Particle and Astroparticle Physics Seminar

Mass measurements of short-lived isotopes for Nuclear Physics and Fundamental Symmetries studies at TITAN

Marilena Lykiardopoulou

UBC & TRIUMF

Studies of nuclear structure provide an important window into the strong nuclear force. One powerful way to experimentally probe nuclear structure is through measuring the mass of the atomic nucleus, which reveals the binding energy of the nucleus. In this talk, I will describe the TITAN facility and focus on two experimental campaigns that employed the TITAN MR-ToF MS and are related to nuclear structure.

Beyond studies of nuclear structure, TITAN can perform higher precision mass measurements (δm/m<10-7) for answering questions related to fundamental symmetries. In the second part of the talk, I will describe the technical developments of the TITAN Penning trap in order to reach a δm/m<10-9 precision, using highly charged ions and the Phase-Imaging Ion-Cyclotron-Resonance (PI-ICR) technique.