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Quadrupole and octupole collectivity in the semi-magic nucleus Hg126 Open

L. Morrison, K. Hadyńska-Klęk, Zs. Podolyák, L. P. Gaffney, M. Zielińska , et al. · 2023

Radiological characterization of high-energy proton Tantalum targets from CERN-ISOLDE Facility Open

N. Menaa, Aurore Boscher, R. Catherall, Gérald Dumont, Matteo Magistris , et al. · 2023

Accelerator-based techniques are considered among the leading methods to produce radioactive nuclei. The ISOLDE facility (Isotope mass Separator On-Line DEvice) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is a unique source of…

CERN-MEDICIS: A Review Since Commissioning in 2017 Open

Charlotte Duchemin, J.P. Ramos, Thierry Storà, Essraa Ahmed, Elodie Aubert , et al. · 2021

The CERN-MEDICIS (MEDical Isotopes Collected from ISolde) facility has delivered its first radioactive ion beam at CERN (Switzerland) in December 2017 to support the research and development in nuclear medicine using non-conventional radio…

Dealing with contaminants in Coulomb excitation of radioactive beams Open

L. Morrison, K. Hadyńska-Klęk, Zs. Podolyák, L. P. Gaffney, L. Kaya , et al. · 2020

Data analysis of the Coulomb excitation experiment of the exotic 206 Hg nucleus, recently performed at CERN’s HIE-ISOLDE facility, needs to account for the contribution to target excitation due to the strongly-present beam contaminant 130 …

Quadrupole deformation of measured in a Coulomb-excitation experiment Open

L. Morrison, K. Hadyńska-Klęk, Zs. Podolyák, D. T. Doherty, L. P. Gaffney , et al. · 2020

Low-lying states in the isotope Xe-130 were populated in a Coulomb-excitation experiment performed at CERN's HIE-ISOLDE facility. The magnitudes and relative signs of seven E2 matrix elements and one M1 matrix element coupling five low-lyi…

CERN-MEDICIS: A Unique Facility for the Production of Non-Conventional Radionuclides for the Medical Research Open

Charlotte Duchemin, J.P. Ramos, Thierry Storà, Elodie Aubert, Nadia Audouin , et al. · 2020

The MEDICIS facility is a unique facility located at CERN dedicated to the production of non-conventional radionuclides for research and development in imaging, diagnostics and radiation therapy. It exploits in a Class A work sector, a ded…

Proceedings of the XVIII International Conference on Electromagnetic Isotope Separators and Related Topics (EMIS 2018), CERN, Geneva Switzerland, 16–21 September 2018 Open

M. J. G. Borge, R. Catherall, V. N. Fedosseev, G. Neyens · 2019

Measurement of the cross section at thermal energy Open

I. Tomandl, J. Vacı́k, U. Köster, L. Viererbl, E. A. Maugeri , et al. · 2019

The Be7(n,p) cross section was measured with an ion-implanted Be7 target at a thermal neutron beam of the research reactor LVR-15 in Řež. The cross section to the ground state of Li7 is σ(n,p0)=43800±1400b and the cross section to the firs…

Exploiting the Potential of ISOLDE at CERN (the EPIC Project) Open

R. Catherall, T. Giles, G. Neyens · 2019

The ISOLDE Facility at CERN * is the world’s leading facility for the production of radioactive ion beams (RIBs) using the ISOL (Isotope Separation On-Line) method, providing RIBs at energies from 30 keV to 10 MeV/u for a wide variety of e…

Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n_TOF at CERN Open

L. A. Damone, M. Barbagallo, M. Mastromarco, A. Mengoni, L. Coséntino , et al. · 2018

We report on the measurement of the 7Be(n,p)7 Li cross section from thermal to approximately 325 keV neutron energy, performed in the high-flux experimental area (EAR2) of the n_TOF facility at CERN. This reaction plays a key role in the l…

Enhancing the extraction of laser-ionized beams from an arc discharge ion source volume Open

