ISOLDE

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

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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
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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
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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
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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

ISOLDE to produce isotopes for medical research

The CERN-MEDICIS project will use waste beams from ISOLDE to produce isotopes that could help in the war on cancer

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Experiments
06 April, 2012