UPDATE, 12-22-05: Lecture notes are now available by clicking the "Lecture Notes" tab on the left of this page.

The fourth annual RIA Summer School on Exotic Beam Physics was held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from July 31 – August 6, 2005. Lectures took place on the Berkeley Lab site, with hands-on activities at the 88-Inch Cyclotron.  The aim of the summer school was to nurture future RIA scientists so that the community will have sufficient manpower to effectively use RIA when it comes online. The RIA summer school was supported by the DOE, NSF and the following laboratories: ANL, LBNL, LLNL, ORNL and NSCL/MSU. It is an annual event, rotating among the 88-Inch Cyclotron, ATLAS, HRIBF, and NSCL.

In years to come, substantial progress in low-energy nuclear physics will have a broad impact on society, ranging from our understanding of the origin of the elements to the enhancement of National Security. An important element in this task will be to extend the study of nuclei into new domains of isospin. This will require new radioactive ion beam facilities, together with advanced multi-detector arrays and mass spectrometers.

Based on the outstanding scientific opportunities that would be enabled by an advanced radioactive ion beam facility, the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) project was ranked among the top three priorities in the Department of Energy 20-Year Science Facility Plan, and has received CD0, the first step towards fruition. The RIA concept brings together a unique combination of technologies to produce high-quality beams of short-lived nuclei of all chemical elements at intensities far exceeding what is currently available.

For more information about the 2005 RIA Summer School, please read the first announcement (pdf).

Download a flyer (pdf) of the first announcement.

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