Eur. Phys. J. A 13, 255-261 (2002)

Prospects for exotic beam facilities in North America

J.A. Nolen

Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA

Nolen@ANL.GOV

(Received: 1 May 2001 )

Abstract
There are several nuclear physics laboratories in North America that have on-going research using energetic and stopped radioactive beams. These include the large ISOL-type programs ISAC at TRIUMF and HRIBF at Oak Ridge and the in-flight fragmentation program at the NSCL of Michigan State University. There are also smaller, more specialized, programs using a variety of techniques at the 88-inch cyclotron of Berkeley, ATLAS at Argonne, the Cyclotron Institute of Texas A&M University, the Nuclear Structure Laboratory at Notre Dame University, and the Nuclear Structure Laboratory at SUNY/Stony Brook. There are also three projects on the horizon in North America for new capabilities in both the near term and more distant future. The intensities of the in-flight fragment beams at the NSCL will be increased dramatically very soon as the Coupled Cyclotron Project will be completed and commissioned for research by mid-2001. A new project, ISAC-II, has been approved in Canada. For the longer term, the United States is considering construction of a major new facility, the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA), which would have a very high-intensity heavy-ion driver linac. The RIA facility is proposed to utilize both ISOL and in-flight production mechanisms.

PACS
29.17.+w - Electrostatic, collective, and linear accelerators.
29.25.Rm - Sources of radioactive nuclei.
29.20.-c - Cyclic accelerators and storage rings.

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