Zakopane 2026 Conference on Nuclear Physics

The measurement of lifetimes of excited nuclear levels is an important technique for probing the details of internal nuclear structure. The electromagnetic transition rates extracted can be linked to the composition of the wavefunctions of the initial and final states involved, and also to nuclear shape (via β$_2$ deformation), thereby allowing stringent tests of nuclear models. In recent...

More than 60 years ago, Macfarlane and Siivola proposed that the proximity of the doubly magic nucleus ¹⁰⁰Sn would strongly enhance the α decay of N≈Z tellurium isotopes, with the ¹⁰⁰Sn+α system behaving as a molecule-like configuration [1]. This conjecture frames a central question in the physics of α radioactivity, how and where the α particle preforms before emission, for which the decay of...

Coulomb excitation of the even–even isotopes $^{130}$Sn and $^{134}$Sn was performed at the HIE-ISOLDE facility using post-accelerated radioactive ion beams at 4.4 MeV/u impinging on various targets. De-exciting γ rays were detected with the high-efficiency Miniball spectrometer in coincidence with scattered particles. The extracted B(E2) transition strengths resolve the long-standing...

Cultural heritage conservation relies more and more on the support of scientific analysis, in particular by using techniques that are non-invasive. This is a fundamental characteristic when dealing with unique artworks of the utmost historical and/or artistic importance.
In order to study the structure of the binding of a book, in particular when the book cannot be easily opened without...