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Description
The long shutdown 2 (LS2) of the CERN accelerator complex poses an ideal opportunity to focus on development and upgrade tasks.
Of particular interest are systematic studies for beam development that requires infrastructure and resources otherwise occupied or interrupted by target production. In this context, we have ramped up the investigation of molecular beams, where stabilizing the production of tin sulfide (SnS) beams was investigated first.
Other ongoing projects are optimization of target and ion source heating, process optimization for actinide carbide target production and re-oxidation, upgrade of the chemical lab for nano material development, integration of the LIST ion source, study for refractory beams and optimization of negative ion sources.
In this presentation, we will report on the status of the ongoing ISOLDE target, ion source and beam development and facility upgrades and an outlook will be given for the programme for the second half of LS2.
