activity
20152026
most citedSpectroscopy of short-lived radioactive molecules: A sensitive laboratory for new physics

129 citations · 756 across the 25 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

physics.ins-det2026

The STRASSE liquid hydrogen target system

Madalina Enciu, Christina Xanthopoulou, Alexandru Enciu +4

A compact liquid hydrogen target system has been developed for the Silicon Tracker for RAdioactive nuclei Studies at SAMURAI Experiments (STRASSE) at the RIKEN Nishina Center. This…

physics.ins-det2026

Compact VMM3a/SRS integration for high-channel-density TPC readout

Alexandru Enciu, Uwe Bonnes, Meytal Duer +9

The HYDRA (HYpernuclei Decay at RB Apparatus) TPC is a 5,376-channel pion tracker developed for hypernuclear studies at the RB experiment at GSI/FAIR. Its installation insi…

nucl-ex2025★ 1 cited

Extending the low- "border'' of the region of deformation with precision mass spectrometry of Kr

D. Lunney, V. Manea, M. Mougeot +17

The onset of collective nuclear behavior in the , , region is examined through high-precision mass measurements of Kr, performed with the ISOLTRAP mas…

physics.ins-det2025

The HYDRA pion-tracker for hypernuclei studies at R3B

Lian-Cheng Ji, Uwe Bonnes, Mikolaj Cwiok +14

The HYpernuclei-Decay at R3B Apparatus (HYDRA) tracker is a novel time projection chamber combined with a plastic scintillator wall for timing and trigger purposes. This detector i…

physics.acc-ph2025

The PUMA offline ion source beamline

Moritz Schlaich, Paul Fischer, Paul Florian Giesel +4

The antiProton Unstable Matter Annihilation experiment (PUMA) at CERN aims to study the nucleonic composition in the matter density tail of stable and radioactive nuclei using low-…

physics.acc-ph2024

Development and commissioning of ion-optical elements for ion and antiproton beams with energies up to 5 keV

Clara Klink, Moritz Schlaich, Jonas Fischer +3

In nuclear and atomic physics experiments, charged ion beams often need to be guided from the ion production to the experimental site. In the PUMA experiment, an ion source beamlin…

physics.ins-det2023★ 9 cited

A multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer for the offline ion source of the PUMA experiment

M. Schlaich, J. Fischer, P. Fischer +5

The antiProton Unstable Matter Annihilation experiment (PUMA) at CERN aims at investigating the nucleon composition in the matter density tail of radioactive as well as stable isot…

physics.ins-det2023★ 15 cited

In-source and in-trap formation of molecular ions in the actinide mass range at CERN-ISOLDE

M. Au, M. Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, L. Nies +22

The use of radioactive molecules for fundamental physics research is a developing interdisciplinary field limited dominantly by their scarce availability. In this work, radioactive…

physics.ins-det2023★ 11 cited

STRASSE: A Silicon Tracker for Quasi-free Scattering Measurements at the RIBF

H. N. Liu, F. Flavigny, H. Baba +35

STRASSE (Silicon Tracker for RAdioactive nuclei Studies at SAMURAI Experiments) is a new detection system under construction for quasi-free scattering (QFS) measurements at 200-250…

nucl-ex2021★ 16 cited

Charge radii, moments and masses of mercury isotopes across the N = 126 shell closure

T. Day Goodacre, A. V. Afanasjev, A. E. Barzakh +48

Combining laser spectroscopy in a Versatile Arc Discharge and Laser Ion Source, with Penning-trap mass spectrometry at the CERN-ISOLDE facility, this work reports on mean-square ch…

nucl-ex2021★ 58 cited

Mass measurements of 99-101In challenge ab initio nuclear theory of the nuclide 100Sn

