ISOLDE Workshop and Users meeting 2025

from Wednesday 3 December 2025 (09:00) to Friday 5 December 2025 (16:00)
CERN (222/R-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
3 Dec 2025
4 Dec 2025
5 Dec 2025
AM
09:00
Welcome (until 09:15)
09:00 Welcome  
09:05 ISOLDE Collaboration news - Prof. Luis M Fraile (CERN)  
09:15
Session 1 (until 10:35)
09:15 HIE-ISOLDE 10 years - Yacine Kadi (CERN)  
09:40 Fission studies at ISS - Anna Kawecka (Chalmers University of Technology (SE))  
10:05 Exploring the Nuclear Structure and Collectivity of Neutron-Rich Tin Isotopes around $^{132}$Sn - Maximilian Paul Droste (Universitaet zu Koeln (DE))  
10:20 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 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00
Session 2 (until 12:42)
11:00 Words by the CERN Director for Research and Computing - Joachim Josef Mnich (CERN)  
11:10 The ISOLDE Improvement Program, and what will happen in the hall - Erwin Siesling (CERN)  
11:35 Recent mass measurements and developments including the first application of mass-selective re-trapping at ISOLTRAP - Daniel Lange (Max Planck Society (DE))  
12:00 The quadrupole moments of the $2^{+}_{1}$ state in the even neutron deficient Sn isotopes - Rafael Antonio Lopez  
12:15 SPELS@WISArD : Spectrum of 32P ELectron Shape at WISArD - Anaïs Lépine (CENBG)  
12:30 The PI-LIST: High-resolution crossed-beams laser spectroscopy inside the ISOLDE laser ion source - Asar A H Jaradat (The University of Manchester (GB))  
09:00
Session 5 (until 10:35)
09:00 Nuclear structure for searches of new physics - Javier Menendez (University of Barcelona)  
09:25 Recent Developments in ISOLDE Targets and Glimpse of Future Proton Beam Delivery to ISOLDE - Isabel Frank (CERN)  
09:50 Beta-delayed two-neutron spectroscopy of 134In: a novel window into nuclear structure - Peter Dyszel (University of Tennessee (US))  
10:05 Probing the Nuclear Shape of Triple Point E(5) Symmetry Candidate 140Sm - Gulla Torvund (University of Oslo (NO))  
10:20 Compact Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation setup for medical applications - Dr Michael Pesek (CERN)  
10:35 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00
Session 6 (until 12:35)
11:00 Halo orbits and the nuclear radius - Silvia Monica Lenzi (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))  
11:25 Comparison of bulk and interfacial diffusion of $^{8}\mathrm{Li}^{+}$ in solid-state battery materials with $\beta$-NMR at VITO - Amy Sparks  
11:50 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 Exploring shape coexistence across N=60 in Sr isotopes using IDS - Jesús Sánchez Prieto (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) (ES))  
12:20 Investigation of coexisting structures in $^{182}$Pt via detailed $\beta$-decay studies of $^{182}$Au - Jozef Mišt (Comenius University (SK))  
09:00
Session 9 (until 10:35)
09:00 Solid-state physics at ISOLDE at the interface with quantum technologies, nuclear physics and fundamental interactions - Lino Miguel Da Costa Pereira (KU Leuven (BE))  
09:25 Implementation of the recoil distance Doppler-shift technique at ISOLDE - Christoph Hermann Fransen (Universitaet zu Koeln (DE))  
09:50 Evidence of fully aligned neutron-proton pair dominance in $^{128}$Cd - Jaime Benito Garcia (Universita e INFN, Legnaro (IT))  
10:05 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 Low energy reactions at the CMAM tandem for the development of HISTARS - Miriam Caballero Rodriguez (Universidad Complutense (ES))  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:00
Session 10 (until 12:45)
11:00 RILIS operation and developments 2025 - Anjali Ajayakumar  
11:25 Magnetic co-doping in Al$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$N: An emission Mössbauer spectroscopy study - Rajdeep Adhikari (Johannes Kepler University (AT))  
11:40 Fission isomer studies on 240,242Am at IGISOL facility. - Olga Polak (National Center for Nuclear Research)  
11:55 Towards determination of distribution of magnetisation in 47-49K - Anu Nagpal (University of York (GB))  
12:10 Decay-fraction measurements of the radiative decay of the $^{229}$Th nuclear-clock isomer in solid-state hosts - Yens Elskens (KU Leuven)  
12:25 Closing Remarks and Prizes - Prof. Luis M Fraile (CERN)  
PM
12:45 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Session 3 (until 15:50)
