The aim of the recoil separator ARES, installed at Louvain-la-Neuve, is to study (p,gamma) reactions of astrophysical interest involving unstable nuclei. ARES is coupled to CYCLONE44, a cyclotron dedicated to the post-acceleration of intense low-energy radioactive ion beams. The first measurement using a Ne-19 radioactive beam has been performed recently. The resonance strength of the state at 448 keV above the Ne-19+p threshold has been investigated and an upper limit omega gamma < 15.2 meV has been obtained. This first measurement with ARES has suggested some improvements to be performed to the separator, which are described in this paper.
Couder, M., Angulo, C., Casarejos, E., Demaret, P., Leleux, P., & Vanderbist, F. (2005). Study of the Ne-19(p,gamma)Na-20 reaction and subsequent improvements to ARES. Nuclear Physics, Section A, 758, 741C-744C. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.05.191 (Original work published 2005)