Y. Martinez Palenzuela, B. A. Marsh, J. Ballof, R. Catherall, K. Chrysalidis , et al. · 2018

The Versatile Arc Discharge and Laser Ion Source (VADLIS) is a recently established ion source for the CERN-ISOLDE radioactive ion beam facility. It offers either electron-impact ionization (VADIS-mode) or resonance laser ionization (RILIS…

The $^{7}$Be($\boldsymbol{n,p}$)$^{7}$Li reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: measurement of the cross section in a wide energy range at n_TOF (CERN) Open

L. A. Damone, M. Barbagallo, M. Mastromarco, A. Mengoni, L. Coséntino , et al. · 2018

We report on the measurement of the $^{7}$Be($n, p$)$^{7}$Li cross section from thermal to approximately 325 keV neutron energy, performed in the high-flux experimental area (EAR2) of the n\_TOF facility at CERN. This reaction plays a key …

Status of the HIE-ISOLDE project at CERN Open

Fraser, Yacine Kadi, D. Voulot, E. Siesling, A. P. Bernardes , et al. · 2017

The HIE-ISOLDE project represents a major upgrade of the ISOLDE nuclear facility with a mandate to significantly improve the quality and increase the intensity and energy of radioactive nuclear beams produced at CERN. The project will expa…

The ISOLDE facility Open

R. Catherall, William Andreazza, M. Breitenfeldt, A. Dorsival, Gerrit Jan Focker , et al. · 2017

The ISOLDE facility has undergone numerous changes over the last 17 years driven by both the physics and technical community with a common goal to improve on beam variety, beam quality and safety. Improvements have been made in civil engin…

Advances in surface ion suppression from RILIS: Towards the Time-of-Flight Laser Ion Source (ToF-LIS) Open

S. Rothe, R. Catherall, B. Crepieux, T. Day Goodacre, V. N. Fedosseev , et al. · 2016

We present results from the development towards the Time-of-Flight Laser Ion Source (ToF-LIS) aiming for the suppression of isobaric contaminants through fast beam gating. The capability to characterize high resistance ion sources has been…

Blurring the boundaries between ion sources: The application of the RILIS inside a FEBIAD type ion source at ISOLDE Open

T. Day Goodacre, J. Billowes, R. Catherall, T. E. Cocolios, B. Crepieux , et al. · 2016

For the first time, the laser resonance photo-ionization technique has been applied inside a FEBIAD-type ion source at an ISOL facility. This was achieved by combining the ISOLDE RILIS with the ISOLDE variant of the FEBIAD ion source (the …

ISOLDE and REX: A rare isotope facility Open

R. Catherall · 2016

HIE-ISOLDE: The future of radioactive beam physics at CERN Open

Yacine Kadi, Y. Blumenfeld, R. Catherall, W Venturini, M. J. G. Borge , et al. · 2016

First Operational Experience of HIE-Isolde Open

José A. Rodríguez, Niels Bidault, E. Bravin, R. Catherall, Eleftherios Fadakis , et al. · 2016

The High Intensity and Energy ISOLDE project (HIE-ISOLDE)* is a major upgrade of the ISOLDE facility at CERN. The energy range of the post-accelerator will be extended from 2.85 MeV/u to 9.3 MeV/u for beams with A/q = 4.5 (and to 14.3 MeV/…

Beam Commissioning of the HIE-ISOLDE Post-Accelerator Open

José A. Rodríguez, William Andreazza, J. Bibby, Niels Bidault, E. Bravin , et al. · 2016

Phase 1a of the High Intensity and Energy ISOLDE (HIE-ISOLDE) project* was completed in 2015. The first cryomodule and two High Energy Beam Transfer lines (HEBT) were installed. In addition, many of the subsystems of the normal conducting …

Isolde and n_Tof Consolidation Open

R. Catherall · 2015

The ISOLDE Facility [1] resumed operation in July 2014 providing low energy radioactive ion beams (RIB) to a physics community of over 500 collaborators. While progress continues on the upgrade of the REXISOLDE post-accelerator within the …

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