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β- and α-decay spectroscopy of Au182
/ ISOLDE Decay Station Collaboration
An α- and β-decay study of a pure source of laser-ionized and mass-separated Au182 (Z = 79, N = 103) was carried out at the ISOLDE Decay Station at the ISOLDE-CERN facility. Detailed γ-γ analysis following EC/β+ decay of Au182 was performed, and the level scheme of daughter nuclide Pt182 was considerably extended via the identification of 125 new levels and 336 new γ-ray transitions. [...]
2025 - 16 p.
- Published in : Phys. Rev. C 112 (2025) 024328
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Laser spectroscopy and CP-violation sensitivity of actinium monofluoride
/ Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, M. (CERN ; Leuven U. ; Imperial Coll., London) ; Au, M. (CERN ; Mainz U.) ; Kyuberis, A. (Groningen U.) ; Zulch, C. (Philipps U. Marburg) ; Gaul, K. (Philipps U. Marburg ; Helmholtz Inst., Mainz ; Darmstadt, GSI ; Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Wibowo, H. (York U., England) ; Skripnikov, L. (Unlisted) ; Lalanne, L. (Leuven U. ; CERN) ; Reilly, J.R. (Manchester U. ; CERN) ; Koszorus, A. (CERN ; Leuven U.) et al.
The apparent invariance of the strong nuclear force under combined charge conjugation and parity (CP) remains an open question in modern physics. [...]
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New upper limits for β-delayed fission probabilities of Fr230,232 and Ac230,232,234
/ Bara, S (Leuven U.) ; Algora, A (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Andel, B (Comenius U.) ; Andreyev, A N (York U., England) ; Antalic, S (Comenius U.) ; Bark, R A (iThemba LABS) ; Borge, M J G (Madrid, Inst. Estructura Materia) ; Camaiani, A (Leuven U. ; INFN, Florence ; U. Florence (main)) ; Cocolios, T E (Leuven U.) ; Cubiss, J G (Edinburgh U. ; York U., England) et al.
The process of β-delayed fission (βDF) of Fr230,232 and Ac230,232,234 was studied in an experiment performed at the ISOLDE facility at CERN. As no fission fragments were observed for any of the nuclei investigated, upper limits for their βDF probability (PβDF) were determined. [...]
2025 - 11 p.
- Published in : Phys. Rev. C 111 (2025) 065803
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Charge radii of thallium isotopes near the N=126 shell closure
/ IDS Collaboration
The changes in the mean-squared charge radius of Tlg209 (N=128) and Tlm207 (N=126) relative to Tl205 have been measured for the first time using the in-source laser resonance-ionization spectroscopy technique with the Laser Ion Source and Trap (LIST) at ISOLDE (CERN). The application of the LIST suppresses the dominant background from isobaric francium isotopes and allows access to thallium nuclides with A⩾207. [...]
2024 - 9 p.
- Published in : Phys. Rev. C 110 (2024) 034315
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Radiative Decay of the $^{229m}$Th Nuclear Clock Isomer in Different Host Materials
/ Pineda, S.V. (Leuven U.) ; Chhetri, P. (Leuven U. ; Mainz U.) ; Bara, S. (Leuven U.) ; Elskens, Y. (Leuven U.) ; Casci, S. (Leuven U.) ; Alexandrova, A.N. (UCLA, Los Angeles (main)) ; Au, M. (CERN) ; Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, M. (Leuven U. ; CERN ; Imperial Coll., London) ; Bartokos, M. (Vienna, Tech. U., Atominst.) ; Beeks, K. (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) et al.
A comparative vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy study conducted at ISOLDE-CERN of the radiative decay of the $^{229m}$Th nuclear clock isomer embedded in different host materials is reported. The ratio of the number of radiative decay photons and the number of $^{229m}$Th embedded are determined for single crystalline CaF$_2$, MgF$_2$, LiSrAlF$_6$, AlN, and amorphous SiO$_2$. [...]
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2025-01-15 - 13 p.
- Published in : Phys. Rev. Res. 7 (2025) 013052
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Production study of Fr, Ra and Ac radioactive ion beams at ISOLDE, CERN
/ Jajčišinová, E (Geel, JRC ; Leuven U.) ; Dockx, K (Leuven U.) ; Au, M (CERN) ; Bara, S (Leuven U.) ; Cocolios, T E (Leuven U.) ; Chrysalidis, K (CERN) ; Farooq‑Smith, G J (Leuven U. ; Edinburgh U.) ; Fedorov, D V (Unlisted) ; Fedosseev, V N (CERN) ; Flanagan, K T (Manchester U.) et al.
