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The Isotope mass Separator On-Line facility (ISOLDE) [1] at CERN provides the largest variety of low-energy radioactive beams available worldwide, including some of the most exotic nuclear species. The beams can be post-accelerated by the HIE-ISOLDE LINAC [2] up to ~ 10 MeV/nucleon, and delivered for experiments at the Miniball detector system for gamma spectroscopy studies, the ISOLDE Solenoid Spectrometer (ISS) for transfer reactions studies in inverse kinematics, and the Scattering Experiments Chamber (SEC) for general reaction experiments. About 1300 isotopes of more than 70 elements are produced to develop a cutting-edge nuclear structure and reactions research program [3], that can be largely extended by the installation of a Recoil Separator.
The aim of the ISRS Collaboration [4] is to develop a Proof-of-Concept study of a Superconducting Recoil Separator, as described in the LOI-INTC-228 (2021) [5]. The aim of this contribution is to report on the present status of the R&D program including organization and funding, as well as the latest developments in the physics program, beam dynamics, magnets, focal plane detectors, and the buncher system.
