The Antiproton-Ion-Collider at FAIR
- Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Munich (Germany)
- Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)
- Stephan Meyer Institut, Vienna (Austria)
- University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
- Justus-Liebig Universitaet Giessen, Giessen (Germany)
An antiproton-ion collider (AIC) has been proposed for the FAIR Project at Darmstadt to independently determine rms radii for protons and neutrons in stable and short lived nuclei by means of antiproton annihilation at medium energies. The AIC makes use of the ELISe electron ion collider complex to store, cool and collide antiprotons of 30 MeV energy with short lived radioactive ions in the NESR. The exotic nuclei are produced by projectile fragmentation or projectile fission and separated in the Super FRS. By detecting the loss of stored ions using the Schottky method the total absorption cross-section for antiprotons on the stored ions with mass A will be measured. Cross sections for the absorption on protons and neutrons, respectively, will be measured by the detection of residual nuclei with A-1 either by the Schottky method or by detecting them in recoil detectors after the first dipole stage of the NESR following the interaction zone. The absorption cross sections are in first order directly proportional to the mean square radii.
- OSTI ID:
- 20798572
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 831, Issue 1; Conference: International conference on frontiers in nuclear structure, astrophysics, and reactions - FINUSTAR, Isle of Kos (Greece), 12-17 Sep 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2200890; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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