Charge breeding ions for nuclear astrophysics experiments at ISOLDE

Abstract

International audienceAt ISOLDE, a PHOENIX ECR charge breeder is being tested for the investigation of the $1^{+} \to n^+$ scenario for the next generation ISOL-type facilities. As a side objective, the possible physics experiments with intense multicharged radioactive ion beams are being investigated. Especially the use of the ECR charge breeder in combination with a high voltage platform would permit an acceleration of the radioactive ions produced at ISOLDE to total energies up to a few MeV. This opens up possibilities for astrophysics experiments such as different studies of low energy radiative capture reactions. Here, the current developments of the ECR charge breeder at ISOLDE are presented, in view of its future possible use for these particular physics experiments