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Status of the EBIT in the ReA3 reaccelerator at NSCL

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At the NSCL a reaccelerator with design end energy of 3 MeV/u for 238U, called ReA3, is approaching the end of construction. ReA3 will be coupled to a gas stopper at the NSCL fragmentation facility to provide rare-isotope beams of nuclides not available at ISOL facilities in this energy range. An Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) will be used to provide highly charged ions at an energy of about 12 keV/u. The charge breeder is followed by a room-temperature radiofrequency quadrupole (RFQ) and a series of superconducting linear accelerator structures. Initial commissioning results from the EBIT and its charge-over-mass separator are presented.

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  1. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, NSCL, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    S. Schwarz, G. Bollen, M. Doleans, O. Kester, K. Kittimanapun, M. Kostin, A. Lapierre, M. Portillo & C. Wilson

  2. Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Saupfercheckweg 1, Heidelberg, 69117, Germany

    J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia

  3. TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    J. Dilling

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Schwarz, S., Bollen, G., Doleans, M. et al. Status of the EBIT in the ReA3 reaccelerator at NSCL. Hyperfine Interact 199, 261–267 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-011-0321-9

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