Status of the EURISOL Design Study

1. Status of the EURISOL Design Study Yorick Blumenfeld IPN Orsay

2. Changes to the Management proposed by MB • Y. Blumenfeld interim project leader to replace G. Fortuna. • G. Fortuna will remain member of the MB at least until April 2007. • C. Hovaguimian management support at Orsay • R. Batistella will continue to administer website at LNL (and assist with specific legal questions) • Changes submitted to SC on November 30.

3. 20 Participants

4. 12 Tasks

5. The EURISOL Road Map • Vigorous scientific exploitation of current ISOL facilities : EXCYT, Louvain, REX/ISOLDE, SPIRAL • Construction of intermediate generation facilities: SPIRAL2, MAFF,HIE-ISOLDE, SPES • Design and prototyping of the most specific and challenging parts of EURISOL in the framework of EURISOL_DS.

6. n-generator UCx target H- HWRs 176MHz 3-spoke ISCL 325 MHz Elliptical ISCL 704 MHz Elliptical ISCL 704 MHz RFQ 176 MHz One of several target stations b = 0.03 b = 0.047 b = 0.65 b = 0.78 b = 0.09, b = 0.15 100 keV 1+ ion source 1 GeV/q H-, H+, 3He++ 1.5 MeV/u 60 MeV/q 140 MeV/q H+, D+, 3He++ >200 MeV/q D+, A/q=2 Low-resolution mass-selector Ion sources A possible schematic layout for a EURISOL facility High-resolution mass-selectors Secondary fragmentation target To low-E areas Spoke ISCL 264 MHz 8 HWRs ISCL 176 MHz 3 QWRs ISCL 88 MHz QWR ISCL 88 MHz Bunching RFQ Charge-breeder RFQs To low-E areas b = 0.385 b = 0.27 b = 0.14 b = 0.065 2-150 MeV/u (for Sn-132) 9.3- 62.5 MeV/u 2.1-19.9 MeV/u To experimental area To medium-energy experimental areas

7. The Main Challenges • Design a 5MW; 1GeV proton driver with additional capability of 200 AMeV deuterons and A/Q=2 Heavy Ions; build and test prototypes of the cavities. • Design a liquid Hg converter which will accept 5 MW of beam power. • Design a UCx target which will make the most efficient use of the neutrons produced. • Evaluate the safety constraints of the above set up. • Design an efficient multi-user beam distribution system. • Design a superconducting HI LINAC capable of accelerating 132Sn up to 150 AMeV • Investigate technologies for the instrumentation of the future • Provide a conceptual study for a beta-beam neutrino facility.

8. Gathering the expertise in joint Management-Task meetings • User Requirements • Post accelerator, beam preparation, physics • Orsay, May 2 • Extended Driver capability • Direct target, driver, cavities, beam intensity • GSI, May 5 • High Power target • Hg converter, fission target • Legnaro, Oct 4

9. Driver accelerator 1 GeV 5 MW proton beam 3He at 2 GeV, deuterons at 250 MeV, heavy ions of A/Q=2 at 125AMeV From A. Facco, task 7

10. Reference MMW Target Station Hg converter and secondary fission targets Hg loop with window 8 UCX targets 40x6x3 cm Problems : Diffusion-Effusion Time Ion Sources Y. Kadi and L. Tecchio; tasks 2 and 4

11. Next Joint Meetings • Ion Sources • Safety • Multi-User capability • ….

12. Other Achievements:Please visit www.eurisol.org • Fully functional dynamic website • Agenda and Minutes of 71 meetings • 60 Publications and internal reports • Official Documents, Annual Reports, Presentations …. • Automatic publication review procedure • Full compliance by task leaders • Milestones and deliverables • Outreach Pages • …

13. A Slow Start… • Initial difficulties in recruiting post docs • Spending for the first year was only 35% of first advance : Second advance delayed by 1 year. • Some delays in milestones • Pace has picked up strongly in the second year • Change of expenditure profile will be requested. • Possible extension of contract by 6 months will be discussed in Spring 2007.

14. EURISOL Design Study

15. EURISOL Milestone Status Design Study (3) (3) (1) (3) G. Fortuna, PSI JUNE 2006

16. Possible Locations? The Design Study will investigate the implementation and cost of EURISOL in these 3 hypotheses by putting in place a committee in Spring 2007, including the MB + technical coordinator + experts. Report in Spring 2008

17. New research infrastructures in FP7 • Objective:To help create new research infrastructures of pan-European interest (or major upgrades of existing ones) • -Design studies:to supportfeasibility studies for new infrastructures through a “bottom-up approach” of calls for proposals • - Construction of new infrastructures (incl. majorupgrades):topromote the creation of new infrastructures through a strategic approach based on the work conducted by ESFRI* on the development of a European roadmap fro new research infrastructures • * ESFRI – European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures From Alex Mueller

18. New research infrastructures in FP7 • Support to Construction via a two-stage process: • The preparatory phase - restricted calls targeting priority projects (based on the work of ESFRI)  to support finalisation of construction plans, legal organisation, financial engineering, management aspects (Second call in 2009) • The construction phase • developed following the satisfactory implementation of the preparatory phase • “case by case” approach (e.g. use of Article 171) From Alex Mueller

19. You are cordially invited to attend the EURISOL DS Town Meeting at CERN on Nov. 27-28. Registration is open until Nov. 1 at www.eurisol.org For next year we are considering the possibility of a joint Town meeting with EURONS