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First results of a high precision mass measurement program for very short-lived nuclides
First results using a new technology for measuring masses of very short-lived nuclides with very high accuracy: the Mistral program at Isolde
First results using a new technology for measuring masses of very short-lived nuclides with very high accuracy: the MISTRAL program at ISOLDE
MISTRAL is an experimental program to measure masses of very short- lived nuclides (T down to a few ms), with a very high accuracy (a few 10). There were three data taking periods with radioactive beams and 22 masses of isotopes of Ne, Na*, Mg, Al*, K, Ca, and Ti were measured. The systematic errors are now under control at the level of 8\TIMES10^{-7}, allowing to come close to the expected accuracy. Even for the very weakly produced Na (1 ion at the detector per proton burst), the final accuracy is 7\TIMES10^{-7}. (15 refs)