Proposed Upgrade Of The Nscl

The present nuclear physics program at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) is based on an ECR-ion-source-injected K1200 superconducting cyclotron. We propose to significantly increase the facility's output intensity for light ions and energy for heavy ions by coupling the existing superconducting K500 cyclotron's output to the K1200. The improved acceleration chain will consist of an ECR-ion-source injected K500 cyclotron to accelerate ions to /spl les/17 MeV/nucleon followed by radial, charge-stripping injection into the K1200 for final acceleration to 100-200 MeV/nucleon.