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ELECTRON SPECTROMETER COMMISSIONED
The electron spectrometer project was successfully commissioned in
October, a little later than expected than July when the device faced several
severe problems in its first tests. The hard work of the "One iThemba" team
from Subatomic physics, Instrumentation and IT, and Accelerator
departments, all rallied around to fix the device allowing it to take first beam
at iThemba LABS. The commissioning aims to study electric monopole (E0)
transitions in 70Ge, and is the subject of PhD candidate Mr Abraham Avaa of
Wits / iThemba LABS.
Photo: From top left clockwise: Mr M Chisapi setting
the spectrometer, first in-beam plot of electron
energy versus magnetic field, Mr Avaa and Msebi
loading targets, Mr Avaa only weeks away from
UPCOMING
EVENTS
African Nuclear Physics
Conference (ANPC2019)
Protea Hotel
Kruger Gate
1- 6 July 2019
BrightnESS Workshop
Picture: Professor Paul Garrett, Lucky Makhathini and Rob Bark posing in iThemba LABS
front of the tape station
13 - 14 August 2019
SUCCESSFUL MEASUREMENTS WITH THE TAPE
STATION
2018 has seen two experiments run on The other experiment was proposed by Cyclotron Conference
the tape station, the PhD project of a visitor from the University of Guelph,
(CYC19)
Lucky Makhathini. Long ago, the Nobel Canada, Professor Paul Garrett.
The Westin Hotel
Prize winners Aage Bohr and Ben Professor Garrett was delighted with
Cape Town
Mottelson solved the Schrodinger the “fantastic results” which identified -
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equation for the atomic nucleus. They ray transitions in Ru – key to deciding 22 - 28 September 2019
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predicted that the nucleus could whether or not Ru is a vibrator. The
vibrate in certain ways. But is this really tape station is one of the first pieces of
true? Both experiments were trying to experimental apparatus to be
answer this question. The goal of developed for use in the LERIB project.
Lucky's experiment was to look for
evidence that what we thought was a
vibrating nucleus was really the
nucleus changing into a rugby ball
shape.
iThemba LABS News
21 January 2019 Volume 3 Issue1