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