PIPERADE: A high-capacity Penning trap based isobar separator for SPIRAL2/DESIR
Abstract
A Penning trap based isobar separator system is currently under development at CENBG (Bordeaux, France) and MPIK (Heidelberg, Germany) for a future installation at the SPIRAL2/DESIR facility. This device aims to purify the radioactive ion beams from undesired species, in order to deliver high pure samples of exotic nuclei to the different set-ups which will be installed in the DESIR hall. The present manuscript describes the context and the motivations to build such a system and the developments and studies which have been started to find an efficient purification method for large samples of isobaric species.