NUANZ will probe the ground state properties of isotopes in the immediate vicinity of the heaviest self-conjugate nucleus, tin-100, with a particular focus on N=Z nuclei. The experimental part of the project utilizes sensitive laser methods and multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometers, coupled with efficient hot cavity catcher technique, to measure the masses, charge radii and magnetic moments of very weakly produced exotic isotopes in the region of interest. In the theoretical component of NUANZ, the experimental data is interpreted using nuclear density functional theory (DFT). In parallel, the theoretical work will aim at implementing proton-neutron pairing and isospin projection into the calculations and the data will be used to drive energy density functional development to improve the description of isotopes along the N=Z line.

2025

2029