Speaker
Mats Lindroos
(CERN)
Description
The physics community that use radioactive ion beams, estimated to be about one
thousand in Europe alone, requires diversity of ions species, diversity of beam
energy, and high beam intensities. REX-ISOLDE already provides the first of these;
the aim of HIE-ISOLDE is to achieve the second and the third. This requires
developments in post-acceleration (the present energy restricts the application of
REX to studies of light nuclei) and radioisotope selection as well as target-ion
source development and charge-breeding to cope with the increase in proton intensity
promised by LINAC4. A five-year development programme, with an injection of 9 MCHF
from CERN together with contributions from member states and the EU, will realise
this facility and make CERN the undisputed world centre for RIB physics by the end
of this decade.
Author
Mats Lindroos
(CERN)
