SMI-2023: 14th International Conference on Stopping and Manipulation of Ions and Related Topics

The IGISOL facility has been actively involved in nuclear physics research for over three decades [1]. The facility utilizes beams from a K-130 cyclotron to produce low-energy ion beams for nuclear ground-state studies. The main fields of research are precision Penning-trap -based mass measurements and trap-assisted decay spectroscopy, collinear laser spectroscopy, and development of in-source...

Investigating the boundaries of the nuclear chart and understanding the structure of the heaviest elements are at the forefront of nuclear physics. The existence of the superheavy nuclei is intimately linked to nuclear shell e?ects which counterpart Coulomb repulsion and therefore hinder spontaneous ?ssion. Moreover, heavy and superheavy nuclides feature of-ten metastable excited states with...

Different kinds of buffer gas cells find many applications for the thermalization of fast multi-charged ions and their extraction as secondary ion beams [1-3], also for studies of the heaviest elements [4]. Commonly, high vacuum conditions are needed downstream of the cell for further applications of the secondary ion beams. A universal high-pressure gas cell UniCell [5] was proposed recently,...