D-TA05-3.1: During the reporting period, in total: 20 projects have been supported; 782 experimental days were provided; 141 users (94 individual users) had access to the LNL research infrastructures; 824 person-days were delivered.

D-TA05-4.1: The access report 2008 is part of the EURONS annual report 2008.

TA06 - Transnational Access to ECT*

D-TA06-1.1: The access report 2005 is part of the EURONS annual report 2005.

D-TA06-2.1: The access report 2006 is part of the EURONS annual report 2006.

D-TA06-3.1: The access report 2007 is part of the EURONS annual report 2007.

D-TA06-4.1: The access report 2008 is part of the EURONS annual report 2008.

TA07 - Transnational Access to RUG-KVI

D-TA07-1.1: The access report 2005 is part of the EURONS annual report 2005.

D-TA07-2.1: The access report 2006 is part of the EURONS annual report 2006.

D-TA07-3.1: The access report 2007 is part of the EURONS annual report 2007.

D-TA07-4.1: The access report 2008 is part of the EURONS annual report 2008.

TA08 - Transnational Access to CERN-ISOLDE

D-TA08-1.1: The access report 2005 is part of the EURONS annual report 2005.

D-TA08-2.1: The access report 2006 is part of the EURONS annual report 2006.

D-TA08-3.1: The access report 2007 is part of the EURONS annual report 2007.

D-TA08-4.1: The access report 2008 is part of the EURONS annual report 2008.

Joint Research Activities

JRA01 - ACTAR

D-J01-1.1: Subtask 1.1 The ACTAR Yellow book has been completed and edited December 2005. It contains a detailed description of the physics case for ACTAR ranging from reaction-type experiments to studies related to two-proton radioactivity. It also gives a detailed account of the experimental requirements needed in order to reach the physics goals. These requirements translated then into the equipment specifications for the future ACTAR setup.
Subtask 1.2 We have developed a versatile simulation code of an ACtive TARget (ACTARSim). The code is very useful in the design phase of these kind of devices allowing to determine the adequate setup to obtain an optimized response under a variety of reactions and energies of interest. It should also serve as general purpose simulation and analysis platform. The code is available at http://www.usc.es/genp/actar together with a Users manual.

D-J01-2.1: Subtask 2.1 An extensive and systetnatic study of energy loss of ions in gas has been performed. Ions range from Lead to Carbon, and gases from hydrogen to xenon. The ionisation capabilities of the different gases have been demonstrated. A systematic comparison of he measured and the estimated ion ranges show an overall good agreement between experiment and theory, with important deviations in the case of the lighted gases (hydrogen, deuterium and helium). This result has important impact on the capabilities of ion identification in active target filled with light gases. Additional tests on ionisation and amplification of different He and Butane gas mixture have been performed.
Subtask 2.2 Three possibilities have been investigated for the read-out chamber: amplification wires with the MAYA device. GEMS with the Bordeaux TPC, and MICROMEGAS with a module constructed for the tests. The results of the first 2 solutions are included in reviewed articles, published in Nuclear lnstruments and Methods (NIMA 583 (2007) 341 and NlMB 266(2008) 4606). The results obtained with GEMS are also given in Report-D-J01-2.1-part2.1. Those with MICROMEGAS are detailed in Report-D-J01-2.1Part2.2.
Subtask 2.3 The different possible magtnetic configurations have been investigated and compared. The results are presented in report-D-J01-2.1-part3. Essentially two solutions for detector geometries have bean retained: eiher a cubic geometry without magnetic field or cylindral geometry with axial electric and magnetic fields. The cubic geometry with magnetic field was excluded because of difficulties due to bending of the beam. The last geometry considered within the collaboration was the cylindrical geometry with radical electric field (no magnetic field) like in the TACTIC active target. This geometry may also be of interest for some specific cases.

D-J01-3.1: A study was conducted to build an electronic system consistent with the ACTAR physics and instrumentation requirements. Given the different experimental methods a generic approach was developed and consistent with nuclear physics specifications. This final report describes the R&D program that will build the front end electronics and data acquisition system. The study included a methodology to be adopted to reach the goal with time-lines, description of the elements to be developed and deliverables. Also included are the procedures necessary to test the design by experiment.

D-J01-4.1: The active target detector will sample many points along the trajectories of particles traversing the detector, several of which may exist simultaneously inside the active volume. In order to reconstruct these trajectories from the sampled points we have developed advanced algorithms. The track recognition techniques are based on the determination of the twodimensional projection of the track on the segmented cathode plane using global fitting techniques from where the reaction vertex can be extracted. Reconstruction of the reaction plane to get the third dimension is obtained from the sampled time signal on the pads. If particles stop inside the active volume, their energy are derived from the range measurements. The algorithms have been successfully tested on the 2-neutron transfer reaction from 11Li on a proton target performed with the MAYA test module. A position resolution of the order of 1mm. was achieved. Angular distribution have been extracted for the 11LI(p,t)9Li reaction with 0.5 degree angular resolution (I. Tanihata et al., Phys. Rev. Lett 100, 192502(2008)).

JRA02 - AGATA

D-J02-1.1: The full AGATA prototype system has been delivered and assembled at the Legnaro National Laboratory. It is currently undergoing a detailed test procedure.

