The Storage Ring Nuclear Physics group was established in 2018, building upon the Storage Ring Nuclear Physics Group, with origins traceable to the Youth group led by Prof. XU Hushan. Relying on the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL-CSR) and the High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility in Huizhou (HIAF), the group has developed several research directions centered on the high precious mass measurement of short-lived nuclei under the successive leadership of Prof. ZHANG Yuhu and Prof. WANG Meng. The group oversees the evaluation of atomic masses and matter radii, continuously advances new mass spectrometry techniques, and cultivates related research areas including magnetic moments of radioactive nuclides, β-decay properties, lifetime measurements of highly charged ions, and nuclear reactions with in-ring gas targets.

By 2025, this group has published six articles in Physical Review Letters and one in Nature Physics, and was awarded the "First Prize of Natural Science of Gansu Province" in 2022.

Currently, the group comprises 18 staff members, including one of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, three of the Excellent Young Scientists Fund (including overseas), two members of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, two members in the "Western Light" program, four leading talents of Gansu Province, one top-notch leading talent of Gansu Province, and one outstanding young talent of Gansu Province.

1. High-precision nuclear mass measurements based on storage rings

2. Lifetime measurements of highly charged ions based on storage rings

3. Reaction cross-section measurements based on in-ring gas targets

4. International Atomic Mass and matter radii Evaluation (AME)

5. Nuclear magnetic moment measurement

6. Measurement of nuclear beta decay

[1] X. Zhou, M. Wang, Y. H. Zhang et al., Nat. Phys. 19, 1091 (2023)

[2] X. Y. Ming, Y. F. Luo, Y. H. Zhang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 012501 (2025)

[3] Y. Yue, X. Y. Ming, Y. H. Zhang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.133, 222501 (2024)

[4] M. Wang, Y. H. Zhang, X. Zhou et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 192501 (2023)

[5] X. Xu, P. Zhang, P. Shuai et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 182503 (2016)

[6] Y. H. Zhang, H. S. Xu, Y. A. Litvinov et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 102501 (2012)

[7] X. L. Tu, H. S. Xu, M. Wang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 112501 (2011)

the "First Prize of Natural Science of Gansu Province" in 2022