STUDIES OF NUCLEI FAR FROM STABILITY USING RADIOACTIVE BEAMS AT THE NSCL

The A1200 beam analysis device located at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) is used for routine cyclotron beam analysis and separation of radioactive beams produced by projectile fragmentation. The A1200 begins the NSCL beamlines following the k1200 cyclotron, and hence can transport radioactive ions to any experimental device. The experimental program has concentrated in three areas; decay studies of implanted nuclei, the study of nuclear structure using reactions of radioactive ions, and use of radioactive ions to study nuclear reaction mechanisms. Selected items from this program, and the related experimental techniques, will be discussed.