Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory
The Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory is a multistage
Saitama, the RIBF generates unstable nuclei of all elements up to uranium and studies their properties. According to physicist Robert Janssens, "[it] can produce the most intense beams of primary particles in the world."[1]
RIBF took ten years to construct and its Superconducting Ring Cyclotron (SRC) can achieve energies of 2,600 MeV.[2]: 5
Work at the RIBF has contributed to the understanding of atomic magic numbers.[3]
References
- ^ Clara Moskowitz (October 9, 2013). "New "Magic Number" inside Atoms Discovered". Scientific American. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
- . Retrieved October 13, 2013.
- ^ Philip Ball (October 9, 2013). "Exotic nuclei held together by another kind of 'magic'". Nature. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
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