Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Authors |
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1 Rare Isotope Beams-The Scientific Motivation |
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1.2 RIBs and Nuclear Physics |
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1.2.1 The Limits of Nuclear Stability |
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1.2.2 Nuclear Halo in Drip Line and Near Drip Line Nuclei |
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1.2.3 Evolution of Shell Structure away from Stability |
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1.3 Nuclear Astrophysics: The Origin of Elements, the Stellar Evolution and the Role of RIBs |
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1.3.1 Primordial or Big Bang Nucleo-Synthesis |
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19 | (2) |
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1.3.2 Nucleo-Synthesis in Stars up to Iron |
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21 | (4) |
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1.3.3 Synthesis of Elements Heavier Than Iron: The S, R and P Processes |
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25 | (11) |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (4) |
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1.3.3.3 The P Process Nucleo-Synthesis |
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32 | (4) |
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1.4 RIBs and the Test of Fundamental Symmetries of Nature |
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36 | (5) |
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1.4.1 The Electric Di-Pole Moment in Atomic Systems and the CP Violation |
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36 | (2) |
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1.4.2 Atomic Parity Violation |
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38 | (2) |
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1.4.3 The CVC Hypothesis, Nuclear Beta-Decay and the Unitarily of CKM Quark Mixing Matrix |
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40 | (1) |
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1.4.3.1 The CVC and the Nuclear Beta Decay |
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40 | (1) |
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1.4.3.2 Unitarity of CKM Matrix |
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41 | (1) |
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1.5 RIBs and Condensed Matter Physics |
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41 | (4) |
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1.5.1 Mossbauer Spectroscopy |
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42 | (1) |
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1.5.2 Perturbed Angular Correlation |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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1.6 RIBs: Medical Physics and Applications |
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45 | (4) |
2 Production of Rare Isotope Beams: The Two Approaches |
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49 | (12) |
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49 | (3) |
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2.2 The ISOL Post-Accelerator Approach |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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2.4 Comparison between the ISOL and PFS Approaches |
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54 | (4) |
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2.5 The Combined Approaches |
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58 | (3) |
3 Nuclear Reactions for Production of Rare Isotope Beams |
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3.1 Production of RIBs in High-Energy Proton-Induced Reactions (Spallation/Target Fragmentation) |
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61 | (9) |
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3.1.2 The Spallation Reaction Process |
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3.1.3 Production of Neutron-Deficient Exotic Nuclei Using Spallation-Evaporation Reaction |
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64 | (2) |
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3.1.4 Production of n-Rich Exotic Nuclei in Spallation-Fission Reaction |
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66 | (1) |
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3.1.5 Highly Asymmetric Fission vs Multi-Fragmentation |
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67 | (1) |
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3.1.6 Measured Yields of Exotic Species Using Spallation Reaction at ISOLDE |
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68 | (1) |
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3.1.7 Reaction Codes for Spallation Reaction |
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69 | (1) |
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3.2 Production of RIBs Using High and Intermediate Energy Heavy Ion Induced Projectile Fragmentation and In-Flight Fission Reactions |
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70 | (15) |
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70 | (1) |
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3.2.2 The PF Reaction Process |
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3.2.3 Limiting Fragmentation and Factorization |
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72 | (1) |
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3.2.4 Momentum/Energy Width of the Projectile Fragments |
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3.2.5 Production of Exotic Species in PF Reaction |
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74 | (3) |
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3.2.5.1 Production of Neutron-Deficient Nuclei |
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3.2.5.2 Production of n-Rich Nuclei |
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3.2.6 Production of n-Rich Nuclei in In-Flight Fission of 238U |
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77 | (1) |
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3.2.7 Choice of Target Thickness, Target and Projectile Energy |
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78 | (3) |
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3.2.8 Reaching Closer to the Neutron Drip Line Using Fragmentation of Secondary RIBs |
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81 | (2) |
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3.2.9 Theoretical Estimation of Production Cross-Sections in PF Reaction |
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83 | (2) |
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3.3 Fission Induced by Low-Energy Neutrons, Protons and Gamma Rays |
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3.3.1 The Fission Process |
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85 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Production of n-Rich Isotopes in Fission Induced by Thermal Neutrons |
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86 | (3) |
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3.3.3 Production of n-Rich Isotopes in Fission Induced by Energetic Protons/Light Ions |
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89 | (2) |
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3.3.4 Fission Induced by Energetic Neutrons |
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91 | (2) |
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3.3.5 Fission Induced by Gamma Rays |
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93 | (4) |
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3.4 Production of RIBs Using Low-Energy Heavy Ions above the Coulomb Barrier |
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97 | (10) |
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3.4.1 Fusion-Evaporation Reactions for the Production of Neutron-Deficient Nuclei |
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3.4.2 Deep Inelastic Transfer Reactions |
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4 Targets for RIB Production |
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107 | (12) |
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107 | (1) |
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4.2 High-Power Targets for ISOL Facilities |
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108 | (2) |
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4.3 Types of Target Material |
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4.4 R&D for Future ISOL Targets |
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4.5 Target Station in ISOL Method |
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114 | (1) |
