Opportunities for fundamental physics research with radioactive molecules

G Arrowsmith-Kron… - Reports on progress …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Molecules containing short-lived, radioactive nuclei are uniquely positioned to enable a
wide range of scientific discoveries in the areas of fundamental symmetries, astrophysics …

[HTML][HTML] Thick solid targets for the production and online release of radioisotopes: The importance of the material characteristics–A review

JP Ramos - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The target material microstructure development for ISOL targets has received special
attention by the scientific community. In the past 10 years, the number of peer-reviewed …

[HTML][HTML] Probing proton halo effects in the 8B+ 64Zn collision around the Coulomb barrier

R Spartà, A Di Pietro, P Figuera, O Tengblad, AM Moro… - Physics Letters B, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Proton halo effects in the 8 B+ 64 Zn reaction at an energy around 1.5 times the Coulomb
barrier have been studied at HIE-ISOLDE CERN using, for the first time, the only existing …

[HTML][HTML] In-source and in-trap formation of molecular ions in the actinide mass range at CERN-ISOLDE

M Au, M Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, L Nies… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The use of radioactive molecules for fundamental physics research is a develo**
interdisciplinary field limited dominantly by their scarce availability. In this work, radioactive …

King-plot analysis of isotope shifts in simple diatomic molecules

M Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, SG Wilkins, AA Breier… - Physical Review X, 2023‏ - APS
We demonstrate that the isotope shift in isotopomers of diatomic molecules, where the
nucleus of one of its constituent atoms is replaced by another isotope, can be expressed as …

Targets and ion sources at CERN-ISOLDE—Facilities and developments

S Rothe, M Au, J Ballof, E Barbero, M Bissell… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
At the CERN-ISOLDE radioactive ion beam facility, thick targets are irradiated using a beam
of 1.4-GeV protons. One of ISOLDE's key features is the large choice of ion source types and …

Photocurable Sol–Gel Formulations for the Fabrication of Titanium Carbide/Carbon Nanocomposites via Digital Light Processing

A Zanini, MY Moshkovitz-Douvdevany… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Additive manufacturing of carbide materials has received significant attention in the past
years due to the ability to fabricate complex structures over different length scales. However …

A concept for the extraction of the most refractory elements at CERN-ISOLDE as carbonyl complex ions

J Ballof, K Chrysalidis, CE Düllmann… - The European Physical …, 2022‏ - Springer
We introduce a novel thick-target concept tailored to the extraction of refractory 4d and 5d
transition metal radionuclides of molybdenum, technetium, ruthenium and tungsten for …

A cold electron-impact ion source driven by a photo-cathode–New opportunities for the delivery of radioactive molecular beams?

J Ballof, M Au, E Barbero, K Chrysalidis… - Journal of Physics …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The thick-target ISOL (Isotope mass Separation OnLine) method provides beams of more
than 1000 radionuclides of 74 elements. The method is well established for elements with …

A porous hexagonal boron nitride powder compact for the production and release of radioactive 11C

S Stegemann, J Ballof, TE Cocolios, JG Correia… - Journal of the European …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
A porous pre-sintered hexagonal boron nitride powder compact was recently developed as
target for the production of intense 11 C beams for Positron Emission Tomography-aided …