Tag: ISOLDE
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Accelerator Report: A very busy technical stop ahead of Long Shutdown 3
This technical stop is particularly intense, being both shorter than usual, to maximise the limited time for physics, and very busy, to make essential preparations for LS3, which begins in June
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Ion recycling to illuminate the heaviest elements
A sophisticated electrostatic trap at CERN’s ISOLDE facility could help researchers probe the chemical reactivity of the rarest and least understood elements
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Molecules of pear-shaped atomic nuclei bear fruit
A new ISOLDE study of molecules containing pear-shaped atomic nuclei helps shape future research aimed at testing fundamental symmetries of nature
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ISOLDE investigates island of inversion
An experiment carried out at CERN’s ISOLDE facility has determined the western shore of a small island of atomic nuclei, where conventional nuclear rules break down
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Senamile Masango (1987–2025)
Senamile Masango(1987–2025) — It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of the passing of Senamile Masango, a member of the CERN Alumni Network. A pioneering South African nuclear scientist, entrepreneur and advocate for the UN Sustainable Development Goals, she dedicated her life to advancing science and empowering women in STEM. As
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Accelerator Report: A well-deserved winter break for the accelerator complex
Soon, CERN personnel will take a well-deserved winter break, just like the accelerator complex. Following a successful year, the remainder of the accelerator complex was stopped on 2 December, marking the official start of the year-end technical stop
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Accelerator Report: No summer holidays for the accelerator complex
CERN’s accelerators show very good availability rates: beams are in place
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Exotic atomic nucleus sheds light on the world of quarks
CERN and the Accelerator Laboratory in Jyväskylä, Finland, have teamed up to weigh in on the understanding of the effects of the weak force on quarks
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ISOLDE sees shape shifting in gold nuclei
The finding comes a little more than 50 years after the phenomenon was first discovered at the facility in mercury nuclei
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An even closer look at magic tin
A measurement of the indium-99 atomic nucleus in a long-lived excited state offers an even closer look at the special “doubly magic” tin-100 nucleus than a previous measurement in the ground state