Links to Information and Background on the RIA project:
ISOL Task Force Report:
An outline of the RIA concept can be found in the Grunder Task Force Report: (pdf)1.9MB, (MSWd98) 1.4MB w/o charge letters, (MSWd98) 3MB with charges.
Additional information from the task force is available at: http://srfsrv.jlab.org/ISOL/
Scientific Justification
An Advanced ISOL Research Facility is an element in the Long Range Plan adopted by NSAC in 1996.
The potential scientific rewards of such a facility are described in the white paper, "Scientific Opportunities with an Advanced ISOL Facility." (Nov. 1997) (5 MB pdf)
White Paper from the Notre Dame Town Meeting on Opportunities in Nuclear Astrophysics: White Paper - Opportunities in Nuclear Astrophysics (June 1999)
The opportunities for physics with fast beams are described in the white paper, "Scientific Opportunities with Fast Fragmentation Beams from RIA." (March 2000)
National Academy Report on the Future of Nuclear Physics: pdf.html
The OECD Megascience Forum "Report from the Working Group on Nuclear Physics"
Workshop proceedings
Experimental Equipment for an Advanced ISOL Facility, LBNL, July 22-25, 1998.