ISOLDE

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ISOLDE is a CERN facility dedicated to producing and studying beams of radioactive isotopes for research in nuclear physics, astrophysics, and related fields.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf CERN experimental facility
nuclear physics research facility
radioactive ion beam facility
acronymFor Isotope Separator On-Line Device
applicationArea fundamental symmetry tests
life sciences
materials science
nuclear astrophysics
nuclear structure studies
beamEnergyRange up to several MeV per nucleon (post-accelerated)
country Switzerland
fullName Isotope Separator On-Line Device
hasComponent GPS general purpose separator
HRS high-resolution separator
hasUpgrade HIE-ISOLDE
hostInstitution CERN
locatedIn CERN
Geneva region
Meyrin
Switzerland
method mass separation of isotopes
on-line isotope production
movedToCERNPSBooster 1970s
numberOfElementsCovered around 70 elements
numberOfIsotopesProduced over 1000 isotopes
operatedBy CERN
primaryBeamSource CERN Proton Synchrotron Booster
produces beams of radioactive isotopes
radioactive ion beams
researchField astrophysics
atomic physics
fundamental interactions
nuclear physics
solid-state physics
specialization on-line isotope separation
radioactive ion beams
radioactive isotopes
startOfOperation 1967
supportsExperiments Coulomb excitation
beta decay studies
charge radius measurements
collinear laser spectroscopy
implantation in materials
nuclear moments measurements
upgradePurpose provide higher energy radioactive ion beams
userCommunity international
usesPrimaryBeam proton beam
website https://isolde.cern

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Isotope Separator On-Line Device
hasAcronym
CERN accelerator complex ("ISOLDE facility")
hasPart
ISOLDE ("HIE-ISOLDE")
hasUpgrade
CERN
hostsExperiment
HRS high-resolution separator ("ISOLDE facility")
locatedIn
HRS high-resolution separator ("GPS general-purpose separator at ISOLDE")
relatedTo

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