ISOLDE decay station for decay studies of interest in astrophysics and exotic nuclei

Abstract

We report on studies of the beta-decays of 31Ar, Mg, and 16N performed at the ISOLDE decay station (IDS) at CERN. These studies illustrate how beta-decays measured with the IDS can be used to extract information of astrophysical interest, or to study the structure and decay mechanism of exotic nuclei. We discuss the specific implementation of the IDS designed for this type of studies including detector setups and data acquisition.