Future prospects for radioactive nuclear beams in North America
In 1989 this author proposed the construction of a dedicated, flexible, radioactive nuclear beams facility that would provide intense beams of nearly all elements for a program of scientific studies in nuclear structure, nuclear reaction dynamics, astrophysics, high-spin physics, nuclei far from stability, material- and surface science, and atomic- and hyperfine-interaction physics. The initial name proposed for the new facility was ``IsoSpin Factory`` to underscore the key feature of this new physics tool; it was later changed to ``IsoSpin Laboratory`` (ISL). The ISL is now supported by a broad base of nuclear scientists and has been identified in the US Long Range Plan on Nuclear Science as one of the new potential construction projects for the second part of this decade. Since 1989 a number of conferences and workshops has been held in which the scientific and technical case for RNB facilities has been made. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the North American plan for the ISL, which was initially summarized in a ``White Paper`` but has since evolved in its scientific and technical scop.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 10178093
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-34239; CONF-9305203-2; ON: DE93018526; TRN: 93:018962
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International school seminar on heavy ion physics,Dubna (Russian Federation),10-15 May 1993; Other Information: PBD: May 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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