Speaker
Dr
Miguel Madurga
(CERN)
Description
The HIE-ISOLDE upgrade of the post-accelator LINAC complex at ISOLDE aimed to increase the intensity and energy of post-accelerated beams at the ISOLDE facility, CERN. With a projected energy of 12 MeV/U for beams of A/q up to 4.5 the HIE-ISOLDE facility will allow users to study entirety of the species available at ISOLDE.
After the two year Long Shutdown 1 at CERN the first HIE-ISOLDE superconducting cavity was manufactured, tested and installed after the REX-ISOLDE linac. Fall of 2015 saw the final commissioning and first post accelerated radioactive beams for users. The structure of neutron rich nickel isotopes was studied using Coulomb excitation.
A very successful program with low energy beams was run at ISOLDE parallel with the construction and commissioning of the HIE-ISOLDE linac. Highlights of the study of ground state properties using mass and laser spectrometry, as well as nuclear structure studies from beta-decay will be presented.
Primary author
Dr
Miguel Madurga
(CERN)
