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Title: Concept for an advanced exotic beam facility based on ATLAS

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/166351· OSTI ID:166351

The acceleration of beams of unstable nuclei has opened up new research frontiers. Experiments at existing accelerators, and particularly at the first generation of radioactive ion beam facilities, have demonstrated convincingly that unique information becomes accessible. Critical cross sections for astrophysical processes that were impossible to obtain previously, qualitatively new and unexpected nuclear structure effects in nuclei far from stability, completely new approaches to studies of nuclear decays, reactions and structure, all have triggered much excitement for this new dimension in nuclear research. To explore this new dimension, an extension of present technical capabilities and facilities is needed. This need and its scientific basis were discussed in various workshops and symposia and in the Isospin Laboratory (ISL) White Paper. A report by the European community was published recently on prospects of radioactive beam facilities in Europe, and some next-generation projects for such facilities are starting in both Europe and Japan.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
OSTI ID:
166351
Report Number(s):
ANL-95/14; ON: DE96000985; TRN: 95:007970-0064
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Physics Division Annual Report, April 1, 1994--March 31, 1995; Henning, W.F.; PB: 207 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English