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Physics motivation
In the future REX-ISOLDE should give the answer to some
of the following questions.
• Nuclear structure
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How are level schemes, B(El)-values and quadrupole deformations
changed in a region close to the drip line?
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What is the most appropriate nuclear model far away from
stability?
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Do there exists new regions with extreme nucleus deformation?
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Are there new collective modes to be found with
stable octupole, oblate or triaxial nuclear shape?
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Neutron halo nuclei: how many are there and
do more forms exist?
• Nuclear astrophysics
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The production of primordial matter during the early universe:
how did the process continue through
the bottlenecks, e.g. through the 35Ar(p,g)
reaction?
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What is the magnitude of the astrophysical S factor, and how can the
solar neutrino problem be solved?
• Atomic physics
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Is there a non-parity conservation in heavy ions or atoms?
What are the exact masses of short lived medium and heavy
isotopes?
• Solid state physics
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How will radioactive implantation, creating point defects and
impurities, on a deep level in the semiconductor affect its
properties?
…and much more