D-J02-1.2: All elements of the full AGATA prototype system (D-J02-1.1) - consisting of one AGATA triple module (D-J02-2.1), the prototype pre-processing electronics (D-J02-3.1), the data acquisition system (D-J02-3.1) including the necessary software for pulse-shape analysis and gamma-ray tracking as well as data analysis routines - have been commissioned individually and as a full system at the Legnaro National Laboratory, Italy. The present document describes the properties of all individual sub-systems, the installation at Legnaro National Laboratory (Italy) and summarises the findings of the commissioning.

D-J02-2.1: The prototype AGATA triple cluster detector ATC was successfully assembled and tested at Institut of Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne.

D-J02-2.2: The prototype AGATA triple cluster detector (ATC) was successfully assembled and tested at Institut of Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne. This report contains a full description of the individual elements of the ATC detector and the results of the commissioning of the full system. The principal results are as follows: The values of the AGATA specifications for single crystals are reproduced within the ATC configuration. The energy resolution values are measured to be equal and for most of the segment signals better than the specifications. The cross talk measurements yielded a very low cross talk level of less then one per mill between signals of the same crystal and no measurable cross talk between different crystals.

D-J02-3.1: The following prototypes for the local level processing electronics have been developed and constructed (lead contractor is given in brackets):
i) the digitiser module (IN2P3-IReS)
ii) the pre-processing ATCA carrier card (IN2P3-IPNO)
iii) the pre-processing mezzanine cards (IN2P3-CSNSM)
Prototype modules exist in all cases and are currently undergoing a detailed test procedure.

D-J02-3.2: Prototypes for the complete local level processing electronics of AGATA have been developed, constructed and commissioned (lead contractor is given in brackets)
i) the digitiser module (IN2P3-IReS)
ii) the pre-processing ATCA carrier card (IN2P3-IPNO)
iii) the pre-processing mezzanine cards (IN2P3-CSNSM)
This report contains a description of the individual elements of the local level processing electronics and the results of the commissioning of the full system as well as an evaluation of the pulse-shape analysis routines developed for the AGATA detectors through an in-beam experiment performed with the first AGATA triple cluster detector.

D-J02-4.1: The following prototypes for the data acquisition system have been developed and constructed (lead contractor is given in brackets):
1) the Global Trigger and Synchronization (GTS) mezzanine card (INFN-Padua),
2) the AGATA ancillary detector interface card (U. Warsaw). Prototypes of both modules exist and are currently undergoing a detailed test procedure.

D-J02-4.2: The global level processing system of AGATA has been developed, constructed and commissioned (lead contractor is given in brackets)
i) the Global Trigger and Synchronization (GTS) mezzanine card (INFN-Padua),
ii) the NARVAL based data acquisition system,
iii) the AGATA ancillary detector interface card (U. Warsaw).
This report contains a description of the individual elements of the global level processing electronics and the results of the commissioning of the full system as well as an evaluation of the gamma-ray tracking algorithms developed for the AGATA project.

D-J02-5.1: This report contains a description of the following tasks:
1. Conceptual design and performance, with results of the GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulation for determination of the final geometry of AGATA
2. Key experiments and simulations of selected experiments
3. Impact of ancillary detectors on AGATA performance
4. Data bases for storage of event data
5. Specific data analysis routines for gamma-ray spectroscopy

JRA03 - Charge Breeding

D-J03-1.1 und 3.1: The possibility to enhance a certain state by adjustment of the electron beam energy below the ionization energy threshold at an atomic shell transition was investigated. A simulation code (CBSIM) for successive ionization of ions in EBIS including radiative recombination written by R. Becker and T. Stöhlker has been used for comparison to measurements. Enhancement of abundance in one charge state could only be seen in case of gas injection at MAXEBIS and with the SPARC-EBIT. Systematic investigations with REXEBIS have been performed reaching up tp 35% abundance in one charge state.

D-J03-1.2: New geometries of the electron gun for REX-EBIS have been studied using different electron beam codes, either to improve the electron optical beam quality or to increase the current and current density. A new electron gun has been constructed and mounted on REX-EBIS, using a segmented anode configuration (anode and post-anode). Performance tests of this gun have been carried out. A concept design of a high current and high current density gun using combined electrostatic and magnetic compression has been performed. Further operational optimization of the old electron gun has resulted in a record electron current for the REX-EBIS of 460 mA.

D-J03-2.1: A comprehensive list of dielectronic resonances for 37 elements has been compiled based on advanced calculations carried out at the MPI für Kernphysik in Heidelberg. The tables contain essential dielectronic resonances with potential use for narrowing the charge state distribution in experiments utilizing monoenergetic electron beams for charge breeding purposes. Data comprise excitation energies, widths and resonance strengths for ions in the He, Li, Be, B, C, N and O isoelectronic sequences of the elements. Typical uncertainties are on the order of 10 eV for the excitation energies. Excellent agreement with similarly accurate experimental values obtained in our laboratory has been found.

D-J03-3.3: The Frankfurt MAXEBIS has been re-assembled at GSI including new support structures and a new media supply infrastructure. The test bench consists on the MAXEBIS, a TOF-spectrometer, a multi-passage spectrometer, which can be used as a switch yard, and a surface ionizer, which supplies singly charged alkaline ions. Two diagnostic boxes from GSI have been included in the setup. The vacuum system has been refurbished and is operational. First tests of the MAXEBIS cryostat, of the SC solenoid and of the electron gun have been performed successfully.

