Nuclear physics at ISOLDE

An overview to the ISOLDE mass separator facility and the nuclear physics studies performed at ISOLDE is given. At first, special attention is drawn to the ionisation methods used at the front-ends of the separators, especially for the recently established laser ionisation. An overview of experiments from which nuclear physics information can be attained is given. Results from two examples of conventional nuclear spectroscopy experiments using beta decay are described, namely beta decays of /sup 11/Li and /sup 58/Zn. Finally, prospects for nuclear spectroscopy with the post-accelerator REX- ISOLDE are discussed. (36 refs).