A plan to construct a rare isotope accelerator facility in Korea

by Seung-Woo HONG (Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea)

Thursday 22 Jul 2010, 14:30 → 16:00 Europe/Rome

DIRECTION Meeting Room (INFN LNL)

The Korean government announced in January 2009 a preliminary plan to construct a heavy ion accelerator facility for producing radioactive ion beams in the framework of a mega project called the International Science & Business Belt. Since then, a planning work for the construction of a heavy ion accelerator is underway supported by the government. The construction of this facility will be a cornerstone for basic science research in Korea. This facility, tentatively referred to as KoRIA (Korea Rare Isotope Accelerator), is to be used for multipurpose research, including nuclear science, atomic, material and bio-medical sciences. To produce the radioactive ion beams, both ISOL and In-flight fragmentation methods are being considered. Post-acceleration of the radioactive ion beams may be done up to a couple of hundreds MeV. The conceptual design study is expected to start soon, and the present status of the planning will be presented. At 15.15 - Short Talk "A preliminary plan for using KoRIA" - by Yong Kyun KIM (Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea)