Nuclear Structure with stable and radioactive beams

The nucleus is a strongly interacting, many-body system, the complex structure of which gives rise to several emergent phenomena, providing sensitive tests of physical interactions and correlations. These varied phenomena require a similarly diverse combination of experimental probes, including those accessible both by high-intensity stable-ion beams and radioactive ion-beams far from the line of beta-stability with more modest intensities.



Here, I will present some recent highlights of experimental work performed using both stable and radioactive ion beams at the ATLAS facility at Argonne National Laboratory. The measurements presented will also serve to demonstrate the breadth of methods available at the facility, from γ-ray spectroscopy with GRETINA, to transfer reactions with HELIOS. I will also provide an outlook, discussing the potential future opportunities at the facility that will be enabled through, for example, the full-power nuCARIBU device.