TRIμP — trapped radioactive isotopes: μicrolaboratories for fundamental physics

✍ Scribed by K. Jungmann; G.P. Berg; P. Dendooven; O. Dermois; M.N. Harakeh; R. Hoekstra; R. Morgenstern; A. Rogachevskiy; M. Sanchez-Vega; R.G. Timmermans; L. Willmann; H.W. Wilschut

• Book ID: 104355154
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 630 KB
• Volume: 117
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0920-5632
• DOI: 10.1016/s0920-5632(03)90712-2

✦ Synopsis

At the Kernfysisch V ersneller Instituut (KVI) a new facility (TRI P) is under development. It aims for producing a spectrum of radioactive isotopes in direct, inverse kinematics fusion and evaporation or fragmentation reactions with heavy ion beams from the superconducting cyclotron AGOR. The products will be slowed down and trapped for accurate measurements of fundamental symmetries and interactions in physics. The scienti c focus of the local KVI research groups includes precision studies of nuclear -decays through {neutrino (recoil nucleus) momentum correlations in weak decays and searches for permanent electric dipole moments in heavy atomic systems. This research programme o ers a large potential for discovering new physics or to limit parameters in m o d e l s b e y ond standard theory signi cantly. The scienti c approach c hosen in TRI P can be regarded as complementary to such high energy physics. The TRI P facility in Groningen will be open for users worldwide.