ISOLDE

ISOLDE (The Isotope mass Separator On-Line facility) is a source of low-energy & radioactive isotopes beams used to study unstable nuclei. The radioactive ions are produced by the impact of protons from the Booster (green arrow on the right drawing) on various targets (composition helium to radium). Ions produced by this impact are separated by mass and accelerated to be studied. Applications cover nuclear, atomic, molecular and solid-state physics; biophysics and astrophysics…

It consists of 2 mass separators:

• the GPS = General Purpose Separator
• the HRS = High Resolution Separator