1969 Experimental hall
Left: the ISOLDE experimental hall in 1969, with the isotope separator in the upper left corner and, from left to right, Rudi Stoeckli at the separator control panel, Gilbert Droz and Henri Bersinger. Beam tubes branch out from a switchyard, which uses electrostatic deflectors to direct beams of short-lived isotopes to various spectroscopic apparatus. Right: the ISOLDE Laser Ion Source in 1998.