The Study of Transfer-induced Fission at ISOLDE

Funder	Science and Technology Facilities Council
Recipient Organization	The University of Manchester
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Sep 30, 2021
End Date	Mar 30, 2025
Duration	1,277 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Student; Supervisor
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2626246`

Grant Description

This project involves the construction and testing of a detector system for studying fission fragments produced following transfer-induced fission, a surrogate technique for studying the fission process in systems where direct neutron irradiation is not possible.

This system is intended for installation at the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer, at the ISOLDE facility CERN, where radioactive ion beams can be used to study fission in exotic nuclei. The commissioning of this new detector system with the first beam will be the focus of this project.