The Nscl Coupled Cyclotron Project - Overview and Status
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The present nuclear physics program at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) is based on an ECR-ion-source injected K1200 superconducting cyclotron. An upgrade project is now underway to significantly increase the facility’s output intensity for light ions and energy for heavy ions by coupling the existing superconducting K500 cyclotron to the K1200. The improved acceleration chain will consist of an ECR-ion-source-injected K500 cyclotron to accelerate ions to [17 MeV/nucleon followed by radial, charge-stripping-injection into the K1200 for final acceleration to [200 MeV/nucleon. An increasingly large fraction of the experimental program uses fragmentation-produced radioactive nuclei, and a substantially larger capacity fragment separator will also be implemented as part of the upgrade project. The project overview, status, and future plans are presented.
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