Manchester Nuclear Physics Consolidated Grant 2020
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Nuclear Physics aims to understand the structure and dynamics of nuclear systems. It is the key to understanding the Universe from the first microseconds of its inception when the quark-gluon plasma prevailed, through its history of star and galaxy formation where nuclear reactions play an essential role both in the generation of energy and the creation of elements. The field also has applications that benefit society in diverse areas, from medicine and security to power production, and a strong impact on other fields of science. The Manchester group is part of the UK nuclear community which has devised a mode of operation that enables it to make leading edge contributions at an international level. Experimental work is performed at specific overseas facilities with focussed investment in the necessary instrumentation to carry out this work.
Atomic nuclei are a unique quantal laboratory in which microscopic as well as mesoscopic features, driven by effective two-body and three-body forces, can be studied. They are complex many-body systems, but often display unexpected regularities and simple excitation patterns that arise from underlying shell structure, pairing and collective modes of excitation. Such properties are also exhibited by simpler mesoscopic systems (for example, metallic clusters, quantum dots, and atomic condensates) the understanding of which draws heavily on techniques developed and honed in nuclear physics. A fundamental challenge is to understand nuclear properties ab-initio from the interplay of the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces between individual nucleons. In recent years, enormous progress has been made with such programmes for light nuclei. For heavier nuclei, shell, cluster and other beyond mean field many-body techniques, based on effective interactions, provide essential frameworks for correlating experimental data, yet still lack the refinement to reliably predict nuclear properties as one moves more than a few nucleons from well-studied stable nuclei. Experimental measurements are made using the techniques of transfer reactions, gamma-ray spectroscopy and measurements of hyperfine atomic effects using lasers.
We also aim to make connections between the interactions of nucleons and the underlying theory that describes the strong force, Quantum Chromodynamics. Key quantities are the polarisabilities that describe how the structures of nucleons respond to external electric and magnetic fields. We are developing theoretical tools to determine these from experiments on the scattering of photons from hydrogen and other light nuclei. The latter are needed to learn about the the properties of the neutron since it is an unstable particle, and are also interesting for the testing of nuclear forces in few-body systems and for the calculation of muonic atom Lamb shifts.
Atomic nuclei are a unique quantal laboratory in which microscopic as well as mesoscopic features, driven by effective two-body and three-body forces, can be studied. They are complex many-body systems, but often display unexpected regularities and simple excitation patterns that arise from underlying shell structure, pairing and collective modes of excitation. Such properties are also exhibited by simpler mesoscopic systems (for example, metallic clusters, quantum dots, and atomic condensates) the understanding of which draws heavily on techniques developed and honed in nuclear physics. A fundamental challenge is to understand nuclear properties ab-initio from the interplay of the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces between individual nucleons. In recent years, enormous progress has been made with such programmes for light nuclei. For heavier nuclei, shell, cluster and other beyond mean field many-body techniques, based on effective interactions, provide essential frameworks for correlating experimental data, yet still lack the refinement to reliably predict nuclear properties as one moves more than a few nucleons from well-studied stable nuclei. Experimental measurements are made using the techniques of transfer reactions, gamma-ray spectroscopy and measurements of hyperfine atomic effects using lasers.
We also aim to make connections between the interactions of nucleons and the underlying theory that describes the strong force, Quantum Chromodynamics. Key quantities are the polarisabilities that describe how the structures of nucleons respond to external electric and magnetic fields. We are developing theoretical tools to determine these from experiments on the scattering of photons from hydrogen and other light nuclei. The latter are needed to learn about the the properties of the neutron since it is an unstable particle, and are also interesting for the testing of nuclear forces in few-body systems and for the calculation of muonic atom Lamb shifts.
Planned Impact
Trained manpower at postgraduate and postdoctoral levels is in great demand in nuclear, software and instrumentation industries. Young scientists trained within academic nuclear physics are the only source of independent expertise in areas concerning radioactivity and radiation detection. The importance of this expertise can only increase in the future as the UK moves into its new nuclear build programme. The Nuclear Industrial Strategy recognises the key enablers will be an increase in nuclear R&D and development of nuclear skills. Handling and disposal of nuclear wastes, reactor decommissioning and advanced reactor designs will become even more important issues in society. The research undertaken will also directly inform the teaching of undergraduates at Manchester who will benefit from advanced courses involving examples from topical, current research issues.
Since nuclear physics is the fundamental science underpinning the nuclear sector, our expertise developed in research
projects such as these allows us to host for a major postgraduate training programmes as the Coordinating Centre for NTEC (Nuclear Technology Education Consortium involving 8 UK universities providing Masters-level courses to the nuclear industry) . We deliver core and options modules for NTEC,.
