50 years of radioactive beams

On Monday October 16, 2017 day-to-day 50 years after the first radioactive beam was produced at ISOLDE (on October 16, 1967) we celebrated 50 years of physics at ISOLDE. CERN’s main page . Timelines web site.

Monday, at 14h00, we have been lived on Facebook from the CERN page. The event page here as it has been broadcasted from the ISOLDE control room, where some of our in-house team have answered questions from the public.If you missed the Facebook Live and like to see what happened, it is still available via:https://www.facebook.com/cern/videos/1484398328314174/

With the help of the whole ISOLDE user’s community, we also published a “Laboratory Report: Focus on Exotic Beams at ISOLDE” with review papers in open access on the different physics currently done at ISOLDE. Please visit the website of Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics to see all papers.

A mini documentary series about the history and operation of ISOLDE has been broadcasted, including how ISOLDE’s research now also impacts society. Have a look at the short documentary films – they will make you proud to be a member of the ISOLDE community!

1. Where did it all begin? The first in our series to celebrate 50 years of physics at CERN’s oldest experiment, the ISOLDE facility
2. Targeting new discoveries What is a target and how is it built? The second article in a series celebrating 50 years of physics at CERN’s longest running experimental facility
3. Fresh faces bring fresh ideas To celebrate 50 years of ISOLDE physics, the third article in our series looks at how people shape the facility and the importance of low-energy beams
4. Future physics with HIE-ISOLDE In the fourth part of our series, celebrating 50 years of physics at ISOLDE, we look at the almost-complete HIE-ISOLDE upgrade
5. What can ISOLDE do for cancer research? For the final part of our series celebrating 50 years of physics at ISOLDE, we see what impact research at ISOLDE can have on society