D-J03-4.1: The charge breeding efficiency yield, the response time of the process and the beam optics have been measured for different charge breeder parameters. The development of the emittancemeters, the mechanical changes of the charge breeder are presented. The buffer gas change permits to observe a slight cooling effect, the use of higher ECR frequencies increase the efficiency and allow higher power injection, but the charge breeding time remains unchanged.

D-J03-5.1: The work has demonstrated that isobarically pure beams can be delivered to the experiment by making use of molecular sideband beam break-up in either of the charge breeders (EBIS or ECRIS). The operation of the REX penning trap in high-resolving mode with a mass resolution in excess of 3E4 has been proven. The proof-of-principle for the in-trap decay method was shown at REX, thereby several previously in-accessible beams can be delivered, in addition to pure beams with a higher yield. A design of a separator for suppression of background beam from the ECRIS charge breeder was done as well.

JRA04 - DLEP

D-J04-1: Two different approaches have been adopted in order to improve upon the low energy cut-off threshold and the mass separation. The first solution has been to reduce the dead-layer of the segmented detector. Secondly, to use monolithic Silicon implantation devices to build a detector telescope able to separate particles of different masses at very low energies. The thin window detectors have now been used in several experiments and a noticeable improvement on the obtained data can be seen, especially in the work dealing with the break-up of ¹²C to three alpha particles. A design (DLEP-64) was made where 64 monolithic devices were placed onto a 5x5 cm² surface. The detector was successfully tested on-line with ⁹Li beam.

D-J04-2: A compact and high quality multiplexed readout system has been developed and made commercially available. The system is composed of 16ch preamplifier, amplifier, timing and discriminator boards MTM-16, coupled via a 20 line twisted pair cable to a single width VME sequencer MDI-2. A total capacity of 512 channels in one VME module. The DLEP-64 (Task T-J04-1: Development of new designed charge particle detector) together with the associated electronics was tested in an experiment studying charged particles from the beta-decay of ¹¹Li late 2007 with the aim to separate alpha particles from ⁶He and if possible deuterons from tritons, the data is still being analyzed, part of the results were presented at ENAM2008.

D-J04-3: The experimental pulse shapes analysed were recorded initially at CMAM in Madrid in offline experiments with standard sources, but stem for the main part from on-line data taking at the 3 MV tandem accelerator at Centre Nacional de Acceleradores in Sevilla. A neural network analysis achieved 85% separation and may still be developed further. A second approach using wavelet analysis achieved very convincing separation between the ions used; ⁴He, ⁶Li, ⁷Li.

D-J04-4: At the IGISOL Jyväskylä facility a strong ⁸B beam was developed for experiment of Astro Physical interest. The required ⁸B activity was produced by bombarding a 1.9 mg/cm² LiF target with 14 MeV ³He-beam from K-130 cyclotron. The activity was turned into a high quality ⁸B beam by using IGISOL (Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line) technique. The developed beam could be used in an On-line experiment in January 2008. Profiting from our R&D, the new detectors and electronics was used in the setup, and we managed to extend the alpha spectrum further down in the energy.

JRA05 - EXL

D-J05-1: This report is intended to describe in some details the experimental setup for the measurements in the ring environment. The report outlines globally how the general setup should look and what has been achieved theoretically and experimentally in the first year of the present research.

D-J05-2: The EXL Joint Research Activity aims at light hadron scattering as a tool for nuclear structure investigations that yet await full implementation in case of secondary beams of unstable exotic nuclei. The main EXL objective is to capitalize on hadron scattering in inverse kinematics by using novel storage-ring techniques. This deliverable which was due in month 36 was delayed due to late start of various parts of the project. As a result, this initially planned internal deliverable has in fact become identical to the final report (D-J05-3).

D-J05-3: The EXL Joint Research Activity aims at light hadron scattering as a tool for nuclear structure investigations that yet await full implementation in case of secondary beams of unstable exotic nuclei. The main EXL objective is to capitalize on hadron scattering in inverse kinematics by using novel storage-ring techniques.

JRA06 - INTAG

D-J06-1.1: Report on task T-J06-1 (Improvement of RDT method)

D-J06-2.1: Report on task T-J06-2 (Application of tagging method to ISOL beams)

D-J06-3.1: Report on task T-J06-3 (Application of tagging method to in-flight separated beams)

D-J06-4.1: Report on task T-J06-4 (Z,A-identification for medium-mass and heavy nuclei)

JRA07 - ISIBHI

D-J07-1a: This report is intended to describe in some details the conceptual design of the MS-ECRIS source and its transfer to the industrial design. The report outlines the main technical solutions for the optimization of magnetic system and stand-alone cryostat along with the design of an adequate plasma chamber, including the implementation of reliable microwave injection, the oven for the production of metallic ions and on the other side a complex extraction system, able to withstand high current of highly charged ions.

D-J07-1b: The magnetic design of the A-PHOENIX ion source, made in 2005, is presented. The mechanical design achieved in spring 2006 is shortly described. A status of the A-PHOENIX construction is presented, showing the work effort done at LPSC in 2006. The A-PHOENIX construction may end in early spring 2007.