All members of the group, including academics, research fellows, PDRAs and PhD students, undertake public engagement activities. The members of the academic staff have a strong track record in outreach and have built up experience and a good reputation that can be used to good effect. They are regularly featured on local, national and foreign radio stations to address general issues, as well as for the direct promotion of their research to the general public. Research staff and students are less experienced, yet highly committed, and training is encouraged. Members of the group are also active in various CERN- based public engagement activities.
Group members have also been able to influence UK and International Policy on nuclear related issues via participation in select committee activities and by representing the UK at a variety of international meetings related to the nuclear industry and skills.
Nuclear data and technological expertise in the group will be used to make measurements relevant to the nuclear industry by improving a variety of important nuclear cross sections. This will feed into the Joint European Fission-Fusion database, used throughout the nuclear industry to improve safety and economics of current and future operations, and of the design of advanced reactors and geological disposal facilities.
Group members are involved in several projects to improve SPECT imaging at the Christie hospital, with potential to commission commercial software. The group has supported medical research using short-lived positron emitters at the Wolfson Medical Imaging Centre, by joint supervision of MPhys and MSc students. We have a longer term strategy to work with a local company to develop new X-ray imaging techniques.
The group has recently spun out a company to harness CRIS laser techniques for mass spectrometry and atom counting for a range of applications. The company is set up and the next step is underway to develop a demonstration device and pursue further funding.
Since nuclear physics is the fundamental science underpinning the nuclear sector, our expertise developed in research
projects such as these allows us to host for a major postgraduate training programmes as the Coordinating Centre for NTEC (Nuclear Technology Education Consortium involving 8 UK universities providing Masters-level courses to the nuclear industry) . We deliver core and options modules for NTEC,.
All members of the group, including academics, research fellows, PDRAs and PhD students, undertake public engagement activities. The members of the academic staff have a strong track record in outreach and have built up experience and a good reputation that can be used to good effect. They are regularly featured on local, national and foreign radio stations to address general issues, as well as for the direct promotion of their research to the general public. Research staff and students are less experienced, yet highly committed, and training is encouraged. Members of the group are also active in various CERN- based public engagement activities.
Group members have also been able to influence UK and International Policy on nuclear related issues via participation in select committee activities and by representing the UK at a variety of international meetings related to the nuclear industry and skills.
Nuclear data and technological expertise in the group will be used to make measurements relevant to the nuclear industry by improving a variety of important nuclear cross sections. This will feed into the Joint European Fission-Fusion database, used throughout the nuclear industry to improve safety and economics of current and future operations, and of the design of advanced reactors and geological disposal facilities.
Group members are involved in several projects to improve SPECT imaging at the Christie hospital, with potential to commission commercial software. The group has supported medical research using short-lived positron emitters at the Wolfson Medical Imaging Centre, by joint supervision of MPhys and MSc students. We have a longer term strategy to work with a local company to develop new X-ray imaging techniques.
The group has recently spun out a company to harness CRIS laser techniques for mass spectrometry and atom counting for a range of applications. The company is set up and the next step is underway to develop a demonstration device and pursue further funding.
Organisations
- University of Manchester (Collaboration, Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Surrey (Collaboration)
- Technical University of Munich (Collaboration)
- Argonne National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University of Jyväskylä (Collaboration)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
- Western Michigan University (Collaboration)
- Chalmers University of Technology (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- University of the West of Scotland (Collaboration)
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- Daresbury Laboratory (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
- University of Leuven (Collaboration)
- University of Santiago de Compostela (Collaboration)
Publications
Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis M
(2023)
Pinning down electron correlations in RaF via spectroscopy of excited states
Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis M
(2023)
Voltage scanning and technical upgrades at the Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy experiment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Bai S
(2022)
Electromagnetic moments of scandium isotopes and N = 28 isotones in the distinctive 0f7/2 orbit
in Physics Letters B
Bennett SA
(2023)
Direct Determination of Fission-Barrier Heights Using Light-Ion Transfer in Inverse Kinematics.
