Published December 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Weak interaction studies at SARAF

  • 1. The Hebrew University, Racah Institute of Physics (Israel)
  • 2. Soreq Nuclear Research Center (Israel)
  • 3. TRIUMF (Canada)
  • 4. The Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel)

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We review the current status of the radioisotopes program at the Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility (SARAF), where we utilize an electrostatic-ion-beam trap and a magneto-optical trap for studying the nuclear β-decay from trapped radioactive atoms and ions. The differential energy spectra of β's and recoil ions emerging from the decay is sensitive to beyond standard model interactions and is complementary to high energy searches. The completed facility SARAF-II will be one of the world's most powerful deuteron, proton and fast neutron sources, producing light radioactive isotopes in unprecedented amounts, needed for obtaining enough statistics for a high precision measurement.

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Journal Title
Hyperfine Interactions
Journal Volume
239
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-8
ISSN
0304-3843
CODEN
HYINDN

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