D-J07-2a: This report describes the construction and building of the magnet system and the corresponding cryostat of MS-ECRIS following the results of the conceptual studies and the industrial design. The solution of problems in the production process of the hexapole coils and necessary mechanical upgrades are explained. Furthermore the construction and realization of the further components of the ion source and the infrastructure required for its completion and functionality are outlined.

D-J07-2b: The construction of the A-PHOENIX ECR Ion source is reported.

D-J07-3a: This report describes the commissioning of some important components of the MS-ECRIS source and the outline of their performances. Being the magnetic system unable to reach the design values, the tests with the plasma could not be carried out. Some other experiments have been done with different devices in the frame of ISIBHI collaboration network and they will be here reported, as they will be relevant when the MS-ECRIS magnets will be operating.

D-J07-3b: After the successful assembly of A-PHOENIX ion source at LPSC, R&D tests started in October 2007. The commissioning of the source at 18 GHz frequency appeared to be difficult. The ionic current intensity extracted was only 20% of expectations. R&D investigation was made to try to understand the origin of the difficulties. Modification of the microwave coupling helped a lot to improve performance to 65% of expectation but things then stay blocked. Elimination of possible causes enabled to find that finally, some little magnets having being demagnetized after an interlock failure at the early commissioning phase was the origin of the trouble. New magnets were ordered and hexapole repair is programmed for december 2008. Unfortunately new tests with repaired hexapole cannot be reported before the end of the contract.

D-J07-4: This report is intended to describe in some details the design, construction and operation of a pepperpot emittance meter. This instrument can measure the full 4D transversal phase-space distribution of lowenergy heavy-ion beams. Comparison with emittance measurements performed with an Allison scanner shows good agreement. In addition the pepperpot device also allows to measure phase-space correlations between the transversal planes.

D-J07-5: In this report the work performed for the production of metal ion beams is described. During the project two different kinds of evaporation ovens were successfully developed to make the evaporation of metals at temperature of about 2000˚C possible. This work increases the variety of metal ion beams available for the nuclear physics program in partner laboratories of EURONS. Additionally, the MIVOC technique was studied in order to improve the ionization efficiency and to minimize the carbon contamination. As a result of the work the carbon contamination can be decreased by an order of magnitude with careful ion source tuning without compromising the intensity of highly charged ions.

D-J07-a: This final report describe the MS-ECRIS prototype of the JRA-07-ISIBHI. The key elements of the design will be described and the innovative solutions will be outlined along with the benefits that EU may have in the coming years.

D-J07-b: This document presents the progress of the A-PHOENIX prototyping performed during the contract. The design of A-phoenix is recalled, steps of construction are shown. The status of the commissioning at 18 GHz is presented. The research activity directed by NIPNE on the effect of metallic dielectric structures on ECR plasma is also proposed in the document.

JRA08 - LASER

D-J08-1.1: This report summarizes the work performed under:
Task T-J08-1 "Development of a new laser system for RILIS"
Subtask T-J08-1.1: Construction of a prototype solid state laser system
Subtask T-J08-1.2: Implementation, testing and comparing at ISOL systems

D-J08-2.1: This report summarizes the work performed under:
Task T-J08-2: "New Laser Ionization Schemes and new Beams"
Subtask T-J08-2.1: New laser ionisation schemes
Subtask T-J08-2.2: Experiments with the new beams

D-J08-3.1: This report summarizes the work performed under:
Task T-J08-3: "Prototype LIST system"
Subtask T-J08-3.1: Design, development and construction of off-line LIST
Subtask T-J08-3.2: Advice for the design of on-line LIST

D-J08-4.1: This report summarizes the work performed under:
Task T-J08-4: "Improve selectivity of RILIS: reduction of surface ionization"

D-J08-5.1: This report summarizes the work performed under:
Task T-J08-5: "Implementation of electrical fields in the gas cell concept"

D-J08-6.1: This report summarizes the work performed under:
Task T-J08-6: "Feasability study to polarize exotic nuclei with lasers"

JRA09 - RHIB

D-J09-1.1: High-resolution tracking diamond detectors and their specific readout electronics have been developed, tested and implemented to the experimental setup at GSI cave-C.

D-J09-2.1: The development and successful implementation of high-resolution tracking silicon detectors has been achieved. The energy deposition in these detectors by high-energy proton, ¹²C, and ²⁰Ne beams has been studied in detail. A position resolution for ions well below the detector pitch could be demonstrated. First scientific results have been obtained with the help of these detectors.

D-J09-3.1: Performing spallation studies as well as heavy-ion collision studies in coincidence & inverse kinematics requires the design & construction of a new multi-track detector adapted to the larger aperture of the future R³B – GLAD superconducting magnet under construction at CEA-Saclay for the R3B collaboration. The work package T-J09-3 had in charge, during the EURONS/RHIB program, to perform the study of such a new detector. The last deliverable for this task, i.e. the final report, is presented here.

D-J09-4.1: The RPC concept for the detector dedicated to high-resolution velocity measures for fat ions was estudied in detail with prototypes. Realistic-length and also short prototype models were routinely constructed and tested with cosmic rays, for tests of materials and front-end-electronics developments. Beam tests at GSI with fast ions and these models allowed to confirm the adequancy of the RPC design and electronics for heavy ions. The achievements in efficiency and time resolution are according the expected progress of our R&D program.

