The CRIS (Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy) experiment at CERN ISOLDE combines the high resolution of collinear laser spectroscopy with the high efficiency and selectivity of resonant ionization. The experiment can be used for research in a variety of disciplines, such as the study of nuclear structures (through measurement of nuclear spins, moments and radii), the spectroscopy of radioactive atoms, ions and molecules, and opens future links to particle physics and astrophysics. It also allows the production of beams of high isomeric purity for dedicated decay spectroscopy studies, using a variety of detection set-ups.

For more details about the CRIS experiment and its partner institutions see http://isolde-cris.web.cern.ch/