Eur. Phys. J. A 13, 255-261 (2002)
Prospects for exotic beam facilities in North America
J.A. NolenPhysics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
(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.
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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