D-J09-5.1: Several pilot experiments have been carried out in order to investigate the potential of performing quasi-free scattering experiments in inverse kinematics at relativistic energies. New detection schemes have been implemented and tested. Simulations and prototype-tests have been carried out towards the design of a calorimeter capable to measure high-energy protons in quasi-free scattering events.

D-J09-6.1: Ion-optical design studies as well as Monte-Carlo simulations of the new FRS branch connecting the FRS with the LAND-R³B setup in Cave C were performed. The rearrangement of optical elements was done under the supervision of this task. The new branch was successfully commissioned and optimized during several beam times.

D-J09-7.1: This report summarizes work performed under the EURONS-RHIB initiative. It focuses on the development of low-mass tracking detectors based on micro-channel plate counters and an extremely low-mass density conversion foil used for secondary electron production. The milestones of prototype detector design and manufacturing and comprehensive tests of the detector using heavy-ion beams at the FZD Tandem accelerator have been reached. An improved detector is ready and has been tested. The results are published in an regular article in Nucl. Instr. And Meth. A (copy attached).

JRA10 - SAFERIB

D-J10-1: I. Characterization of a hot open fission source A target-ion source system for thermal-neutron induced fission of ²³⁵U was developed and characterized. The design parameters are described and the material choice is motivated in view of thermal and activation properties. A detailed description of the source design is given. Prototype tests are described.
II. Secondary radiation and activiation by fast heavy-ion beams in thick targets A bulk shielding for the target area and the preseparator area of the planned fragment separator Super-FRS at FAIR has been designed by means of the Monte-Carlo code FLUKA. Prompt and residual dose rate scenarios have been calculated for various separation conditions and for hands-on maintenance during the shut down peroids. Both, the dose rate and the activation prediction of FLUKA have been validated by experiments.

D-J10-2: After validation of a Monte-Carlo Code for the production of spallation- and fission products (M-J10-2.1), calculated radionuclide inventories were used to predict the level of radioactive waste, the shielding of hot-cells and the environmental impact of releases from ISOLDE targets (M-J10-2.2). Soil and groundwater on high power particle accelerator sites are activated by neutrons. Results on modelling of the activity transport with ground water to the site boundary are presented . A generalized model is available allowing to estimate ground water activation as result of the transport with groundwater flow, interaction with soil and nuclear decay. Relevant nuclides are identified. Estimates on activation of soil and groundwater and on partition coefficients between soil and groundwater were generated (M-J10-2.3). A concept to confine volatile radioactivity from a fission-based RIB facility pumped by the vacuum system has been developed. It allows for safe handling as well as controlled release after temporary storage in decay tanks (M-J10-2.4).

D-J10-3: A technical concept has been defined to confine volatile radioactivity originating froma fission target/ion source unit. In order to prevent unwanted gaseous radioactivity to migrate into the beamline and vacuum system, the activity will be localized on the cold surface of a cryotrap close to the fission source. Benchmarking of a simulation code has been performed, prototype component tests have been performed on a cryogenic testbench and a calculation tool has been developed for the assessment of the accommodation coefficient. Thus a concept has been developed that will allow to localize non-ionised gaseous radioactivity with an efficiency of 99.9%.

D-J10-4: ISOL-based RIB facilities require a regular change of production targets that are usually highly radioactive. Direct access for maintenance personnel is prohibited, so remote-controlled mechanical solutions have to be developed. The identification of radiation-durable mechanical and electronic components, the mechanical design of the plug for the target system and the definition of the technical concept for the remote handling system of the SPES facility at LNL is presented in this report.

JRA11 - TRAPSPEC

D-J11-1.1: We performed different calculations and simulations that are necessary for optimal experimental development and data analysis in the aSPECT experiment. The calculations included
i) electromagnetic computations for optimized electrode and coil design, design of magnetic shielding, etc.,
ii) trajectory calculations of charged particles in electromagnetic fields,
iii) scattering calculations of charged particles with gas molecules/atoms and with solid materials,
iv) calculations for understanding the background processes of trapped particles, and
v) calculations for better understanding various systematic effects.

D-J11-2.1: The low energy beam line LlRAT at SPIRAL was commissioned with radioactive beams in 2005. The LPCTrap installation, which includes an RFQ cooler and buncher for the manipulation of the low energy beam was since then commissioned, tested and exploited, just in the period of the present project. Three measurements with 6 He were performed, with first the demonstration of the proof of principle in 2005, then the accumulation of a first data sample in 2006 and then a full run in 2008. The device was completed, optimized and brought to full operation and is now open to the community.

D-J11-3.1: A basic concept of a Penning trap where the ring electrode consists out of semiconductor detectors was developed. Simulatlons of the trapping fields for different simple electrode geometries that can be realized using commercially available detectors were performed. A cryogenic double Penning trap system has been successfully commissioned. In particular, a new concept for a pumping barrier that works reliably at the low temperatures was developed and tested successfully.

