REX -ISOLDE Post accelerated radioactive beams at CERN-ISOLDE

jeudi 12 févr. 2004, 00:00 → 00:00 Europe/Paris

Salle 9 (LPSC)

Thomas NILSSON (CERN) The ISOLDE device at CERN is the world's oldest operating Radioactive Beams facility, having more than 35 years of experience in producing low-energy beams of exotic nuclei for a wide scientific programme, ranging from weak interaction and nuclear structure physics to condensed matter research and life sciences. The facility was recently completed with a post-accelerator, REX-ISOLDE, which is capable of accelerating the majority of the radioactive beams produced at ISOLDE to 2.2 MeV/u. REX-ISOLDE uses novel techniques for beam cooling and charge breeding and has now been operational for two years and the first physics results start to emerge. In addition, an ambitious upgrade programme concerning both REX-ISOLDE and the ISOLDE facility in general has started which opens interesting physics opportunities within the landscape of European facilities.