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More than a century after the discovery of the atomic nucleus, no universal model can yet reliably predict its properties as the numbers of protons and neutrons change. Exotic nuclei – highly unstable and complex systems with unique properties – challenge and extend current nuclear theory. An additional piece of the puzzle was recently provided from the combination of experimental results from two leading international facilities and advanced theoretical calculations.

This article was writen in anticipation of Felix Kandzia’s webinar, scheduled on Oct 28th 2020, where he presents the significative improvements brought to the FIPPS’s Target System, as part of his FILL2030 post-doc mission.

Recent experiments jointly conducted at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) alongside three other laboratories around the world have revealed a surprisingly complex landscape of three different coexisting shapes in 64Ni, a semi-magic nucleus thought to be purely spherical up to now.  This experimenta…

On January 30 this year the ILL Director Helmut Schober had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Krzysztof Kurek, the Director General of Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) in Warsaw, for an official visit to the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble.In a short general presentation Prof. Schober introduced the Institute’s governance and business model and highlighted the involvement…