D-J11-4.1: The first main project in this activity was the design and the implementation of a new ion detector with a three times larger detection efficiency. The new detector setup was installed and tested in 2005 and since then it has been used for precision mass measurements of short-lived nuclides at ISOLDE/CERN. The second project covered the work on the storage and precision mass measurement of daughter nuclide ions after in-trap decay at ISOLTRAP. The method has been successfully tested for the decay of ³⁷K into ³⁷Ar and was applied for the decay of ^61-43Mn isotopes into ^61-63Fe, which are not delivered by ISOLDE.

D-J11-5.1: This report summarizes the work done in JYFLTRAP in the following themes:
Subtask T-J11-5.1: Data acquisition systems have been accomplished
Subtask T-J11-5.2: A modified trap structure has been tested on-line
Subtask T-J11-5.3: Further studies on multiply-charged ions has been postponed
Subtask T-Jll-5.4: JYFLTRAP has been commissioned for precision studies, new schemes have been.developed and plenty of on-line data has been obtained.

D-J11-6.1: A prototype ultra-thin multi-wire drift chamber (MWDC) for detection of low-energy electrons (e.g. from betadecays) has been constructed and tested. It operates with helium/isobutene gas mixture (10-30% isobutene admixture) at 100-1000 rnbar pressure and reaches the spatial resolution better than 500 um and efficiency higher than 95%. MWDC is equipped with a dedicated readout electronic board utilizing the state-of-the-art TDC and data processing with FPGA chips. It passed successfully various performance tests and is going to be applied in a precision betadecay experiment at KULeuven.

D-J11-7.1: New detector set-ups for the WITCH set-up at ISOLDE-CERN were developed and tested: - micro-channel plate detectors were successfully tested and used in magnetic fields up to 1.4 T and Si p-l-n diodes in magnetic fields up to 11 T, with good performance; - a Si p-l-n diode based set-up for normalization purposes was developed; - the use of Si p-l-n diodes for in-trap spectroscopy was investigated, making use of extensive Geant-based simulations and comparing these to experimental data taken in well-controlled conditions. This has lead to a, by now operational, detector set-up and new physics results.

D-J11-8.1: We developed a retardation spectrometer for protons in neutron decay. In a test beam time we gave a proof of principle, but background instabilities were serious enough to prevent us from presenting a new value for the correlation coefficient a. Several approaches to an optimization of the spectrometer have been realized. Major improvements are
i) the usage of a different detector type at significantly reduced detector HV,
ii) the improvement of the UHV conditions, and
iii) the redesign of parts of the electrodes system. In a recent beam time we demonstrated that we are able to perform a high precision measurement of a.

Network Activities

N01 - MANET

D-N01-1.1: The consortium agreement of I3 – EURONS has been signed and put into force by the first 5 signatures of contractors in May 2005, see EURONS Consortium Agreement under http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2005-Sep-79-1.doc and signature pages under http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2005-Sep-86-1.pdf.

D-N01-2.1: The first meeting of the General Assembly of EURONS has taken place 29 September 2005 in Bordeaux, France. The minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2005-Dec-2-1.doc.

D-N01-2.2: The physical GA meeting 2006 was not required as there were neither any changes in the financial plan of EURONS nor urgent matters to be discussed with the complete GA community. The GA Chairman of EURONS Rauno Julin supported this. See also e-mails from 13. October 2006, attached to this Deliverable report.

D-N01-2.3: Two meetings of the General Assembly of EURONS have taken place in 2007: 19 March 2007 in Frankfurt, Germany. The minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2007-May-5-1.doc 20th September 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. The minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2007-Oct-123-1.doc.

D-N01-2.4: Two meetings of the General Assembly of EURONS have taken place in 2008: April 4th, 2008 in Vienna, Austria. Minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2008-Apr-7-7.doc September 19th, 2008 in Rhodes, Greece. Minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2008-Oct-135-1.doc.

D-N01-3.1: The activity coordinators were "de-facto" confirmed by their presence during the first EURONS Project Coordination Committee meeting at 08/09 February 2005 in Funchal, Madeira, Spain. The minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2005-Mar-153-1.doc.

D-N01-4.1: The first meeting of the EURONS Project Coordination Committee was held at 08/09 February 2005 in Funchal, Madeira, Spain. The minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2005-Mar-153-1.doc.

D-N01-4.2: The EURONS Executive Board was elected during the first EURONS Project Coordination Committee meeting at 08/09 February 2005 in Funchal, Madeira, Spain. Its members are: Peter Butler, Piet Van Duppen, Klaus-Dieter Gross, Sotirios Harissopulos, Rauno Julin, Silvia Lenzi. The minutes of the meeting can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2005-Mar-153-1.doc.

D-N01-4.3: The second meeting of the EURONS Project Coordination Committee was held at 29./30. September 2005 in Bordeaux, France. Details can be found here, the meeting schedule is found here, the minutes are available from the document server at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2005-Dec-1-1.doc.

D-N01-4.4: The first meeting of the EURONS Project Coordination Committee in 2006 was held at 06/07 April in Mainz, Germany. The minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2006-May-69-1.doc.

D-N01-4.5: Thesecond meeting of the EURONS Project Coordination Committee in 2006 was held at 11/12 December in Groningen, The Netherlands. The minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2007-Jan-6-1.doc.

D-N01-4.6: The first meeting of the EURONS Project Coordination Committee in 2007 was held 19 March 2007 in Frankfurt, Germany. The minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2007-May-5-1.doc.

