Eur. Phys. J. A 15, 357-360 (2002)
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2001-10222-0

Photofission for the production of radioactive beams: Experimental data from an on-line measurement

F. Ibrahim¹, J. Obert¹, O. Bajeat¹, J.M. Buhour¹, D. Carminati², F. Clapier¹, C. Donzaud¹, M. Ducourtieux¹, J.M. Dufour¹, S. Essabaa¹, S. Galès¹, D. Guillemaud-Mueller¹, F. Hosni¹, O. Hubert¹, A. Joinet², U. Köster², C. Lau², H. Lefort¹, G. Le Scornet², J. Lettry², A.C. Mueller¹, M. Mirea³, N. Pauwels¹, O. Perru¹, J.C. Potier¹, J. Proust¹, F. Pougheon¹, H. Ravn², L. Rinolfi², G. Rossat², H. Safa⁴, M.G. Saint Laurent⁵, M. Santana-Leitner², O. Sorlin¹ and D. Verney<sup>1

1</sup>  Institut de Physique Nucléaire, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France
²  CERN, CH-1211 Genève 23, Switzerland
³  Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Tandem Lab., P.O. Box MG-6, Bucarest, Romania
⁴  SEA, CEA, Saclay, France
⁵  GANIL, BP55027, 14076 Caen Cedex, France

ibrahim@ipno.in2p3.fr

(Received: 20 July 2001 / Revised version: 16 May 2002 / Published online: 19 November 2002)

Abstract
A PARRNe 1 experiment (Production d'Atomes Radioactifs Riches en Neutrons) aimed at the production of neutron-rich radioactive noble gases produced by photofission has been performed at CERN. The LEP Pre-Injector (LPI) has been used to deliver a 50 MeV electron beam. The results obtained show clearly that the use of an electron beam to produce neutron-rich fission fragments for futur RNB facilities is an option that should not be neglected.

PACS
25.85.Jg - Photofission.
29.25.Rm - Sources of radioactive nuclei.
25.20.-x - Photonuclear reactions.

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