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Specialized facility

ISOLDE

ISOLDE creates exotic isotopes by extracting products from target materials and filtering useful ion beams. This is conceptually separate from the main proton collision chain.

Facility console

Adjust the branch beam and watch the experiment respond.

Focuses on isotope selection, not delivering beam to the LHC.

protons from PS Boostertarget + ion sourceseparator magnetslitselected isotopeThe magnet bends each isotope mass differently; a sharper slit keeps neighbours out of the delivered beam.ISOLDE · 1.4 GeV p driver
Particle familyRadioactive ions
SignatureBeam purification and mass selection
OutcomeLab-scale nuclear science measurements

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