First steps towards radioactive beams in the experimental storage ring at GSI

doi:10.1016/0168-583X(92)95960-Y

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volume 70, Issues 1–4, 1 August 1992, Pages 427-433

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During the present commissioning phase of the new heavy-ion facilities at GSI first radioactive beams have been produced by the Projectile Fragment Separator, while beams of stable neon, argon, krypton, and bismuth ions have been stored and cooled in the Experimental Storage Ring. The connection between these two facilities has been installed, so that first tests of injecting radioactive fragments will soon be possible. This procedure and the available beam diagnostics are briefly described. Main emphasis is given to the description of gas-filled multiwire proportional chambers that serve as position-sensitive detectors to monitor the low-intensity radioactive beams.

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First steps towards radioactive beams in the experimental storage ring at GSI

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