The production and acceleration of radioactive beams using two cyclotrons coupled by an electron cyclotron resonance ion source is described. Pure beams of N-13(T1/2=9.96 m) and Ne-19(Tl 2=17 s) with an energy between 0.5 and 4.0 MeV/amu are obtained. The first experiments using these energetic radioactive beams are discussed and the ARENAS3 project is very briefly outlined.
Vanduppen, P., Decrock, P., Delbar, T., Duhamel, P., Gaelens, M., Galster, W., Huyse, M., Leleux, P., Licot, I., Lipnik, P., Lienard, E., Loiselet, M., Michotte, C., Ryckewaert, G., Vancraeynest, G., Vanhorenbeeck, J., & Vervier, J. (1993). Production and Use of Post-accelerated Radioactive Nuclear Beams. Nuclear Physics, Section A, 553, C837-C840. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(93)90707-5 (Original work published 1993)