Rare isotope production for precision experiments at notre dame

With the development of next generation user facilities, low-energy nuclear science is entering an area of enhanced research opportunities. Simultaneously, smaller scale facilities with reduced reach to the valley of stability but capable of producing radioactive nuclei at competitive rates will become important to perform measurements that cannot be done at large facilities due to time constraints. Such a facility, is planned for the University of Notre Dame. Neutron-rich nuclei will be produced by the proton-induced fission of actinide targets following the IG-ISOL method. This new facility could provide neutron-rich ion beams for research on the r-process, but also proton-rich beams produced via transfer reactions for fundamental interaction studies in mirror transitions. (author)