiment - Lesya Shchutska (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))
2:25 PM	SPES progress and first beams - Tommaso Marchi (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)
2:50 PM	Neutron capture studies at FIPPS - Dr Marek Stryjczyk (Institut Laue-Langevin (FR))
3:05 PM	Coulomb excitation in $^{185\mathrm{g,m}}$Hg - Shape coexistence in the neutron-deficient lead region - Hannah Kleis (University of Liverpool (GB))
3:20 PM	HISTARS: A High-Performance Detector for Nuclear Excited-State Lifetimes at HIE-ISOLDE - Nikita Bernier (Universidad Complutense (ES))
3:35 PM	High-resolution laser spectroscopy of light gold isotopes at CRIS: investigation of the island of deformation and shape coexistence - Osama Ahmad (KU Leuven (BE))
3:50 PM	--- Coffee Break ---
4:15 PM	Session 8 (until 6:05 PM)
4:15 PM	Status of the JYFL Accelerator Laboratory and future opportunities - Iain Moore
4:40 PM	Advances in Ion Beam Manipulation at ISOLDE: Beam Switching and Beam Gating - Line Le
5:05 PM	Energy-Resolved Beta Detectors for Beta-NMR Studies at VITO - Daniel Paulitsch (CERN, University of Innsbruck)
5:20 PM	Decay spectroscopy of neutron-rich Zn isotopes by total absorption - Odette Alonso-Sanudo Alvarez (Universidad Complutense (ES))
5:35 PM	Probing Unstable Nuclei with low-energy Antiprotons - Status and Progress of the PUMA experiment - Mark Julian Kirschbaum (CERN, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (DE))
5:50 PM	Experimental and theoretical studies of β-delayed fission - Silvia Bara (KU Leuven (BE))
7:30 PM	Workshop Dinner

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