Experiment- and collaboration committees
The ISOLDE Collaboration Committee
The ISOLDE Collaboration Committee (ISCC) has 17 members: one for each of the member states Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom; one for CERN and 7 ex-officio members. They are listed in the table below.
| A. Koszorus | Belgium |
| G. Rainovski | Bulgaria |
| M. Kowalska | CERN |
| H. Fynbo | Denmark |
| J. Pakarinen | Finland |
| G. Georgiev | France |
| W. Nörtershäuser | Germany |
| A. Nannini | Italy |
| S. Siem | Norway |
| M. Pfutzner | Poland |
| C. Mihai | Romania |
| A. Herzan | Slovakia |
| H. Masenda | South Africa |
| J. Briz | Spain |
| J. Cederkall | Sweden |
| N. van der Meulen | Switzerland |
| K. Lynch | United Kingdom |
| S. Leoni | Chairperson of the INTC |
| L. Fraile | ISOLDE Physics Group Leader & Spokesperson of the ISCC |
| J. Pakarinen | Chairperson of the ISCC |
| J. Vollaire | Technical Co-ordinator |
| E. Siesling | ISOLDE Deputy Technical Co-ordinator (with special responsibility for HIE-ISOLDE) |
| H. Heylen | Physics Co-ordinator |
| A. Rodriguez | ISOLDE Operations Section Leader |
The agenda of the next ISCC meeting, which will be held at CERN in autumn 2026 and previous meetings can be found here.
Minutes of ISCC meetings and presentations given at the committee meetings can be found here.
ISOLDE and Neutron Time-of-Flight Experiments Committee
The INTC -established in August 1999- takes over the duties of evaluating proposals for experiments on the ISOLDE facility that was formerly in the hands of the ISC. In addition it reviews the experiments proposed for the n_TOF facility. The INTC works on a basis of three meetings per year.
The committee’s conclusions and recommendations are transmitted to the Research Board by the Chairman which takes final decisions in particular on approval of experiments.
A list of committee members can be found here.
See the INTC website for calendar, documents, minutes of meetings and how to submit proposals. The TAC template can be found at the bottom of this page.
Technical Advisory Committee
The technical feasibility of each proposal submitted to the INTC is assessed by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) between proposal submission and the INTC open session. Proposals are evaluated across various domains, including beam production, operations, radiation protection, safety, and post-acceleration. Any issues raised or questions arising from the review are communicated to the proposal spokesperson(s) prior to the INTC meeting and must be addressed before the proposal can be evaluated by the INTC from a scientific perspective.
Group for the Upgrade of ISOLDE (GUI)
The group for the upgrade of ISOLDE, GUI, collects information and discusses necessary actions for the upgrade of the ISOLDE facility. The committee meets twice a year. The priorities for Target and Ion source R&D are discussed in the September meeting. More information can be found here.
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