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The basic ion-optical characteristics of the luminosity and the high-resolution of kinematic separator COMBAS realized for the first time on the strong focusing principle are presented. The developed facility allows to separate the high-intensity secondary radioactive beams in a wide range of mass numbers A and atomic numbers Z which are produced in heavy ion reactions in the energy range of 20 ≤ E ≤ 100 MeV/A (Fermi energy domain). Two distinct detector systems such as realized Si strip detector telescope and the promising development of the three dimension time-projection chamber are discussed. Program of the investigations of nuclear reaction mechanisms at intermediate energies of 20–100 MeV/A, measurement of the radii of unstable nuclei, study of the cluster structure of light nuclei near the nuclear drip-line and search of 26,28O resonances in exchange reactions is proposed. The upgrading of experimental facility by the integration of COMBAS separator with the Ion Catcher is discussed.

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    A. G. Artukh, S. A. Klygin, G. A. Kononenko, D. A. Kyslukha, S. M. Lukyanov, T. I. Mikhailova, Yu. E. Penionzhkevich, Yu. Ts. Oganessian, Yu. M. Sereda, A. N. Vorontsov & B. Erdemchimeg

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Artukh, A.G., Klygin, S.A., Kononenko, G.A. et al. Radioactive nuclear beams of COMBAS facility. Phys. Part. Nuclei 47, 49–72 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779616010032

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