Precision Mass Measurements of Short-Lived Nuclides at the Heavy-Ion Storage Ring in Lanzhou

Abstract

Recent commissioning of the Cooler Storage Ring at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou enabled us to conduct high-precision mass measurements at the Institute of Modern Physics in Lanzhou(IMP). In the past few years, mass measurements were performed using the CSRe-based isochronous mass spectrometry employing the fragmentation of the energetic beams of58 Ni,78Kr,86 Kr,and112Sn projectiles. Masses of short-lived nuclides on both sides of the stability valley were addressed.Relative mass precision of down to 10-6～ 10-7is routinely achieved. The mass values were used as an input for dedicated nuclear structure and astrophysics studies, providing for instance new insights into the rp-process of nucleosynthesis in X-ray bursts. In this contribution, we briefly review the so far conducted experiments and the main achieved results, as well as outline the plans for future experiments.