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Physics with Radioactive Ion Beams at the Nuclear Science Laboratory

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: The University of Notre Dame is home to a rich history of nuclear science efforts, including some of the earliest developments in the production and creation of radioactive ion beams (RIBs). The resulting TwinSol facility stands as the longest continuously-operating RIB facility in the United States, and has enabled a wide range of experimental efforts in nuclear structure, astrophysics and fundamental symmetries through in-flight RIBs one to two nucleons from stability. A recent upgrade to TwinSol via a third solenoid constituted the founding of the TriSol facility, which provides cleaner, better-focused RIBs to downstream experiments. In this paper, we present a summary of RIB science at the Nuclear Science Laboratory (NSL) with both TwinSol and TriSol and discuss recent upgrades and future experimental plans at the facilities.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2610.20236

Authors: Porter, W. S., Bardayan, D. W., Brodeur, M., Dembski, C., O'Malley, P. D., Rivero, F., von Seeger, W. W., Boomershine, C., Bruce, O., Carmichael, S. R., Coil, S., Houff, A. M., Kolata, J. J., Schroeder, D., Valverde, A. A., Zite, R.

Institutions: University of Notre Dame, Argonne National Laboratory

Language: English

Topic: Nuclear physics research studies

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, University of Notre Dame

Awards: MRI: Development of the SABRE Silicon Array for Branching Ratio Experiments, WoU-MMA: Nuclear Physics at the Notre Dame Nuclear Science Laboratory Providing a Window on the Universe

OpenAlex ID: W7221980493

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