https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202329002002
Broadband storage-ring mass and lifetime spectrometry
1 GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstrasse 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
2 Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Bayernallee 11, 52066 Aachen, Germany
* e-mail: y.litvinov@gsi.de
Published online: 8 December 2023
The mass and half-life of a nucleus are its basic properties which reflect its structure and decay properties. These data are among the most important nuclear physics inputs to astrophysical nucleosynthesis modelling. Tremendous experimental efforts are carried out to obtain yet unknown quantities, which are as a rule belong to short-lived nuclei far away from stability. Storage ring mass spectrometry is a technique ideally suited for addressing many different nuclear species at the same time. In the last few years it went through major developments regarding nuclear mass determinations, thereby boosting its efficiency, sensitivity and precision. A non-destructive detection capability is being presently implemented aiming at simultaneous mass, lifetime and decay branching measurements. Recent developments and future perspectives are briefly discussed.
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