M. Mougeot, D. Atanasov, J. Karthein +23

100Sn is of singular interest for nuclear structure. Its closed-shell proton and neutron configuration exhibit exceptional binding and 100Sn is the heaviest nucleus comprising prot…

nucl-ex2021★ 52 cited

Isotope Shifts of Radium Monofluoride Molecules

S. M. Udrescu, A. J. Brinson, R. F. Garcia Ruiz +25

Isotope shifts of RaF were measured for different vibrational levels in the electronic transition . The observed isoto…

nucl-ex2020★ 1 cited

Masses of short-lived , , , and stable nuclides

I. Kulikov, A. Algora, D. Atanasov +13

Mass measurements of Sc, As, Br and Hg nuclides produced at CERN's radioactive-ion beam facility ISOLDE are presented. The measurements were perform…

nucl-ex2020★ 19 cited

Examining the = 28 shell closure through high-precision mass measurements of Ar

Maxime Mougeot, Dinko Atanasov, Carlo Barbieri +21

The strength of the = 28 magic number in neutron-rich argon isotopes is examined through high-precision mass measurements of Ar, performed with the ISOLTRAP mass spec…

physics.chem-ph2020★ 8 cited

Magnetic moments of short-lived nuclei with part-per-million accuracy: Towards novel applications of -detected NMR in physics, chemistry and biology

R. D. Harding, S. Pallada, J. Croese +24

We determine for the first time the magnetic dipole moment of a short-lived nucleus with part-per-million (ppm) accuracy. To achieve this two orders of magnitude improvement over p…

nucl-ex2020★ 53 cited

First glimpse of the shell closure below from masses of neutron-rich cadmium isotopes and isomers

V. Manea, J. Karthein, D. Atanasov +18

We probe the nuclear shell closure by mass measurements of neutron-rich cadmium isotopes with the ISOLTRAP spectrometer at ISOLDE-CERN. The new mass of Cd offers the…

nucl-th2019★ 129 cited

Spectroscopy of short-lived radioactive molecules: A sensitive laboratory for new physics

R. F. Garcia Ruiz, R. Berger, J. Billowes +24

The study of molecular systems provides exceptional opportunities for the exploration of the fundamental laws of nature and for the search for physics beyond the Standard Model of…

nucl-ex2019★ 1 cited

-value determination for NaNe and MgNa mirror-nuclei decays using high-precision mass spectrometry with ISOLTRAP at ISOLDE/CERN

Jonas Karthein, Dinko Atanasov, Klaus Blaum +14

We report on high-precision values of the NaNe and MgNa mirror -transitions from mass measurements with ISOLT…

nucl-ex2019★ 18 cited

Direct decay-energy measurement as a route to the neutrino mass

Jonas Karthein, Dinko Atanasov, Klaus Blaum +11

A high-precision measurement of the CsXe ground-to-ground-state electron-capture -value was performed using the ISOLTRAP mass spectrom…

nucl-ex2019★ 69 cited

Shape staggering of mid-shell mercury isotopes from in-source laser spectroscopy compared with Density Functional Theory and Monte Carlo Shell Model calculations

S. Sels, T. Day Goodacre, B. A. Marsh +45

Neutron-deficient Hg isotopes were studied using in-source laser resonance-ionization spectroscopy at the CERN-ISOLDE radioactive ion-beam facility, in an experiment co…

physics.ins-det2018★ 16 cited

A new beamline for laser spin-polarization at ISOLDE

W. Gins, R. D. Harding, M. Baranowski +11

A beamline dedicated to the production of laser-polarized radioactive beams has been constructed at ISOLDE, CERN. We present here different simulations leading to the design and co…

nucl-ex2018★ 59 cited

Precision Mass Measurement of Cr: Nuclear Collectivity towards the \emph{N}=40 Island of Inversion

Maxime Mougeot, Dinko Atanasov, Klaus Blaum +22

The neutron-rich isotopes Cr were produced for the first time at the ISOLDE facility and their masses were measured with the ISOLTRAP spectrometer. The new values are up…

nucl-ex2017★ 16 cited

Study of the long-lived excited state in the neutron deficient nuclides Po by precision mass measurement

N. A. Althubiti, D. Atanasov, K. Blaum +23

Direct mass measurements of the low-spin and high-spin states in the neutron-deficient isotopes Po, Po, and high-spin state in…

nucl-ex2015★ 78 cited

Precision Mass Measurements of 129-131Cd and Their Impact on Stellar Nucleosynthesis via the Rapid Neutron Capture Process

D. Atanasov, P. Ascher, K. Blaum +17

Masses adjacent to the classical waiting-point nuclide 130Cd have been measured by using the Penning- trap spectrometer ISOLTRAP at ISOLDE/CERN. We find a significant deviation of…