in Physical review letters
Chen J
(2022)
Probing the quadrupole transition strength of C 15 via deuteron inelastic scattering
in Physical Review C
Contessi L
(2021)
Triple- X and beyond: Hadronic systems of three and more X ( 3872 )
in Physical Review D
Contessi L
(2022)
Emergence of $^4$H $J^p=1^-$ resonance in contact theories
Contessi L
(2023)
Unitary interaction geometries in few-body systems
Day Goodacre T
(2021)
Laser Spectroscopy of Neutron-Rich Hg 207 , 208 Isotopes: Illuminating the Kink and Odd-Even Staggering in Charge Radii across the N = 126 Shell Closure
in Physical Review Letters
Day Goodacre T
(2021)
Charge radii, moments, and masses of mercury isotopes across the N = 126 shell closure
in Physical Review C
De Groote R
(2024)
Measurements of binding energies and electromagnetic moments of silver isotopes - A complementary benchmark of density functional theory
in Physics Letters B
Edwards G
(2022)
A Review of Novel Instrumentation for Matrix Independent Ultratrace Analysis of Radionuclides using Collinear Resonance Ionisation Spectroscopy (CRIS)
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Heery J
(2021)
Lifetime measurements of yrast states in $$^{\mathbf {178}}$$Pt using the charge plunger method with a recoil separator
in The European Physical Journal A
Kay B
(2022)
Quenching of Single-Particle Strength in A = 15 Nuclei
in Physical Review Letters
Kay B
(2022)
Quenching of Single-Particle Strength in A=15 Nuclei
Kay B
(2021)
Consistency of nucleon-transfer sum rules in well-deformed nuclei
in Physical Review C
Koszorús Á
(2021)
Charge radii of exotic potassium isotopes challenge nuclear theory and the magic character of N = 32
in Nature Physics
Koszorús Á
(2023)
High-precision measurements of the hyperfine structure of cobalt ions in the deep ultraviolet range.
in Scientific reports
Kumar S
(2023)
Bandhead Energies of npp/pnn Three-Quasiparticle Quadruplets
in Universe
Li X
(2022)
Proton Compton Scattering from Linearly Polarized Gamma Rays.
in Physical review letters
MacGregor P
(2021)
Evolution of single-particle structure near the N = 20 island of inversion
in Physical Review C
Malbrunot-Ettenauer S
(2022)
Nuclear Charge Radii of the Nickel Isotopes ^{58-68,70}Ni.
in Physical review letters
McNeel D
(2021)
Configuration mixing in Mg 28 and the Mg 26 ( t , p ) Mg 28 reaction
in Physical Review C
Nichols M
(2023)
Investigating radioactive negative ion production via double electron capture
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Tang T
(2022)
Experimental study of the isomeric state in N 16 using the N g , m 16 ( d , He 3 ) reaction
in Physical Review C
Udrescu S
(2024)
Precision spectroscopy and laser-cooling scheme of a radium-containing molecule
in Nature Physics
Udrescu S
(2021)
Isotope Shifts of Radium Monofluoride Molecules
Udrescu SM
(2021)
Isotope Shifts of Radium Monofluoride Molecules.
in Physical review letters
Vernon A
(2021)
Nuclear moments put a new spin on the structure of 131In
Vernon AR
(2022)
Nuclear moments of indium isotopes reveal abrupt change at magic number 82.
in Nature
Walet N
(2023)
Calculation of Dynamical Response Functions Using a Bound-State Method
in Few-Body Systems
| Description | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Organisation | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Department | Physics Division |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Intellectual input, performing experiments, data analysis, writing publications |
| Collaborator Contribution | Facility provision and intellectual input |
| Impact | Publications. |
| Description | CRIS Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Leuven |
| Department | Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have designed and constructed the beam line and laser laboratory. We developed new techniques and designed equipment upgrades. We have provided staff and equipment. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They have provided funding for equipment and manpower. |
| Impact | See publication list. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | HELIOS |
| Organisation | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Department | Physics Division |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Gas detector system and electronics, intellectual input |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual input, silicon detector arrays, electronics |
| Impact | Publications |
| Description | HELIOS |
| Organisation | Western Michigan University |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Gas detector system and electronics, intellectual input |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual input, silicon detector arrays, electronics |
| Impact | Publications |
| Description | ISOLDE |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | ISOLDE Radioactive Ion Beam Facility |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Scientific ideas and planning |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific ideas and planning |
| Impact | Continuing scientific collaboration in potential future projects. |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | ISS Collaboration |
| Organisation | Chalmers University of Technology |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration was formed following the successful commissioning of the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at CERN. David Sharp is collaboration spokesperson. Along with Sean Freeman they have provided scientific leadership to the collaboration in addition to contributing detectors during the initial construction of the spectrometer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Daresbury Laboratory along with KU Leuven in Belgium are core members who constructed the spectrometer at CERN. Liverpool and Manchester provided detectors, Liverpool also contributed a superconducting solenoid, KU Leuven and Daresbury contributed infrastructure. The collaboration has grown since commissioning to involve Chalmers (Sweden) Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Universities of Birmingham, York, Surrey, UWS and Sheffield Hallam who are scientific users of the device. Chalmers have also contributed new detectors and infrastructure. All members pay a yearly MoU fee for maintenance of the spectrometer. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ISS Collaboration |
