Issue Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics Volume 150, November 2007 Radioactive Nuclear Beams Page(s) 249 - 254 DOI 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00315-4 Published online 08 December 2007

Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 150, 249-254 (2007)
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00315-4

Physics opportunities with the RI Beam Factory at RIKEN

H. Sakurai

RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

(Received: January 31, 2007 / Published online: 8 December 2007)

Abstract
The RI Beam Factory (RIBF) is presently the top world-class radioactive-isotope (RI) beam facility in the world. Construction of the factory is now in the process of being completed. This facility is based on the in-flight method to produce fast RI beams. High-energy and intense primary beams accelerated by a superconducting ring cyclotron (SRC) are converted, via the projectile fragmentation or fission reaction channels, to RI beams at a new fragment separator called BigRIPS. Construction of major experimental installations is expected to commence in 2007. Physics opportunities with the RIBF are discussed herein.

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