ISRS Physics Working Groups Strategy

  • Strategy & Tools:
    Define the scientific roadmap, rank the most compelling physics cases, and endorse the best-validated reaction-model codes for each study.
  • Distinctive Physics Research:
    Identify experiments where ISRS can unlock breakthroughs for the HIE-ISOLDE programme, particularly in cases beyond the reach of current spectrometers and methods.
  • Reaction Mechanisms:
    Broaden the range of reaction mechanisms to include inelastic scattering, cluster transfer, and multinucleon transfer processes.
  • IOTB/ISLS Integration:
    Select reference cases for validation on the Ion Test Bench (IOTB) or ISOLDE Superconducting Linear Spectrometer (ISLS), at ISOLDE.
  • Sensitivity & Selectivity:
    Prioritise a few but well-selected, background-free atoms can also provide the best physics.
Nuclear structure
Reaction dynamics
Astrophysics
Fundamental interactions

Research Focus Areas

Nuclear Structure


  • Information forthcoming
  • Shell Evolution and Magic Numbers Far from Stability
  • Shape Coexistence in Exotic Nuclei
  • High-Resolution Spectroscopy with Recoil-Tagged Gamma Decay
  • Clusters in Nuclei
  • Islands of Inversion and Nuclear Deformations

Nuclear Astrophysics

  • Information forthcoming
  • Surrogate Reactions for Neutron Capture on Unstable Nuclei
  • r-Process Pathway Nuclei via Transfer and Fusion-Evaporation
  • Reaction Rates for Explosive Stellar Scenarios
  • Recoil-Identified Isotopic Yields for Mass Models and Lifetimes

Reaction Dynamics

  • Information forthcoming
  • Multinucleon and Cluster Transfer Reactions with Heavy Beams
  • Quasi-Fission and Deep-Inelastic Processes with Rare Isotopes
  • Direct Reactions Probing Continuum States
  • Fusion-Evaporation Reactions for Exotic Nuclei Spectroscopy
  • Sub-barrier Fusion
  • Superheavy Production Mechanisms
  • Dynamics of Halo, Skin, Pigmy

Fundamental Interactions

  • Information forthcoming
  • Recoil-Tagged β-Decay Studies for CKM Matrix Tests
  • Production of Nuclei for EDM and Symmetry Tests
  • Preparation of Double Beta Decay Candidates via Recoil Selection
  • Lifetimes and Branching Ratios for Fundamental Symmetry Tests

Instrumentation

  • Information forthcoming
  • Beam Transport
  • Experiment Optimization and Diagnostics
  • Detector Systems
  • Ancillary Instrumentation