EuNPC2015

Precise measurements of observables in nuclear beta decay allow testing the symmetries of the Standard Model or searching for physics beyond, at low energy. An update and overview of this field will be presented based on selected state-of-the-art measurements in nuclear beta decay which use a variety of techniques, many of which are based on ion and atom traps. With the precision of these...

Ever since first observed in experiment, hyperons have played an important role in our understanding of fundamental interactions. In the early days of particle physics, the newly discovered Lambda, Sigma and Xi hyperons provided a key to the eight-fold way of the strong interaction from which the quark model emerged. A basic question in hyperon physics is: “What happens if we replace a light...

A growing number of experiments is currently opening up the transfermium region of nuclei for detailed spectroscopic investigations [1,2,3]. In the deformed nuclei in the nobelium region this allows an identification and mapping of single particle orbitals closest to the top end of the nuclear chart. Initial in-beam measurements in the region focussed on γ-ray spectroscopy of even-even...