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The Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) is a proposed next-generation facility for the U.S. to provide high-intensity beams of nuclear species off the line of stability for basic and applied research. The concept of the RIA facility is outlined in the Grunder Report to NSAC in 1999. At this time, there are two main proposals for the facility: one from Argonne National Laboratory and the other from Michigan State University. A wide variety of radioactive ion beams have been proposed and their intensities can be found at their respective sites. The purpose of this workshop is to explore the potential applications of the RIA facility.
The RIA Applications Workshop 2000 is a follow-up to the RIA 2000 Workshop that was held at Durham, NC, on July 24-26, 2000. The Durham workshop discussed basic physics questions that RIA would address; the present workshop concentrates on the various applications of RIA.
The aim of this workshop is to produce a White Paper to delineate the Applied Science aspects of RIA. The workshop will be held on October 30 and 31, 2000, at the Lujan Center of the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center (LANSCE), Los Alamos National Laboratory. The organizers of this workshop are David Vieira (LANL) and Anna Hayes (LANL). An associated RIA Applications meeting will be held on November 8, 2000, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, with Dennis Slaughter (LLNL) and Lee Bernstein (LLNL) organizing.
The workshop is timed to precede the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry CAARI 2000 International Conference that will be held November 1-4 in Denton, Texas. The Livermore meeting will directly precede the DNP Town Meetings that are tentatively planned to be held at Oakland on November 9-12, 2000. There will be a working group on Applications of Nuclear Physics at the DNP Town Meetings. This will provide a time for additional discussions, and brief the wider community on the ideas that come out of this workshop. We will also be able to provide input into the Long Range Plan.
The Los Alamos workshop will cover four areas each of which will have a Working Group. Note that the discussions will focus on how basic research at RIA may contribute to research and development in each area. The Working Groups are (with convenors listed):
The plan for the workshop is similar to that of the Durham meeting with informal presentations, brainstorming discussions, reality checks, followed by a summary session. All sessions will be open.
The Livermore Meeting will further explore issues on SBSS, with Dennis Slaughter and Anna Hayes convenors.
Registration for the workshop is free. If you have any queries, please contact Robin Shaw, workshop secretary.
Robin Shaw