ISOLDE

ISOLDE studies the properties of atomic nuclei, with further applications in fundamental studies, astrophysics, material and life sciences.

61 results

First measurement of ionization potential of lawrencium

A team in Japan has used advanced ISOL techniques to measure the energy needed to remove an electron from lawrencium, which lives for only 27 seconds

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Experiments
09 April, 2015

ISOLDE back on target after shutdown

Today the ISOLDE installation restarted its physics programme with beams from the Proton Synchrotron Booster

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Accelerators
01 August, 2014
Accelerators
News
01 August, 2014

ISOLDE sheds light on dying stars

An experiment conducted at CERN's ISOLDE facility may help scientists better to understand the collapse of massive stars

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Experiments
03 April, 2014
Experiments
News
03 April, 2014

Test Storage Ring could find new life at ISOLDE

A particle accelerator from Heidelberg, Germany – the Test Storage Ring - may not be going into storage after all

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Accelerators
25 February, 2014
Accelerators
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25 February, 2014

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Experiments
Experiments

Three young ISOLDE scientists win awards

In less than a month three young scientists from ISOLDE's EC-SLI collaboration won awards at international conferences

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Experiments
06 August, 2013
Experiments
News
06 August, 2013

CERN’s ISOLTRAP reveals new magic in the atomic nucleus

The ISOLTRAP collaboration has measured the mass of exotic calcium nuclei using a new instrument installed at the ISOLDE facility at CERN

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Experiments
19 June, 2013

A fundamental property of the rarest element on Earth

An international team of physicists at ISOLDE have for the first time measured the ionization potential of the rare radioactive element astatine

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Experiments
14 May, 2013

First observations of short-lived pear-shaped atomic nuclei

An international team at the ISOLDE radioactive-beam facility at CERN has shown that some atomic nuclei can assume asymmetric, "pear" shapes

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Experiments
08 May, 2013

Therapeutic use of radioactive isotopes

A study published in collaboration with ISOLDE-CERN confirms that certain terbium isotopes are effective in diagnosing and treating tumours

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Experiments
23 January, 2013
Experiments
News
23 January, 2013

New ion trap extends reach of nuclide-mass experiment

A new ion trap has been integrated into ISOLTRAP, the ISOLDE experiment that measures the mass of short-lived nuclides

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Experiments
17 January, 2013
Experiments
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17 January, 2013

Summer Student takes ISOLDE by surprise

A model developed by a Belgian student has helped ISOLDE to perform sensitive measurements of franconium, one of the world's rarest elements

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Experiments
10 September, 2012
Experiments
News
10 September, 2012