Proposals for a radioactive ion beam facility at GANIL

Abstract GANIL provides high intensity ion beams from C (100 MeV/u, ≥ 10 13 pps) to U (25 MeV/u, ≥ 10 10 pps), and secondary beams produced by fragmentation in the 50–100 MeV/u energy range are routinely used by physicists in well equipped experimental areas. A further step in the direction of RIB has been investigated: radioactive atoms produced through the interactions of the GANIL beams in thick targets will be ionized using a dedicated ECR ion source, accelerated up to some tens of MeV/u in a post-accelerator and used in the existing experimental areas.