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2.4.1.2 General Description<br />

DRAFT<br />

The <strong>Super</strong>-FRS has to efficiently separate in-flight rare isotopes produced via projectile fragmentation<br />

of all primary beams up to 238 U and via fission of 238 U beams. The latter reaction is a<br />

prolific source of very neutron-rich nuclei of medium mass. However, due to the relatively large<br />

amount of kinetic energy released in the fission reaction, the products populate a large phase space<br />

and thus are one reason for the need of a much larger acceptance for the <strong>Super</strong>-FRS compared with<br />

the FRS, see Table 2.4.1. The gain in transmission for uranium fission products at the <strong>Super</strong>-FRS is<br />

more than an order of magnitude compared to the FRS [3]. Moreover, the <strong>Super</strong>-FRS provides<br />

similar gain factors for projectile fragments because of: 1) the required multiple energy-degrader<br />

stages for mono-isotopic spatial separation (Bρ-∆E-Bρ method), 2) the required enlargement of<br />

the primary beam spot at the power target for fast extraction, 3) the large momentum spread (σp/p ~<br />

±1%) of the incident fast extracted beam, 4) the option to produce the nuclides in secondary reactions<br />

at intermediate focal planes of the ion-optical system. Typical examples for the separation of<br />

projectile fragments with two degrader stages are illustrated in Figure 2.4.2.<br />

Figure 2.4.2: Transmission of the <strong>Super</strong>-FRS (at the MF4 focal plane) compared with the present FRS (at<br />

the S4 focal plane) for projectile fragmentation reactions. The fragment energy after the production target is<br />

700 MeV/u and two Al degraders with a thickness of d/R = 0.5, 0.6 (in units of the atomic range of the<br />

fragment). The primary beams used for the reactions are indicated in the figure. The derived gain factors for<br />

the <strong>Super</strong>-FRS range from 1.5 (for the heaviest Z) to 16 (for the lighter Z).<br />

Besides the fragment intensities, the selectivity and sensitivity are crucial parameters that strongly<br />

influence the success of an experiment with very rare nuclei. A prerequisite for a clean isotopic<br />

separation is that the fragments have to be fully ionized to avoid cross contamination from different<br />

ionic charge states. Multiple separation stages are necessary to efficiently reduce the background<br />

from such contaminants. Based on the experience of successful spatial isotopic separation with the<br />

existing FRS at GSI, the <strong>Super</strong>-FRS also uses the Bρ-∆E-Bρ method, where a two-fold magnetic<br />

rigidity analysis is applied in front of and behind a specially shaped energy degrader. The strong<br />

enhancement of the primary beam intensity expected with the SIS100/300 synchrotron requires<br />

additional measures to achieve the required separation quality. A solution is at least one additional<br />

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