Neutron-rich rare isotope production below the Fermi energy and its application to the Texas A&M RIB upgrade Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Recent efforts to produce and separate neutron-rich rare isotopes in peripheral collisions below the Fermi energy arepresented. The experiments have been performed at the Cyclotron Institute of Texas A&M University employing beams from the K500 Superconducting Cyclotron. Two magnetic separators were used: the MARS recoil separator and the Superconducting Solenoid Line (BigSolLine). An enhanced production of neutron-rich nuclides in comparison with high-energy fragmentation mechanisms has been observed and attributed to the role of the N/Z and the nuclear periphery of the target. From a practical viewpoint, these reactions below or around the Fermi energy offer a novel way to access very neutron-rich rare isotopes. The experience obtained in the production of rare isotope beams (RIB) below the Fermi energy will be exploited in the ongoing RIB upgrade of the Cyclotron Institute that will involve production, stopping and reacceleration of rare isotopes. EDP Sciences/Societ Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2007.

published proceedings

  • EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-SPECIAL TOPICS

author list (cited authors)

  • Souliotis, G. A., Keksis, A. L., Stein, B. C., Veselsky, M., Jandel, M., Shetty, D. V., ... Yennello, S. J.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Souliotis, GA||Keksis, AL||Stein, BC||Veselsky, M||Jandel, M||Shetty, DV||Soisson, SN||Wuenschel, S||Yennello, SJ

publication date

  • November 2007