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4.6 Targets for PFS Facilities |
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114 | (3) |
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4.7 High-Power Beam Dumps |
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117 | (2) |
5 Ion Sources for RIB Production in ISOL-Type Facilities |
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119 | (16) |
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119 | (2) |
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5.2 Ion Sources for 1+ Charge State Production |
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121 | (4) |
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5.2.2 The Resonant Ionization Laser Ion Source for Metallic Ions |
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5.2.3 Forced Electron Beam Arc Discharge (FEBIAD) Ion Source |
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124 | (1) |
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5.3 Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) Ion Source |
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5.3.1 ECIRS for 1+ Charge State |
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5.3.2 ECIRS for High Charge State Production |
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5.3.3 ECRIS as Charge Breeder |
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128 | (2) |
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5.4 The EBIS: For High Charge State Production and as Charge Breeder |
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130 | (2) |
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5.5 Positioning the First Ion Source away from The Target (the HeJRT Technique) |
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6 Accelerators for RIB Production and Post-Acceleration |
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135 | (3) |
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Driver and the Post-Accelerator |
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135 | (3) |
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6.2 DC Accelerators for RIB Production |
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6.3 Cyclic Accelerators for RIB Production |
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138 | (9) |
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138 | (6) |
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144 | (3) |
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6.4 Linear Accelerators for RIB Production |
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147 | (13) |
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6.4.1 Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) Linac |
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152 | (3) |
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6.4.2 Acceleration to High Energies: Room Temperature Linacs |
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155 | (3) |
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6.4.3 Acceleration to High Energies: Superconducting Linacs |
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158 | (2) |
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6.5 Beam Acceleration and Charge Stripper |
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160 | (4) |
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6.6 Post-Accelerators for Acceleration of RIBS in ISOL Facilities |
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164 | (3) |
7 Experimental Techniques |
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167 | (1) |
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7.2 Separation of Isotopes in ISOL- and PFS-Type RIB Facilities |
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167 | (2) |
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7.3 Isotope Separation in ISOL-Type RIB Facilities |
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169 | (9) |
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7.3.1 Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) Cooler |
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7.3.2 High-Resolution Separator-A Typical Example |
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7.3.3 Identification of Isotopes in ISOL Type Facilities |
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7.4 Separation in In-Flight Separators at Intermediate and Relativistic Energies (~50 to 1500 MeV/u) |
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7.4.1 Identification of New Isotopes in the PFS Method |
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185 | (4) |
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7.5.1 Indirect Methods for Mass Measurement of Exotic Nuclei |
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190 | (6) |
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7.5.1.1 and Q Measurements |
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191 | (1) |
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7.5.1.2 Missing Mass Method |
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192 | (2) |
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7.5.1.3 Invariant Mass Spectroscopy |
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194 | (2) |
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7.5.2 Direct Methods of Mass Measurement of Exotic Nuclei |
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196 | (1) |
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7.5.3 Mass Separation and Measurement in Paul and Penning Traps |
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198 | (2) |
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7.5.3.3 MR-ToF and Measurement of Mass |
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7.6 Mass Measurements in Storage Ring |
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7.6.1 Schottky Mass Spectrometry (SMS) |
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7.6.2 Isochronous Mass Spectrometry (IMS) |
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216 | (1) |
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7.7 Measurement of Ground State Properties of Nuclei Using Laser Spectroscopic Techniques |
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7.7.1 The Collinear Laser Spectroscopy (CLS) Technique |
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7.7.2 The Collinear Resonant Ionization Spectroscopy (CRIS) Technique |
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7.7.3 Optical Pumping Using Collinear Laser and fi-NMR |
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225 | (2) |
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7.8 Matter Radii of Drip Line Isotopes through Measurements of Interaction Cross-Sections |
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227 | (2) |
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7.9 Measurement of Half-Life of Exotic Nuclei |
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7.10 Coulomb Excitation and Study of Exotic Nuclei |
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232 | (7) |
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7.11 Measurement of Cross-Sections for Nuclear Astrophysics |
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7.11.1 Measurement of Proton Capture Cross-Section, Direct Methods |
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7.11.1.1 Study of Charged Particle Capture Reactions Using Recoil Mass Separators |
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242 | (1) |
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7.11.1.2 Study of Charged Particle Capture Reactions Using Low-Energy Ion Storage Rings |
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243 | (1) |
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7.11.1.3 Direct Measurement of (n, y) Cross-Sections Using Storage Rings |
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244 | (1) |
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7.11.2 Coulomb Dissociation Technique for Measuring (p, y) and (n, y) Reaction Rates |
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245 | (1) |
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8 Overview of Major RIB Facilities Worldwide |
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249 | (22) |
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249 | (1) |
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8.2 Major ISOL-Type RIB Facilities |
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249 | (8) |
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8.3 Major Projectile Fragment Separator (PFS) Type RIB Facilities |
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257 | (6) |
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8.4 Specialized Facilities |
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References |
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Index |
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