2006 NSCL whitepaper

In late 2006 NSCL published a detailed whitepaper describing one possible configuration of a next-generation U.S. rare isotope research facility based on a 200 MeV/nucleon, 400 kW linear accelerator. Below find options to download specific sections or the entire whitepaper.

Illustrations from the whitepaper

• Illustrations

Individual sections of the whitepaper

• Index, Preface, Acknowledgements
  (PDF 0.2 MByte)
• Executive summary (PDF < 0.1 MByte)
• Introduction and overview (PDF 2.7 MByte)
• Physics of nuclei (PDF 5.8 MByte)
• Nuclear astrophysics (PDF 1.2 MByte)
• Studies of fundamental interactions
  (PDF 0.2 MByte)
• Isotope Science Facility (PDF 11.9 MByte)
• Future upgrade options (PDF 5.0 MByte)
• NSCL site option (PDF 6.0 MByte)
• Project cost estimate (PDF 2.2 MByte)
• Epitome (PDF < 0.1 MByte)
• References (PDF 0.3 MByte)
• Abbreviations (PDF 0.2 MByte)

Complete whitepaper

• Upgrade of the NSCL rare isotope research capabilities (PDF 35.4 MByte)