Fast timing for nuclear structure and applications - FAST'26

Session

Day 1

Day 1

27 Apr 2026, 13:00

Training and Conference Center (CCI) ( Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH))

Conveners

Day 1: Large Scintillator and hybrid arrays (I)

• Razvan Lica (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (RO))

Day 1: Large Scintillator and hybrid arrays (II)

• Agnieszka Barbara Korgul (University of Warsaw (PL))

35. The ROSPHERE array at IFIN-HH

Sorin Gabriel Pascu (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (RO))

27/04/2026, 13:00

Large scintillator and hybrid arrays

Invited

34. Fast-Timing Spectroscopy with FATIMA: Status, Highlights, and Future Directions

Vassil Karayonchev

27/04/2026, 13:25

Large scintillator and hybrid arrays

Invited

In this talk, the current status of the FATIMA array will be presented. Recent highlights from experiments performed at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research will be discussed, demonstrating the performance of the array under in-beam conditions. Ongoing efforts to upgrade the array, including developments in the data acquisition system and detector technology, will be outlined. Future...

22. Lifetime measurements at FIPPS

Dr Marek Stryjczyk (Institut Laue-Langevin (FR))

27/04/2026, 13:50

Large scintillator and hybrid arrays

Invited

Nuclear lifetimes are one of the key observables providing a direct access to the structure of excited states. The commonly used technique that allows for their extraction is the fast-timing method which benefits from the use of fast scintillators. However, it also requires large datasets collected by highly granular setups. This limitation can be overcome by using a strong flux of thermal...

27. Lifetime measurements in exotic fission fragments at Lohengrin

Simone Bottoni (Università degli Studi e INFN Milano (IT))

27/04/2026, 14:15

Large scintillator and hybrid arrays

Invited

In this work, we present recent results obtained in different neutron-induced fission campaigns at Lohengrin (ILL), using a hybrid setup made of HPGe clover detectors and LaBr3 scintillators. The latter were employed to measure lifetimes, down to a few ps, using γ-ray fast-timing techniques [1]. In particular, results on $^{131}$Sb [2] and $^{96}$Rb [3] will be discussed. In the first case,...

39. A review of measurements using halide scintillators at the National Physical Laboratory UK

Rob Shearman

27/04/2026, 14:40

Large scintillator and hybrid arrays

Invited

For over a decade, the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington UK has used novel scintillators for nuclear metrology within the laboratory for measurements of industrial application as well as more fundamental blue-sky research. The high light yield, possibility for low internal background, suitable energy resolution and low cost of the devices make them attractive counters for coincidence...

37. Experiments with large volume LaBr3(Ce) and CeBr3 detectors at the IFIN-HH 9MV Tandem facility

Pär-Anders Söderström (ELI-NP/IFIN-HH)

27/04/2026, 15:30

Large scintillator and hybrid arrays

Invited

While the $\gamma$-ray beams at ELI-NP are still under implementation, the instrumentation for nuclear structure and reaction studies at the $\gamma$-ray beam facilities are already completed and operational. Some of the scientific cases at ELI-NP will be the measurement of electromagnetic dipole response and strength distribution in different nuclei, pygmy dipole resonance excitations and...

31. Fast-Timing at the GRIFFIN Facility

Ms Rashmi Umashankar (TRIUMF/UBC)

27/04/2026, 15:55

Large scintillator and hybrid arrays

Invited

Gamma-Ray Infrastructure For Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei (GRIFFIN) is a high-efficiency gamma-ray spectrometer designed for use in decay spectroscopy experiments with low-energy radioactive ion beams provided by TRIUMF’s Isotope Separator and Accelerator (ISAC-I) facility in Vancouver, Canada. The 16 Compton suppressed HPGe clover detectors are complemented by a fast-timing array...

3. Portable African Neutron-Gamma Laboratory for Innovative Nuclear Science

Dr Pete Jones (iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation (ZA))

27/04/2026, 16:20

Large scintillator and hybrid arrays

Oral presentation

The Portable African Neutron-Gamma Laboratory for Innovative Nuclear Science (PANGoLINS) [1] project aims to investigate measurements of both gamma rays and neutrons which forms an important component part on site or in transit and the detection of both fissile material for the use in decarbonised energy sources or disposal thereof. A core component of the project is to miniaturize the weight...

18. Development and Current Status of the FLASH Campaign at HIL Warsaw

Andrej Špaček (Heavy Ion Laboratory at the University of Warsaw)

27/04/2026, 16:40

Large scintillator and hybrid arrays

Oral presentation

The EAGLE array (European Array for Gamma Levels Evaluations) [1] is a multi-configuration detector setup for in-beam nuclear spectroscopy studies at the Heavy Ion Laboratory (HIL) of the University of Warsaw. It can accommodate up to 30 Compton-suppressed HPGe detectors.

Building on this foundation, a new campaign, FLASH (Fast-Timing LaBr$_3$ Array for Spectroscopy at HIL), is planned...

7. HISTARS: A High-Performance Detector for Nuclear Excited-State Lifetimes at HIE-ISOLDE

Nikita Bernier (Universidad Complutense (ES))

27/04/2026, 17:00

Large scintillator and hybrid arrays

Oral presentation

The ISOLDE facility at CERN is one of the most versatile and prolific facilities worldwide for the production of exotic isotopes using the Isotope Separation On-Line (ISOL) method. The HIE-ISOLDE project has realized a cutting-edge superconducting post-accelerator capable of delivering radioactive ion beams with energies up to 10 MeV/u, making ISOLDE a unique facility worldwide to accelerate...