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Vol. 15, No. 3, 2005, Nuclear Physics News 1 GNPN Contents.fm Page 2 Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:02 PM Nuclear Physics Volume 15/No. 3 News Contents Editorial............................................................................................................................................................. 00 Laboratory Portrait The Saclay Nuclear Physics Division by Nicolas Alamanos ..................................................................................................................................... 00 Feature Articles A Relativistic Symmetry in Nuclei by Joseph N. Ginocchio................................................................................................................................. 00 Exploding Stars, Neutrinos, and Nucleosynthesis by Gail McLaughlin....................................................................................................................................... 00 Facilities and Methods High-Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy at TRIUMF-ISAC by Greg Hackman.......................................................................................................................................... 00 Radioactive Ion Beam Facility in Brazil (RIBRAS) by R. Lichtenthäler, A. Lépine-Szily, V. Guimarães, and M.S. Hussein........................................................ 00 BEN@ECT*: The New 1Tflop/s Computing Facility at The European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas by Pierfrancesco Zuccato.............................................................................................................................. 00 Recent Achievements in Multinucleon Transfer Reaction Studies at LNL by Lorenzo Corradi and Giovanni Pollarolo................................................................................................................ 00 Meeting Reports Atomic Nuclei at the Extreme Values of Temperature, Spin, and Isospin, XXXIX Zakopane School of Physics, 31 August–5 September 2004, Zakopane, Poland by Angela Bracco ........................................................................................................................................................... 00 Symposium on “Atomic High-Precision Mass Spectrometry” by Klaus Blaum and Lutz Schweikhard Report on the 15th Panhellenic Symposium on Nuclear Physics by Georgios A. Lalazissis News and Views ................................................................................................................................................ 00 Calendar ............................................................................................................................................................ 00 1 Nuclear Physics News, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2005 GNPN_A_125368.fm Page 1 Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:43 AM editorial The need for Ion Accelerators in Non-Nuclear Physics Fields When ion implantation started to along the ion trajectory. There are no including commercial membrane pro- replace diffusion as a means for dop- other means by which similar high- duction and proton-therapy for eye ing semiconductors, the market leader energy densities can be placed that tumors. The versatility and the high- hesitated too long to install the new deep in the bulk of materials. The duty cycle of the ISL machine provide technology and was outrun by others. large ion range in combination with most suitable beam conditions for Admittedly, hardly anyone at that time the small track diameter of a few irradiation experiments in materials had envisioned the huge impact ion nanometers play a key role for science. The decision to shut down implantation would have on the semi- numerous applications. Research per- cannot be understood on the basis of conductor industry, finally becoming formed at large accelerator facilities, scientific arguments because a recent a key technology in complex produc- mainly in Europe but with increasing evaluation rated the performed tion lines. This success is directly intensity also in Japan, China, and research as excellent. linked to the comprehensive under- India, is significantly improving the Why is successful exploitation of standing of ion–matter interaction pro- understanding of basic electronic energetic ion beams with spin-off cesses achieved at accelerators provided excitation processes, track formation, applications in many disciplines not by the nuclear physics community. and ion-induced degradation, and the sufficient to justify the continued Theoretical models and simulation tailoring of materials properties. The operation of a dedicated facility? Can codes (such as TRIM) predicting the number of different topics addressed these activities only coexist with effect of elastic collision cascades is enormous, ranging from studies of nuclear physics? Even more impor- were indispensable for optimizing materials response to extreme radia- tant, what will happen if the perma- production performances and develop- tion conditions (reactor material, nent striving for higher energies in ing ion beam technology in the low- nuclear waste storage), dating of geo- nuclear and particle physics contin- energy regime (up to several hundred logical minerals, fabrication of nano- ues, resulting in shutting down more keV per nucleon). Many standard objects, simulation testing of cosmic and more smaller accelerators? How techniques, such as SIMS, PIXE, rays on electronic devices for space, can the ion-beam community respond RBS, ERDA, and AMS are nowadays to radiation effects on biological to additional tasks linked, for exam- in regular use, mainly for materials cells. Extensive basic research in this ple, to the future fusion reactor analysis, with the general trend to field has been essential for the devel- project, ITER, or to incineration and smaller beam dimensions including opment of hadron tumor-therapy, transmutation of reactor waste in focused ion beams for producing which is now emerging with several accelerator-driven reactor systems? nanostructures. dedicated facilities in the construc- At present, the beamtime schedule at The continuous drive of the tion or planning phase. large facilities is complex and usually nuclear physics community to higher Considering the broad potential of overbooked. Experimental access energies at larger accelerator facili- swift heavy ions, the closing of the ion involves slow proposal evaluation ties offered new possibilities for beam facility