The presented paper discusses the production of radioactive ion beams of francium, radium, and actinium from thick uranium carbide (UC$_{x}$) targets at ISOLDE, CERN. This study focuses on the release curves and extractable yields of francium, radium and actinium isotopes. [...]
2024 - 9 p.
- Published in : Sci. Rep. 14 (2024) 11033
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Half-life determination of $^{215}$At and $^{221}$Ra with high-purity radioactive ion beams
/ Bara, S (KU Leuven, Dept. Phys. Astron.) ; Jajčišinová, E (KU Leuven, Dept. Phys. Astron. ; Geel, JRC) ; Cocolios, T E (KU Leuven, Dept. Phys. Astron.) ; Andel, B (Comenius U.) ; Antalic, S (Comenius U.) ; Camaiani, A (Florence U. ; INFN, Florence ; KU Leuven, Dept. Phys. Astron.) ; Costache, C (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Dockx, K (KU Leuven, Dept. Phys. Astron.) ; Farooq-Smith, G J (Edinburgh U. ; KU Leuven, Dept. Phys. Astron.) ; Kellerbauer, A (Geel, JRC) et al.
At CERN-ISOLDE, high-purity radioactive ion beams of $^{219}$Fr and $^{221}$RaF were investigated with $\alpha$-decay spectroscopy at the CRIS and ASET experiments in the course of three different experimental campaigns. The half-life of $^{215}$At, $\alpha$-decay daughter of $^{219}$Fr, is measured to be 36.3(3)[9]μs, and that of $^{221}$Ra was determined to be 26.2(1)[6]s, both of which are well in line with the trends in this region of the nuclear landscape but at odds with some of the reported literature..
2024 - 8 p.
- Published in : Appl. Radiat. Isot. 208 (2024) 111289
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A setup for vacuum-ultraviolet spectroscopy of the $^{229}$Th low-energy isomer
/ Kraemer, Sandro (KU Leuven ; LMU, Garching) ; Chhetri, Premaditya (KU Leuven) ; Bara, Silvia (KU Leuven) ; Claessens, Arno (KU Leuven) ; De Witte, Hilde (KU Leuven) ; Elskens, Yens (KU Leuven) ; Ferrer, Rafael (KU Leuven) ; Kudryavtsev, Yuri (KU Leuven) ; Sels, Simon (KU Leuven) ; Van Den Bergh, Paul (KU Leuven) et al.
The ground-state transition of the low-energy isomer in $^{229}$Th has been proposed as the basis for the development of a novel optical clock as a tool for fundamental-physics studies. Vacuum-ultraviolet studies of the 𝛽-decay of 229Ac recently enabled to measure the de-excitation energy of the isomer with a sevenfold improvement in precision compared to previous results by directly observing photons from the isomer’s radiative decay. [...]
2023 - 3 p.
- Published in : Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., B 542 (2023) 1-3
In : 19th International Conference on Electromagnetic Isotope Separators and Related Topics (EMIS 2022), Daejeon, Korea, 3 - 7 Oct 2022
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Observation of the radiative decay of the ${}^{229}\mathrm{Th}$ nuclear clock isomer
/ Kraemer, Sandro (Leuven U. ; LMU Munich (main)) ; Moens, Janni (Leuven U.) ; Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, Michail (Leuven U. ; CERN) ; Bara, Silvia (Leuven U.) ; Beeks, Kjeld (Vienna, Tech. U., Atominst.) ; Chhetri, Premaditya (Leuven U.) ; Chrysalidis, Katerina (CERN) ; Claessens, Arno (Leuven U.) ; Cocolios, Thomas E. (Leuven U.) ; Correia, João G.M. (Lisbon U.) et al.
The nucleus of the radioisotope thorium-229 (${}^{229}$Th) features an isomer with an exceptionally low excitation energy that enables direct laser manipulation of nuclear states. For this reason, it is a leading candidate for use in next-generation optical clocks. [...]
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2023-05-24 - 15 p.
- Published in : Nature 617 (2023) 706–710
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