D-N01-4.7: The second meeting of the EURONS Project Coordination Committee in 2007 was held 20 September 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. The minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2007-Oct-123-1.doc.

D-N01-4.8: The first meeting of the EURONS Project Coordination Committee was held on April 4th, 2008 in Vienna, Austria. The minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2008-Apr-7-7.doc.

D-N01-4.9: The second meeting of the EURONS Project Coordination Committee was held on September 19th, 2008 in Rhodes, Greece. The minutes can be found at http://www.gsi.de/documents/DOC-2008-Oct-135-1.doc.

D-N01-5.1: The EURONS Activity Steering Committees were established during the first 7 months of the project. A list can be found in the following report.

D-N01-6.1: Draft version of plan for dissemination of knowledge

D-N01-6.2: The dissemination plan ensures that the results of the EURONS project are broadcasted to a large audience, ultimately on a worldwide scale. This will be achieved by means of web sites, publications and reports, presentations at selected events and meetings, and by dedicated networking activities.

D-N01-7.1: Draft version of plan for raising public awareness

D-N01-7.2: Three target groups for raising the public awareness of EURONS activities and results have been identified (pupils, students of physics and neighbouring disciplines, and the layman). Various actions have been developed and pursued: dissemination of EURONS results at meetings, web sites, open-house days of the facilities, press releases, and others.

D-N01-8.1: The report on the mid-term status and results of the EURONS project was postponed to February 2007 after consultation with the EC Scientific Officer Dr Kurrer. It will be delivered together with the second annual report.

D-N01-8.2: The report on the final status and results of the EURONS project is provided in the Activity Report as section 1.1.

D-N01-9.1: Delivered February 12th 2006 to EC, EC reception acknowledged February 16th 2006, acceptance of the report (orally) by scientific officer October 26th 2006

D-N01-9.2: Delivered February 12th 2007 to EC.

D-N01-9.2: Delivered February 12th 2007 to EC, acceptance of the report (orally) by scientific officer September 19th 2007.

D-N01-9.4: Delivered March 31st 2009 to EC.

D-N01-10.1: As stated in Annex I, the deliverable no. D-N01-10.1 is only a provisional deliverable. It has been cancelled, since the European Science Week 2005 has not been attended by one of the MANET members.

D-N01-10.2: The original idea to attend the European Science Week in 2006 could not be realised due to missing possibilities to apply to this event (see also Science Week website http://cordis.europa.eu/scienceweek/act_bepart.htm).

N02 - CARINA

D-N02-1.1/1.2: The CARINA webpage was launched in January 2005. The address is: http://www.cyc.ucl.ac.be/CARINA. Four working groups, each coordinated by two members of the nuclear(astro) physics community, have been established. They have the explicit role of:
(i) informing the CARINA members of the different activities in their specific area in Europe,
(ii) serving as a link between CARINA and the EURONS community,
(iii) coordinating initiatives related to their area within CARINA, and
(iv) assisting the CARINA coordinator (reports, proposals, common initiatives, webpage...).
The members of the EURONS community interested on the CARINA activities should contact the coordinators of their specific area.

D-N02-2.1: The First CARINA workshop was held in June 2005. Participants: 39 nuclear physicists, astrophysicists and observers. The workshop included review talks and round table discussions for each of the four CARINA working group. The CARINA steering committee was elected during the workshop. A first report including a preliminary assessment of the many open questions in nuclear astrophysics has been delivered. It includes a short review of nuclear reactions important in H- and He burning, and nova and X-ray outbursts. A first mapping of laboratories and groups dedicated to nuclear astrophysics studies has also been included.

D-N02-2.1: As planned, the second CARINA workshop on “Frontier Research in European Nuclear Astrophysics” place at the hotel resort SolCress in Spaloumont, Spa, Belgium on April 25 to April 29, 2007. The goal of the workshop was twofold:
(i) presentation of recent results and perspectives in nuclear physics experiments of astrophysical interest, as well as their theoretical background (astrophysics) and interpretation (nuclear models),
(ii) discussion of new projects suitable for support under the forthcoming framework programme (FP7).
A total of 37 nuclear physicists, astrophysicists from 13 EC and Associated States countries participated in this workshop that was the seed of new nuclear astrophysics projects to be presented in the next bid of EURONS in FP7.

D-N02-2.2: Two meetings of the steering committee (SC) and the working group conveners (WGC) have been held in 2006. The first, as planned, in June 2006 at CERN during the Nuclei in the Cosmos conference (NIC-IX). A second meeting was held in November 2006 during a workshop attended by several of the SC and WG members, as well as by some CARINA participants. Following these meetings, several decisions have been made and actions have been undertaken. Among these decisions is the date and venue of the Second CARINA workshop, to be held in Spa, Belgium, in April 2007.

D-N02-3.2: The report is about the meetings of the Steering Committee (SC) and the Working Group Conveners (WGC). Additionally, the outcome of the visits or meetings with the collaborating organizations EURISOL, ECOS, and JINA is presented.

N03 - GAMMAPOOL

D-N03-1.1.1: A web page was created which contains all the information for the users and participants. The website is http://gammapool.lnl.infn.it.

