Conveners
M2-5 Superheavies and Instrumentation (DNP) / Superlourds et Instrumentation (DPN)
- Gordon Ball (TRIUMF)
Isotopes of Heavy and Super Heavy nuclei are typically produced in fusion-evaporation reactions. In these types of reactions neighboring isotopes are often produced simultaneously. This makes it incredibly difficult to assign experimentally observed decay properties to specific isotopes. Presently, such assignments are heavily reliant on the use of excitation functions, cross-bombardment...
β-delayed neutron emission probabilities of exotic nuclei, along with nuclear masses and β-decay half-lives, are of key importance in the stellar nucleosynthesis of heavy elements via the rapid neutron-capture process (r-process). β-delayed neutron emission influences the final r-process abundance curve through the redistribution of material as neutron-rich nuclei decay towards stability, and...
Resonant laser ionization of atoms provides an efficient and selective means for ion source operation. It uses stepwise resonant excitation of an atom's valence electron into energetically Rydberg states or auto-ionizing levels. A resonant ionization laser ion source RILIS is particularly suited to provide beams of rare isotopes at radioactive isotope facilities like ISAC at TRIUMF.
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