Workshop on forthcoming facilities at LNS:

EXCYT and MAGNEX

INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy

20th - 22nd March 2003

We are planning to hold an informal workshop from 20th to 22nd March 2003 on the physics with low-energy radioactive ion beams, including (but not restricted to) the use of the MAGNEX large-acceptance magnetic spectrometer. Special emphasis will be put on reaction studies for astrophysics.

The motivation for the meeting is that the EXCYT radioactive beam facility will be ready to provide the first beams at the beginning of 2004. At approximately the same time, MAGNEX is expected to be completed and commissioned. We would thus like the experimental and theoretical nuclear physics community to discuss ideas with us, with a supplemental aim to form new or cement existing collaborations.

The status of both EXCYT and MAGNEX will be reviewed at the beginning of the workshop. The structure of the workshop will be defined according to the participant response,

EXCYT radioactive beam facility

EXCYT is an ISOL-type facility. It is based on the two-accelerator method: a primary beam accelerated by the Catania K-800 Superconducting Cyclotron will produce, in a target-ion source complex, the required nuclear species which will be accelerated by the 15 MV SMP Tandem. The resulting beam will have excellent optical properties (emittance) and energies typical of our Tandem, (e.g. about 80 MeV for oxygen isotopes). The first expected beams to be produced are: 8Li, 15O, 18F, and 34Cl with an intensity ranging between 105 and 107 pps. Other light elements apart from noble gases and Z > 19 are not necessarily excluded at this stage but need further study. The most important goal of the workshop is to get suggestions and proposals about the use of the first beams for nuclear physics experiments. For further details about EXCYT, please contact Dr. Giacomo Cuttone or Dr. Luigi Celona.

MAGNEX

We would like to stimulate and discuss ideas for experiments with MAGNEX, including possible supplementary (coincident) detectors and arrays. The use of MAGNEX with radioactive ion beams from EXCYT is particularly interesting. Note that experiments with stable beams (including those from the Catania Superconducting Cyclotron) can, of course, also be discussed. For details, please see the MAGNEX web page.

Call for contributions

We solicit contributions on EXCYT and/or MAGNEX physics, that is those directed toward phenomena best studied with low-energy radioactive ion beams, and possibly using magnetic analysis. Contributions from related research at other RIB facilities would also be welcome. The workshop should provide an informal forum to illustrate projects and proposals for the forthcoming facilities at the LNS.

Concerning instrumentation, we remind you that a number of different devices are presently available at the LNS. To review these, please see the LNS research web site. Participants wishing to propose new instrumentation, should address their contributions to detection systems for photons, charged particles and neutrons using RIB's possibly in combination with MAGNEX. In particular for the neutrons, ideas concerning the optimization of the signal to background ratio of efficient counting techniques suited for experiments with medium to low intensity RIB's should be proposed.

Please indicate your interest in attending the Workshop, and, if desired, send a preliminary title of your contribution, using the form below. Please return the form by December 6th, 2002.  

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Indicate level of interest:  Definitely plan to come Probably will come Probably won't come (but keep me on mailing list)
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Workshop Organisation and Contacts

Details about the preliminary Programme, Travel arrangements and Accommodation will be sent in early January 2003 to those who have returned the form.

Looking forward to meeting you at Catania,

the Organising Committee
Angela Bonaccorso   Tel. +39 050 221 4932
Angelo Cunsolo   Tel. +39 095 542 383
G. Cuttone   Tel. +39 095 542 258
A. Del Zoppo   Tel. +39 095 542 280
M. Lattuada   Tel. +39 095 542 329
C. Spitaleri   Tel. +39 095 542 335
J.S. Winfield   Tel. +39 095 542 383


 

Last Modified: 8 November 2002 -- John S. Winfield