r-process nucleosynthesis: connecting rare-isotope beam facilities with the cosmos

CJ Horowitz, A Arcones, B Cote… - Journal of Physics G …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This is an exciting time for the study of r-process nucleosynthesis. Recently, a neutron star
merger GW170817 was observed in extraordinary detail with gravitational waves and …

Masses of exotic nuclei

T Yamaguchi, H Koura, YA Litvinov, M Wang - Progress in Particle and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent developments in precision mass spectrometry of radioactive isotopes (RI) and some
selected related physics subjects are reviewed. In the last decades, besides conventional …

Masses of exotic calcium isotopes pin down nuclear forces

F Wienholtz, D Beck, K Blaum, C Borgmann… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The properties of exotic nuclei on the verge of existence play a fundamental part in our
understanding of nuclear interactions. Exceedingly neutron-rich nuclei become sensitive to …

Facilities and methods for radioactive ion beam production

Y Blumenfeld, T Nilsson, P Van Duppen - Physica Scripta, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Radioactive ion beam facilities are transforming nuclear science by making beams of exotic
nuclei with various properties available for experiments. New infrastructures and …

Precision atomic physics techniques for nuclear physics with radioactive beams

K Blaum, J Dilling, W Nörtershäuser - Physica Scripta, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Atomic physics techniques for the determination of ground-state properties of radioactive
isotopes are very sensitive and provide accurate masses, binding energies, Q-values …

Ion beam production and study of radioactive isotopes with the laser ion source at ISOLDE

V Fedosseev, K Chrysalidis, TD Goodacre… - Journal of Physics G …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
At ISOLDE the majority of radioactive ion beams are produced using the resonance
ionization laser ion source (RILIS). This ion source is based on resonant excitation of atomic …

ISOLTRAP's multi-reflection time-of-flight mass separator/spectrometer

RN Wolf, F Wienholtz, D Atanasov, D Beck… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The online precision mass spectrometer ISOLTRAP at ISOLDE/CERN was recently
upgraded by adding a multi-reflection time-of-flight mass separator/spectrometer (MR-ToF …

A high-performance multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer and isobar separator for the research with exotic nuclei

T Dickel, WR Plaß, A Becker, U Czok, H Geissel… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2015 - Elsevier
A novel multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MR-TOF-MS) and isobar
separator for the research with exotic nuclides at low-energy rare isotope beam facilities has …

Collinear laser spectroscopy at ISOLDE: new methods and highlights

R Neugart, J Billowes, ML Bissell… - Journal of Physics G …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Over three and a half decades of collinear laser spectroscopy and the COLLAPS setup have
played a major role in the ISOLDE physics programme. Based on a general experimental …

Binding Energy of : Probing the Structure of the Doubly Magic from Only One Proton Away

A Welker, NAS Althubiti, D Atanasov, K Blaum… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
The masses of the neutron-rich copper isotopes Cu 75–79 are determined using the
precision mass spectrometer ISOLTRAP at the CERN-ISOLDE facility. The trend from the …