| Organisation | Daresbury Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration was formed following the successful commissioning of the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at CERN. David Sharp is collaboration spokesperson. Along with Sean Freeman they have provided scientific leadership to the collaboration in addition to contributing detectors during the initial construction of the spectrometer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Daresbury Laboratory along with KU Leuven in Belgium are core members who constructed the spectrometer at CERN. Liverpool and Manchester provided detectors, Liverpool also contributed a superconducting solenoid, KU Leuven and Daresbury contributed infrastructure. The collaboration has grown since commissioning to involve Chalmers (Sweden) Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Universities of Birmingham, York, Surrey, UWS and Sheffield Hallam who are scientific users of the device. Chalmers have also contributed new detectors and infrastructure. All members pay a yearly MoU fee for maintenance of the spectrometer. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ISS Collaboration |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN - ISOLDE |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration was formed following the successful commissioning of the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at CERN. David Sharp is collaboration spokesperson. Along with Sean Freeman they have provided scientific leadership to the collaboration in addition to contributing detectors during the initial construction of the spectrometer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Daresbury Laboratory along with KU Leuven in Belgium are core members who constructed the spectrometer at CERN. Liverpool and Manchester provided detectors, Liverpool also contributed a superconducting solenoid, KU Leuven and Daresbury contributed infrastructure. The collaboration has grown since commissioning to involve Chalmers (Sweden) Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Universities of Birmingham, York, Surrey, UWS and Sheffield Hallam who are scientific users of the device. Chalmers have also contributed new detectors and infrastructure. All members pay a yearly MoU fee for maintenance of the spectrometer. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ISS Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration was formed following the successful commissioning of the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at CERN. David Sharp is collaboration spokesperson. Along with Sean Freeman they have provided scientific leadership to the collaboration in addition to contributing detectors during the initial construction of the spectrometer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Daresbury Laboratory along with KU Leuven in Belgium are core members who constructed the spectrometer at CERN. Liverpool and Manchester provided detectors, Liverpool also contributed a superconducting solenoid, KU Leuven and Daresbury contributed infrastructure. The collaboration has grown since commissioning to involve Chalmers (Sweden) Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Universities of Birmingham, York, Surrey, UWS and Sheffield Hallam who are scientific users of the device. Chalmers have also contributed new detectors and infrastructure. All members pay a yearly MoU fee for maintenance of the spectrometer. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ISS Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Leuven |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration was formed following the successful commissioning of the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at CERN. David Sharp is collaboration spokesperson. Along with Sean Freeman they have provided scientific leadership to the collaboration in addition to contributing detectors during the initial construction of the spectrometer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Daresbury Laboratory along with KU Leuven in Belgium are core members who constructed the spectrometer at CERN. Liverpool and Manchester provided detectors, Liverpool also contributed a superconducting solenoid, KU Leuven and Daresbury contributed infrastructure. The collaboration has grown since commissioning to involve Chalmers (Sweden) Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Universities of Birmingham, York, Surrey, UWS and Sheffield Hallam who are scientific users of the device. Chalmers have also contributed new detectors and infrastructure. All members pay a yearly MoU fee for maintenance of the spectrometer. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ISS Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration was formed following the successful commissioning of the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at CERN. David Sharp is collaboration spokesperson. Along with Sean Freeman they have provided scientific leadership to the collaboration in addition to contributing detectors during the initial construction of the spectrometer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Daresbury Laboratory along with KU Leuven in Belgium are core members who constructed the spectrometer at CERN. Liverpool and Manchester provided detectors, Liverpool also contributed a superconducting solenoid, KU Leuven and Daresbury contributed infrastructure. The collaboration has grown since commissioning to involve Chalmers (Sweden) Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Universities of Birmingham, York, Surrey, UWS and Sheffield Hallam who are scientific users of the device. Chalmers have also contributed new detectors and infrastructure. All members pay a yearly MoU fee for maintenance of the spectrometer. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ISS Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration was formed following the successful commissioning of the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at CERN. David Sharp is collaboration spokesperson. Along with Sean Freeman they have provided scientific leadership to the collaboration in addition to contributing detectors during the initial construction of the spectrometer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Daresbury Laboratory along with KU Leuven in Belgium are core members who constructed the spectrometer at CERN. Liverpool and Manchester provided detectors, Liverpool also contributed a superconducting solenoid, KU Leuven and Daresbury contributed infrastructure. The collaboration has grown since commissioning to involve Chalmers (Sweden) Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Universities of Birmingham, York, Surrey, UWS and Sheffield Hallam who are scientific users of the device. Chalmers have also contributed new detectors and infrastructure. All members pay a yearly MoU fee for maintenance of the spectrometer. