Decay and fission studies of exotic nuclei at RIKEN(Japan) and ISOLDE(CERN)

This PhD project focuses on studies of collective properties of exotic nuclei, in particular on their shapes/radii and on their fission properties. In the last two decades, through technological, experimental and theoretical advances, the situation in such studies has changed dramatically. With the use of advanced production and detection techniques much more detailed and precise information can now be obtained for new regions of nuclei by means of radioactive ion beams.
The project combines the application of nuclear physics and atomic physics techniques, in particular based on application of lasers, e.g. the Resonance Ionisation Laser Ion Source (RILIS) and the ISOLDE on-line mass separator at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland) or at the KISS separator at Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (RIBF) at RIKEN(Tokyo, Japan).