Radioactive Ion Beams with the HHIRF (Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility) accelerators

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6148308

Meigs, M J; Alton, G D; Baktash, C; Dowling, D T; Garrett, J D; Haynes, D L; Jones, C M; Juras, R C; Lane, S N; Lee, I Y; Mills, G D; Mosko, S W; Olsen, D K; Tatum, B A; Toth, K S ^[1]; Carter, H K ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
2. Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Inc., TN (USA)

Our present understanding of nuclear structure is almost completely based on facts obtained for nuclei that can be produced with stable projectiles and targets which have equilibrated for a significant fraction of the lifetime of the universe. The use of Radioactive Ion Beams (RIB) could overcome this limitation and provide unique opportunities for the study of nuclear structure with nuclei far from stability. These nuclei could answer critical issues concerning some of the most fundamental current nuclear structure themes and allow the study of entirely new phenomena, unobservable with current techniques and not derivable from our present knowledge of nuclear theory. RIB will also open new opportunities for the study of processes taking place at less equilibrated astrophysical sites, such as supernovae, cataclysmic binaries, and accreted shells of neutron stars. Widespread interest in RIB has developed in the last few years and a steering committee has recently been established to consider the construction of a large radioactive beam facility in North America. With this interest in mind, we have performed a feasibility study for a low-cost extension of the Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility (HHIRF) accelerators which would provide access, on a short time scale, to much of the physics of proton-rich nuclei.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6148308
• Report Number(s): CONF-9010228-3; ON: DE91005906; TRN: 91-001689
• Resource Relation: Conference: SNEAP 90, Manhattan, KS (USA), 22-25 Oct 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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