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High Energy Density Physics Studies at the Facility for Antiprotons and Ion Research: the HEDgeHOB Collaboration
Author(s) -
Tahir N.A.,
Shutov A.,
Lomonosov I.V.,
Piriz A.R.,
Redmer R.,
Stöhlker T.,
Geissel H.,
Deutsch C.,
Fortov V.E.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.201010117
Subject(s) - physics , antiproton , nuclear physics , separator (oil production) , ion beam , ion , beam (structure) , nuclear engineering , engineering physics , thermodynamics , engineering , quantum mechanics , proton , optics
Abstract The forthcoming F acility for A ntiprotons and I on R esearch (FAIR) at Darmstadt, is going to be a unique accelerator facility that will deliver high quality, strongly bunched, well focused, intense beams of heavy ions that will lead to unprecedented specific power deposition in solid matter. This will generate macroscopic samples of H igh E nergy D ensity (HED) matter with fairly uniform physical conditions. These samples can be used to study the thermophysical and transport properties of HED matter. Extensive theoretical work has been carried out over the past decade to design numerous dedicated experiments to study HED physics at the FAIR, which has provided the basis for the HEDgeHOB ( H igh E nergy D ensity Matter Ge nerated by H eavy I o n B eams) scientific proposal. This work is still in progress as the feasibility studies for more experimental schemes are being carried out. Another, very important research area that will benefit tremendously from the FAIR facility, is the production of radioactive beams. A superconducting fragment separator, Super–FRS is being designed for the production and separation of rare radioactive isotopes. Unlike the HED targets, the Super–FRS production target should not be destroyed or damaged by the beam, but should remain intact during the long experimental campaign. However, the high level of specific power deposited in the production target by the high intensity ion beam at FAIR, could cause serious problems to the target survival. These HED issues related to the Super–FRS production target are also discussed in the present paper (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)