Eur. Phys. J. A (2010) 46: 421-433
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2010-11042-9

Review

Evaluation of charge breeding options for EURISOL

¹ CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland
² GANIL, CEA/DSM-CNRS/IN2P3, Bd Henri Becquerel, BP 55027, F-14076, Caen Cedex 5, France
³ GSI, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, D-64291, Darmstadt, Germany
⁴ NSCL, Michigan State University, 1 cyclotron, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA
⁵ Department of Physics, University of York, YO10 5DD, York, UK
⁶ Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, 38026, Grenoble, France

^* e-mail: delahaye@ganil.fr

Received: 25 June 2010
Accepted: 16 September 2010
Published online: 15 October 2010

Abstract

A comprehensive study of charge breeding techniques for the most ambitious ISOL-facility project, EURISOL, is presented here. It is based on results obtained during the past years at CERN-ISOLDE and LPSC Grenoble with charge breeders of both ECR and EBIS types.