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Efficient and fast thermalization of Rare Isotope Beam from projectile fragmentation

The cyclotron gas stopper project at the NSCL

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Gas stop** is the method of choice for converting rare isotope beams obtained via projectile fragmentation and in-flight separation into low-energy beams. Current gas stopper systems for high-energy beams are based on linear gas cells filled with 0.1–1 bar of helium. While successful for a number of experiments, they are limited in the maximum beam rates that can be used and exhibit long extraction times that can lead to decay losses for very short-lived isotopes. To avoid these limitations, a new type of gas stopper is being developed at the NSCL/MSU based on a cyclotron-type magnet with a stop** chamber filled with helium buffer gas at low pressure. RF-guiding techniques are used to extract the thermalized ions from the central region.

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  1. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory NSCL, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1321, USA

    G. Bollen, S. Chouhan, C. Guénaut, F. Marti, D. J. Morrissey, D. Lawton, J. Ottarson, G. Pang, S. Schwarz, B. M. Sherrill & A. F. Zeller

  2. Department of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1321, USA

    G. Bollen & B. M. Sherrill

  3. Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1321, USA

    D. J. Morrissey & G. Pang

  4. RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan

    M. Wada

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Bollen, G., Chouhan, S., Guénaut, C. et al. Efficient and fast thermalization of Rare Isotope Beam from projectile fragmentation. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 150, 265–267 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00319-0

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