D-N03-1.1.2: The Steering Committee elected Silvia M. Lenzi (INFN-Padova) Chair and Benoit Gall (IN2P3-Ires) Vice-chair, for a period of 2 years, in the meeting at Legnaro (Italy) on April 22nd 2005. The composition of the Steering Committee can be found at: http://gammapool.lnl.infn.it.

D-N03-2.1: The evaluation of the year 2005 of the proposals for new campaigns or for the prolongation of the campaigns has been performed and the corresponding equipment has been allocated.

D-N03-2.2: The evaluation of the year 2006 of the proposals for new campaigns or for the prolongation of the campaigns has been performed and the corresponding equipment has been allocated.

D-N03-2.3: A total of 12 new and/or prolongation proposals were received and two letters of intent. The Steering Committee met at Paris/Saclay in October 22, 2007, evaluated the proposals and allocated the equipment. To consider the allocation of some detectors during 2008, a refinement of the two letters of intent was asked for November 30. These proposals were evaluated and discussed during a telephone meeting on December 14.

D-N03-2.5: The MoU of the different campaigns have been signed. The corresponding files can be found in the Gammapool management website is http://gammapool.lnl.infn.it/mng (username: lenzi, password: padova).

D-N03-2.5.3: The Memorandum of understanding and/or Letter of agreement of the different campaigns have been signed. The corresponding files can be found in the Gammapool management website is http://gammapool.lnl.infn.it/mng (username: lenzi, password: padova). In particular, a LoA was signed with the Gerda collaboration for the loan of one Cluster capsule and a new MoU with U-Liverpool for the loan of the BGO detectors.

D-N03-3.1: The Gammapool Workshop has been organized at the ECT* in Trento on May 8-12. The corresponding website is http://gammapool.lnl.infn.it/ECT2006.

D-N03-3.1.2: The second Gammapool Workshop has been organized at the INFN-Padova on May 10-11, 2007. The corresponding website is http://gammapool.lnl.infn.it/Padova2007.

N04 - EWON

D-N04-1.1: The setup of web pages related to EWON activities has been completed. The corresponding URL address is http://www.inp.demokritos.gr/EWON. The setup of working groups has been completed. The members and coordinators of the these working groups have been nominated by the EWON member institutions.

D-N04-2.1: The Report gives account of collaboration of research groups of East Europe countries with Large Scale Facilities within the last decade. It consists of introduction, separate sections devoted to specific LSF and summary with concluding remarks

D-N04-2.2: The present report is a synopsis of the Mapping study of Nuclear Science in the 10 EWON countries, i.e. Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Turkey. It provides an overview of the Nuclear Physics Population, the key actors in nuclear physics in these countries, the major nuclear physics research installations, and lists with the research activities in each EWON country.

N05 - NuPECC

D-N05-1: The Steering Committee established at the Town Meeting in Helsinki on September 19, 2007, (see http://www.nupecc.org/presentations/harakeh_oct07.ppt) met twice, on October 11, 2007, and November 13, 2007, and prepared minutes after the second meeting as report on the status of their discussions.

D-N05-2: The Steering Committee established at the Town Meeting in Helsinki on September 19, 2007, (see http://www.nupecc.org/presentations/harakeh_oct07.ppt) met on January 21, 2008, and January 28 and 29, 2008, and prepared minutes as report on the status of their discussions.

N06 - PANSI3

D-N06-1: Report on task T-N06-1 (Workshop on communication techniques)

D-N06-2: The report for the laymen has been performed in form of a folder describing the motivation, goals, organisation and scientific achievements of EURONS. The PANSI3 team with members from CSIC,CRC-UCL,GANIL,GSI,KVI,INFN-LNL and AIAU together with PR-professionals has prepared a EURONS folder. The folder was first generated in English and then translated in Dutch, French, Germa, Italian and Spanish. From each language 5000 copies have been printed and delivered to the research centres for distribution.

N07 - SHE

D-N07-1: A web site was created which contains information for users, participants, and any person interested in the field. The website is http://www.transfermium.net.

D-N07-2: The call for workshop with program as been made on October 2008 via email to the steering committee and mailing list of persons concerned with the research on super-heavy elements.

D-N07-3: The paper proceedings of the workshop scheduled on December 18-20th 2008 taking place at the M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, will consist of the presentation of authors with the list of participants and the program. The presentation will also be available on the transfermium web site ( http://www.transfermium.net) and the workshop site: ( http://confer.uj.edu.pl/sheresearch/)

N08 - TNET

D-N08-1.1: The website is now set up at http://www.nucleartheory.net/tnet/ with information about the overall objectives, physics background, list of participants, and planning for the Workshop in April 2006. See attached document for detailed report.

D-N08-2.1: The first collaboration workshop was held at the University of Surrey during 10-12 April 2006. The scientist participation, scientific focus and discussion, the presentations and workshop report can be found at http://www.nucleartheory.net/tnet/workshop06.htm.

D-N08-3.1: Summary report of the second TNET workshop “Theory Network for Nuclear Structure and Reactions” held at the ECT*, Trento (IT) from Monday 7th through Friday the 11th January 2008.

D-N08-4.1: Summary report of Task T-N08-4.1, being TNET sponsored visits of theorists to facilities and/or experimental groups to provide theoretical support, training activity for young researchers, and/or initiation of scientific activity or collaboration.

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