1. FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) (Darmstadt, Germany) low-energy cave 0-200 MeV/u fragmentation/fission ~1GeV/u fragment separator 350m ring branch HISPEC/DESPEC Zsolt Podolyák PANDA R3B EXL, ILIMA HISPEC, DESPEC, LASPEC

2. Production yields and physics at FAIR: High primary beam intensity ~10 12 ion/s for 238 U High transmission (SuperFRS)

3. H. Geissel et al. NIM B 204 (2003) 71 Comparison of FRS and Super-FRS -increase in transmission for fission products (a factor of 10) -cleaner beams due to the higher number of stages

4. CDR p.65. Some physics questions with radioactive beam

6. N=82 N=126 H. Grawe, K. Langanke, G. Martinez-Pinedo, to be published. Larger differences (lack of experimental data)

7. isotopes of all elements; 0 MeV/u < E <200 MeV/u  ions with short lifetimes (>100 ns)  beam cocktail or mono isotopic beams  isomeric beams - gamma-ray spectroscopy + + - particle spectroscopy + + - intermediate energy beams: 50-100 MeV/u - Coulomb barrier beams - decay spectroscopy Features HISPEC/DESPEC

8. Particle tracking (Z,pos.,E) γ-ray det. High-resolution In-flight SPECtroscopy (HISPEC) Charged particle det., plunger Identification (spectrometer, LYCCA )

9. Ge Cluster beam Target chamber CATE Ge Miniball Typically: 100MeV/u, ε  =0.06, ∆E  /E  =0.02 ε =1.3% (1.3MeV) E=100 MeV/u ε =2.8% (Lorentz boost) dE/E<2% HECTOR RISING => HISPEC

10. AGATA 1π (demonstrator) at HISPEC RISING AGATA 1π (demonstrator) (today) ~2011 Efficiency : 2.8% ~15% (10.5%) FWHM: 20 keV 7.6 keV target-detector distance: 15 cm Much increased sensitivity Possibility of angular distribution and polarisation measurements, Coincidence measurements, g-factors (transient field method) Determination of source position (?) (target vs. degrader) E/A=100 MeV Several UK groups involved

11. Requirements for the beam tracking for AGATA uncertainty (sigma) beta=5% beta=20% beta=50% position (cm) 1.5 0.5 0.3 direction (degrees) 2 0.6 0.3 velocity module (%) 2.4 0.7 0.3 E. Farnea, F.Recchia, LNL-INFN Ann.Rep. 2003 and private communication.

12. Identification of reaction products CATE => LYCCA dE-E dE-E +TOF Ti nuclei different masses separated upto A=100 M.Taylor et al. 55 Ni( 9 Be,xn,4p)

13. Lund-York-Cologne CAlorimeter (LYCCA) Diamond ? Start TOF n DSSD’s Light particle energy detection Diamond ? Stop TOF x DSSD’s particle energy loss (ΔE) x CsI detectors particle energy (E) detection DSSD’s: 6cm x 6cm, 32 x 32 strips, 500μm total lab angle (2m separation) ± 2.6° Two modules i)LCP detection ii) Fragment identification CsI’s: 2cm x 2cm, 3 x 3 x 3 array 3cm thick, stops 100 MeV protons Possibly 13 telescopes for final design Fragment identification from ΔE, E, tracking and TOF beam from Super FRS (magnetic separator) First LYCCA Tests in 2007

14. Rising Array 15 CLUSTERs (7 Ge crystals each) March 2006 RISING => DESPEC

15. NEUTRON DETECTOR DSSD IMPLANTATION DETECTOR GE γ-ARRAY RADIOACTIVE BEAM DEcay SPECtroscopy (DESPEC)

16. 24 cm 8 cm 8 x 8 cm 128 x 128 strips 1 mm (Micron in progress) 3 dssd EE Veto AIDA: Advanced Implantation Detector Array Coordinator: T. Davinson www.ph.ed.ac.uk/~td/AIDA Implantation energy measurement Decay energy measurement (several layers) Low threshold: ~40 keV (conversion electron!) Fast recovery (~µs); ASIC Edinburgh, STFC, Liverpool

17. Extended configuration (Super-FRS monochromatic) Compact configuration (Super-FRS achromatic) Planar Ge Array for DESPEC 24 stacks of 3 DSS-Planar detectors: Detectors24 Planar crystals per detector unit 3 Strips per element8 + 8 Electronics channels1152 Effective number of voxels 13824 UK: Brighton, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Paisley, STFC, Surrey, York

18. Setup A / Target Super-FRS LEB Setup B (spectrometer mode) monoenergetic degrader Setup C / stopping cell MF9 HISPEC DESPEC LYCCA

19. Reactions with Relativistic Radioactive Beams (R3B)

20. EXotic nuclei studied in Light-ion induced reactions at the NESR storage ring (EXL)

21. RISING => HISPEC/DESPEC Continuous improvement AIDA in ~2010 LYCCA-0 in ~2010 AGATA demonstrator in ~2011? Physics Theory NUSTAR-UK HISPEC, DESPEC, R3B/EXL, ILIMA, LASPEC Statement of Interest in preparation Summary

22. Physics Example: the Zr isotopes (Z=40) T.R. Werner, J. Dobaczewski, W. Nazarewicz, Z. Phys. A358 (1997) 169 90 Zr 50 104 Zr 64 110 Zr 70 122 Zr 82 spherical deformed (β=0.45) spherical ? Coulomb excitation decay Lifetime: >1 s 1.2 s <1 s

23. A. Bürger et al., Phys. Lett B622, 29 (2005) High energy => Background Fragmentation => Beam size: Δx~1-2 cm