The SPES Radioactive Ion Beam facility at INFN-LNL is presently in the construction phase.The facility is based on the Isol (Isotope separation on-line) method with an UCx Direct Target able to sustain a power of 10 kW.The primary proton beam is provided by a high current Cyclotron accelerator with energy of 35-70 MeV and a beam current of 0.2-0.
5 mA.Neutron-rich radioactive ions are produced by proton induced Uranium fission at an Floor Mats (Slush/All-Weather) expected fission rate of the order of 1013 fissions per second.After ionization and selection the exotic isotopes are re-accelerated by the ALPI superconducting Linac at energies of 10A MeV for masses in the region A = 130 amu.The expected secondary beam rates are of Dress the order of 107 - 109 pps.
Aim of the SPES project is to provide a facility for high intensity radioactive ion beams for nuclear physics research as well as to develop an interdisciplinary research center based on the cyclotron proton beam.