Speaker
Description
The study of radioactive isotopes is essential for deepening our understanding of the nuclear force, particularly in systems with extreme proton-to-neutron ratios. Efforts to unravel how collective phenomena emerge from complex many-body interactions continue to drive progress in nuclear and atomic theory, as well as in the techniques for producing and probing radioactive ion beams. Among these, collinear laser spectroscopy has emerged as a particularly powerful method for extracting key nuclear properties—such as spin, nuclear moments, and size—thereby providing crucial insights into the nature of nuclear interactions. Collinear laser spectroscopy supports a wide range of ion beam preparation and detection schemes. This flexibility enables ongoing innovation and the development of customised experimental approaches to study isotopes at the limits of nuclear stability.
In this talk, I will present recent findings from collinear laser spectroscopy that have advanced our understanding of nuclear structure. These examples will be chosen to highlight the key role of these ongoing technical developments, along with a perspective on future directions in the field. The role of our new development laboratory at KU Leuven, intended to support experiments in current and next-generation laboratories, will also be highlighted.
| Email address | agi.koszorus@kuleuven.be |
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| Classification | Ion traps and laser techniques |