14:00 Status of the JYFL Accelerator Laboratory and future opportunities - Iain Moore  
14:25 Science Results and Technical Advances Enabled by the Multi-Ion Reflection Apparatus for Collinear Laser Spectroscopy (MIRACLS) - Stephan Malbrunot (TRIUMF (CA))  
14:50 From stellar explosions to medical isotopes: recent results from the TAS at ISOLDE - Dr Enrique Nacher (IFIC, CSIC-UV)  
15:05 Laser spectroscopy and CP-violation sensitivity of AcF - Carlos Mario Fajardo Zambrano (KU Leuven (BE))  
15:20 Terbium-149 production and separation: IS688 and beyond - Nicholas Philip Van Der Meulen (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
15:35 MULTIPAC and PACBit - Third Generation TDPAC Spectroscopy - Bjorn Dorschel (Institut Fur Materialwissenschaft Universität Duisburg-Essen (DE))  
15:50 --- Coffee Break ---
16:15
Session 4 (until 18:00)
16:15 Radionuclide production by mass separation at CERN-MEDICIS for biomedical research and the PRISMAP European program - Edgars Mamis  
16:40 ISOLDE Safety - Lessons learned from past events - Letizia Di Giulio (CERN)  
17:05 Laser Spectroscopy on exotic cadmium isotopes at MIRACLS - Anthony Roitman (McGill University, (CA))  
17:20 ISRS project R&D status and plans for CERN LS3 - Ismael Martel (University of Huelva (ES))  
17:35 Advancements in Power Supply Systems - Dr Ferdinando Giordano  
18:00
Poster Session (until 20:00)
18:15 Testing the Standard Model with the WISArD Experiment - Samuel Lecanuet (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
18:17 β-decay spectroscopy studies at VITO with laser-polarised beams of potassium isotopes - Ilaria Michelon (Universite de Geneve (CH))  
18:18 Neutron background monitoring for the IAXO-D0 detector prototype - Victor Martinez Nouvilas (Universidad Complutense (ES))  
18:19 l-forbidden M1 transitions in N = 50 isotones - Gabriel Garcia De Lorenzo (Universidad Complutense (ES))  
18:21 ASCII - The Apparatus for Surface Physics and Interfaces at CERN's Ion Implantation Chamber - Carl Friedrich Jarschke  
18:22 Probing the nuclear magnetisation distribution with the Bohr-Weisskopf effect using collinear laser spectroscopy - Bram van den Borne (KU Leuven (BE))  
18:23 Decay spectroscopy of the Ac-225 decay chain for medical applications - Jana Aelbrechts (KU Leuven (BE))  
18:24 Production of intense, high-purity beams of neutron-rich Cd isotopes at ISOLDE - Marcos Llanos Exposito (Universidad Complutense (ES))  
18:25 Dion-Jacobson ANdNb2O7 (A = Rb,Cs) Layered Perovskite Systems: Bulk Study, Ion Exchange and Exfoliation - Jose Miguel Almeida Pereira (Universidade do Porto (PT))  
18:26 Detector simulations for beta delayed particle emission from 8He - Jeppe Schultz Nielsen (Aarhus University (DK))  
18:27 Magnetic field mapping and validation of the MAGDEM CCT superconducting magnet for ISRS - Carlos Alejandro Gonzales Cordero (University of Huelva (ES))  
18:28 Theoretical predictions for transfer reactions supporting the ISOLDE Linear Spectrometer (ILS) - Fatemeh Torabi (University of Huelva, Spain)  
18:29 $\beta$-decay spectroscopy studies of $^{124}$In - Pawel Wakuluk (Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL 02-093 Warsaw, Poland)  
18:30 Studies of excited states in $^{118}$Ag - M. Młynarczyk (Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland)  
18:31 Developments for a high-throughput laser ion source for CERN-MEDICIS - Ralitsa Ivaylova Mancheva (KU Leuven (BE))  
18:32 Beam Optics Modelling and Bayesian Analysis for Enhanced Beam Delivery to ISOLDE Experiments - Quentin Vuillemin  
18:33 A Space for Developing New Non-Radioactive Target Materials – Extension of the Chemical Lab for Development and Production of Nanometric Materials - Matthias Alexander Grasser  
18:34 Determination of half-lives, alpha-beta branching and hindrance factors of $^{219,220}$Po; implications on nuclear shape - Jack Shaw (KU Leuven (BE))  
18:35 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))  
18:36 Engineering of the Upgraded VITO β-NMR Beamline - Jiri Jaluvka (Brno University of Technology (CZ))  
18:37 Development and testing of nanostructured uranium carbide targets for ISOLDE physics - Valentina Berlin (SY group)  
18:38 Laser spectroscopy of neutron deficient lutetium (Z=71) with PI-LIST - David Thomas Mcelroy (The University of Manchester (GB))  
18:39 Recent development of SiC targets at ISOL@MYRRHA and CERN-ISOLDE - Flavia Guidubaldi (KU Leuven (BE) - SCK CEN (BE))  
