27/10/2016
2016 Lecture Series: The LHC Resumes Operation and Prepares Its Future
Lecture: "CERN Nuclear Physics Program: The ISOLDE and Neutron Time-of-Flight (nToF) Facilities"
Speakers: María José García Borge, Leader and Spokesperson, ISOLDE Collaboration, CERN, and Enrico Chiaveri. nToF Collaboration Spokesperson, CERN


Synopsis
CERN has maintained and enhanced its exclusive ability to study phenomena at the frontier between particle and nuclear physics with two cutting-edge experiments which will be discussed in this talk.

One is the Neutron Time-of-Flight (nToF) experiment. In 2001, Nobel physics laureate Prof. Carlo Rubbia developed an idea to give the world’s scientists increased access to neutron captures and fission reactions capable of opening up new research fields. The other is ISOLDE, world leader in the study of exotic nuclei and 50 years old in 2017. The facility owes its success to the ongoing upgrade and transformation of its devices to produce and measure nuclei of interest, with over one thousand species available for studies at the frontier of knowledge.

Bio notes
Maria José García Borge completed her degree studies and PhD (1982) at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. A member of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) since 1986, where she created a group dedicated to the study of exotic nuclei, their structure and methods of disintegration, her work has promoted the expansion of experimental nuclear physics in Spain. In addition to her research professorship at CSIC, in 2015 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Sweden). She currently works at CERN as Leader and Spokesperson for the ISOLDE experiment.

Enrico Chiaveri began his career at CERN after earning a PhD in particle physics at Milan University (1973). From 1999, he began taking on managerial responsibilities at CERN in the domains of radio frequency, beam targets and the design of experimental areas. Appointed Head of the CERN Human Resource Department in 2005 for a period of five years, since 2010 he has served as Spokesperson of the nTOF (Neutron Time-of-Flight) Collaboration and Project Leader of nTOF Experimental Area 2 (affiliated to the University of Manchester).

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