9–13 Mar 2026
Salle Totem, Le Bachat, Chamrousse, France
Europe/Paris timezone

Neutron rich nuclei and fission studies at the IGISOL facility

10 Mar 2026, 17:05
15m
Salle Totem, Le Bachat, Chamrousse, France

Salle Totem, Le Bachat, Chamrousse, France

Speaker

Heikki Penttilä (The University of Jyvaskyla)

Description

The Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line (IGISOL) facility at the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä (JYFL-ACCLAB) has since 1984 utilized particle induced fission as means to produce neutron-rich nuclei for various spectroscopy studies and mass measurements [1]. Committed research work include β- and β -ɣ spectroscopy, total absorption ɣ-ray spectroscopy (TAGS), β-delayed neutron spectroscopy, and collinear laser spectroscopy. Examples of each kind studies can be found in references [2-7]. In addition, fission yields (FY) and isomeric yield ratios (IYR) have been measured using the IGISOL facility [8-11].

The presentation gives an overview on the current status of the fission related work at the IGISOL facility, focusing in particular on the recent technical developments such as the commissioning of the Multireflection Time-Of-Flight (MR-TOF) device and structure and performance of the new, sputtered self-sustaining uranium targets [12]. In addition, the developments for fission yield measurements with examples from preliminary analysis of proton induced fission yields of 232-Th will be discussed.

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  7. A. Pérez de Rada Fiol, et al., Physical Review C 111, 044312 (2025).
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  11. S. Cannarozzo, et al., Physical Review C 111, L031601 (2025).
  12. H. Penttilä et al., in Proc. European Research Reactor Conference RRFM 2021, https://www.euronuclear.org/scientific-resources/conference-proceedings/.
Type of contribution Regular Abstract

Primary author

Heikki Penttilä (The University of Jyvaskyla)

Co-authors

Anu Kankainen (University of Jyvaskyla) Ari Jokinen (University of Jyvaskyla) Iain Moore (University of Jyvaskyla) Mikael Reponen (University of Jyvaskyla) Tommi Eronen (University of Jyvaskyla) Ville Virtanen (University of Jyvaskyla) and the IGISOL Group (University of Jyvaskyla)

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