18:40 Upcoming End-Station for Laser-RF Double-Resonance Spectroscopy at the VITO Beamline - Nikolay Azaryan (CERN)  
18:41 Design and simulation of a dedicated ion beamline for LARIS within CERN-ISOLDE - Emanuel Crans (Eindhoven Technical University (NL))  
18:42 Stabilization of Actinide and Lanthanide Carbides for ISOLDE Target Elimination - Serdar Usta  
18:43 Emission channeling and photoluminescence spectroscopy studies of lead-related quantum emitters in diamond - Kirill Danilov (KU Leuven)  
18:44 Combining high-resolution laser spectroscopy and beta-gamma spectroscopy using the CRIS Decay Spectroscopy Station - Simone Casci (KU Leuven (BE))  
18:45 Laser Spectroscopy measurements of ^(151-175)Tm. On behalf of the COLLAPS collaboration - Jack Brian Hughes (University of Liverpool (GB))  
18:46 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))  
18:47 Prospects for future molecular spectroscopy measurements using 223RaF - Carlos Mario Fajardo Zambrano (KU Leuven (BE))  
18:48 Measurements of Nuclear Deformation in A=144 Isobars via Coulomb Excitation. - Josh Alex David Curry (University of Liverpool (GB))  
18:49 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))  
18:50 In-trap molecular formation at ISOLDE Offline 2 - Alexander Schmidt  
18:51 Recent technical developments and measurements at ISOLTRAP - Paul Florian Giesel (University of Greifswald (DE))  
18:52 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))  
18:53 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)  
18:54 PROPOSAL FOR A NEW GENERAL TIMING SYSTEM AT ISOLDE - Lukas Nies (CERN)  
18:55 Recent developments on terbium mass separation from tantalum target materials at CERN-MEDICIS facility. - Patricija Kalnina (CERN and University of Latvia)  
18:56 Lifetime measurements in neutron-rich lanthanides with the GRIFFIN Spectrometer using the fast-timing technique - Faye Rowntree (University of Liverpool (GB))  
18:57 Towards King-plot nonlinearity searches with radioactive ion beams - Sandro Fabian Kraemer (KU Leuven (BE))  
18:58 Coulomb excitation of $^{212}$Ra at HIE-ISOLDE - Hannes Mayr (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (DE))  
18:59 On the design of a flexible Ion source for COLLAPS - Edward Noel Matthews (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (DE) and EP-SME-IS)  
19:00 Preliminary Results on the Gamma-Spectroscopy of 229Ac Following the Beta Decay of 229Ra - Magda Satrazani (KU Leuven (BE))  
19:02 Production Cross Section Measurements of the natPd(α,x)111Ag Reaction - Laurine PUREN (Laboratoire Subatech)  
19:03 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))  
19:04 Delivering molecular ion beams for CP-violating searches - Justus Berbalk (KU Leuven (BE))  
12:35 --- Lunch Break ---
14:00
Session 7 (until 15:50)
14:00 Status of the SHiP experiment - Lesya Shchutska (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))  
14:25 SPES progress and first beams - Tommaso Marchi (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
14:50 Neutron capture studies at FIPPS - Dr Marek Stryjczyk (Institut Laue-Langevin (FR))  
15:05 Nuclear structure of neutron-rich Ge isotopes - Pablo Gonzalez-Tarrio Vicente (Universidad Complutense (ES))  
15:20 HISTARS: A High-Performance Detector for Nuclear Excited-State Lifetimes at HIE-ISOLDE - Nikita Bernier (Universidad Complutense (ES))  
15:35 High-resolution laser spectroscopy of light gold isotopes at CRIS: investigation of the island of deformation and shape coexistence - Osama Ahmad (KU Leuven (BE))  
15:50 --- Coffee Break ---
16:15
Session 8 (until 18:05)
16:15 CERN Open Science Policy and Open Science Office - Anne Gentil-Beccot (CERN)  
16:40 Advances in Ion Beam Manipulation at ISOLDE: Beam Switching and Beam Gating - Line Le  
17:05 Energy-Resolved Beta Detectors for Beta-NMR Studies at VITO - Daniel Paulitsch (CERN, University of Innsbruck)  
17:20 Decay spectroscopy of neutron-rich Zn isotopes by total absorption - Odette Alonso-Sanudo Alvarez (Universidad Complutense (ES))  
17:35 Probing Unstable Nuclei with low-energy Antiprotons - Status and Progress of the PUMA experiment - Mark Julian Kirschbaum (CERN, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (DE))  
17:50 Experimental and theoretical studies of β-delayed fission - Silvia Bara (KU Leuven (BE))  
19:30 Workshop Dinner