CERN inaugurates its latest experimental facility : ISOLDE

Leading physicists from all over Europe came to CERN on 26 May to celebrate the inauguration of CERN'S latest experimental facility, ISOLDE (Isotope Separator On-Line) at the Proton Synchrotron Booster. A ceremony was held in the new ISOLDE experimental hall where the participants were welcomed by Prof. C. Rubbia, Director General of CERN. Prof. B. Jonson, of Chalmers University in Göteborg, explained the physics potential of the new installation and Prof. C. Detraz, Director of the Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et Physique des Particules (IN2P3), stressed the importance of the ISOLDE facility for European Nuclar Physics.