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ISS Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Santiago de Compostela |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration was formed following the successful commissioning of the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at CERN. David Sharp is collaboration spokesperson. Along with Sean Freeman they have provided scientific leadership to the collaboration in addition to contributing detectors during the initial construction of the spectrometer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Daresbury Laboratory along with KU Leuven in Belgium are core members who constructed the spectrometer at CERN. Liverpool and Manchester provided detectors, Liverpool also contributed a superconducting solenoid, KU Leuven and Daresbury contributed infrastructure. The collaboration has grown since commissioning to involve Chalmers (Sweden) Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Universities of Birmingham, York, Surrey, UWS and Sheffield Hallam who are scientific users of the device. Chalmers have also contributed new detectors and infrastructure. All members pay a yearly MoU fee for maintenance of the spectrometer. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ISS Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Surrey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration was formed following the successful commissioning of the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at CERN. David Sharp is collaboration spokesperson. Along with Sean Freeman they have provided scientific leadership to the collaboration in addition to contributing detectors during the initial construction of the spectrometer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Daresbury Laboratory along with KU Leuven in Belgium are core members who constructed the spectrometer at CERN. Liverpool and Manchester provided detectors, Liverpool also contributed a superconducting solenoid, KU Leuven and Daresbury contributed infrastructure. The collaboration has grown since commissioning to involve Chalmers (Sweden) Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Universities of Birmingham, York, Surrey, UWS and Sheffield Hallam who are scientific users of the device. Chalmers have also contributed new detectors and infrastructure. All members pay a yearly MoU fee for maintenance of the spectrometer. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ISS Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration was formed following the successful commissioning of the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at CERN. David Sharp is collaboration spokesperson. Along with Sean Freeman they have provided scientific leadership to the collaboration in addition to contributing detectors during the initial construction of the spectrometer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Daresbury Laboratory along with KU Leuven in Belgium are core members who constructed the spectrometer at CERN. Liverpool and Manchester provided detectors, Liverpool also contributed a superconducting solenoid, KU Leuven and Daresbury contributed infrastructure. The collaboration has grown since commissioning to involve Chalmers (Sweden) Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Universities of Birmingham, York, Surrey, UWS and Sheffield Hallam who are scientific users of the device. Chalmers have also contributed new detectors and infrastructure. All members pay a yearly MoU fee for maintenance of the spectrometer. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ISS Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration was formed following the successful commissioning of the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer at CERN. David Sharp is collaboration spokesperson. Along with Sean Freeman they have provided scientific leadership to the collaboration in addition to contributing detectors during the initial construction of the spectrometer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Daresbury Laboratory along with KU Leuven in Belgium are core members who constructed the spectrometer at CERN. Liverpool and Manchester provided detectors, Liverpool also contributed a superconducting solenoid, KU Leuven and Daresbury contributed infrastructure. The collaboration has grown since commissioning to involve Chalmers (Sweden) Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Universities of Birmingham, York, Surrey, UWS and Sheffield Hallam who are scientific users of the device. Chalmers have also contributed new detectors and infrastructure. All members pay a yearly MoU fee for maintenance of the spectrometer. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Jyvaskyla |
| Organisation | University of Jyvaskyla |
| Department | Accelerator Laboratory |
| Country | Finland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Intellectual input - apparatus. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Facility provision / beam time |
| Impact | Academic outputs |
| Description | STFC Daresbury |
| Organisation | Daresbury Laboratory |
| Department | Nuclear Physics Support Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Detector development |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint grant application, electronics and daq, target manufacture. |
| Impact | Publications. Equipment production. |
| Description | TUM |
| Organisation | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) |
| Department | Faculty of Physics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Physics ideas, analysis, writing papers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Beam time, access to experimental facilities. |
| Impact | Research papers |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | TUM |
| Organisation | Technical University of Munich |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Physics ideas, analysis, writing papers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Beam time, access to experimental facilities. |
| Impact | Research papers |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Company Name | Artemis Analytical |
| Description | Artemis Analytical provides carbon dating analysis that uses quantum technology with the aim of reducing time waiting for results. |
| Year Established | 2016 |
| Impact | The company has yet to start trading. At the moment we have filed two patents to protect inventions that built on research at CERN during the fellowship. The company is in the process of securing its IP position, conducting market research and structural planning and seeking equity investment. It is hoped to start trading in 2018. |
| Website | https://www.artemis-analytical.com/ |