nuclear physics

Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies the constituents and interactions of atomic nuclei.

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Doubly magic nickel from one proton away

Scientists at CERN’s ISOLDE facility have helped confirm that Nickel-78 is doubly magic by examining its nuclear neighbour, copper-79

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Experiments
24 November, 2017
Experiments
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24 November, 2017

Meet ISOLDE: Where did it all begin?

The first in our series to celebrate 50 years of physics at CERN’s oldest experiment, the ISOLDE facility

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Experiments
16 October, 2017
Experiments
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16 October, 2017

Meet ISOLDE: Targeting new discoveries

What is a target and how is it built? The second article in a series celebrating 50 years of physics at CERN’s longest running experimental facility

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Experiments
16 October, 2017
Experiments
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16 October, 2017

Meet ISOLDE: Future physics with HIE-ISOLDE

In the fourth part of our series, celebrating 50 years of physics at ISOLDE, we look at the almost-complete HIE-ISOLDE upgrade

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Experiments
16 October, 2017
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16 October, 2017

Meet ISOLDE: What can ISOLDE do for cancer research?

For the final part of our series celebrating 50 years of physics at ISOLDE, we see what impact research at ISOLDE can have on society

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Experiments
16 October, 2017
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16 October, 2017

ISOLDE physicists win Young Scientist prize

Young Scientist Prize, granted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics awarded to researchers for work at CERN’s ISOLDE

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Experiments
16 September, 2016
Experiments
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16 September, 2016

First physics experiment at HIE-ISOLDE begins

Installation of the second cryomodule at HIE-ISOLDE means unique, upgraded machine is now ready to take physics measurements at higher energies

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Experiments
09 September, 2016
Experiments
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09 September, 2016

A milestone towards a higher-energy nuclear physics facility

The first acceleration module of HIE-ISOLDE has been installed. The new accelerator will increase the energy of CERN’s nuclear physics facility

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Experiments
04 May, 2015

Atomic flashback: A century of the Bohr model

In July 1913, Niels Bohr published the first of a series of three papers introducing his model of the atom

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Physics
12 July, 2013