The RNB project in Japanese Hadron Facility and possible use of neutron-rich beam for the study of superheavy nuclei

We first describe briefly a radioactive nuclear beam (RNB) facility based on the isotope separator on-line and post-accelerator scheme planned in Japanese Hadron Project. In this facility, various radioactive nuclear species produced in 3 GeV proton-induced reactions will be accelerated through heavy-ion linacs in three stages, the maximum output energy in each stage being 0.17, 1.05 and 6.5 meV/nucleon, respectively. Secondly, we discuss the feasibility of the use of neutron-rich RNB for experimental study of more neutron-rich superheavy nuclei than those presently known. It is shown that the increase of the survival probability of neutron-rich compound nuclei can possibly compensate for a difficulty arising from expected weak intensities of the secondary-beams. In addition, cold-fusion-like reactions as well as possible enhancement of near-barrier fusion cross sections that can become more prominent by use of neutron-rich beams are discussed.