Spring and summer 2008 promises to be a busy time at DRAGON

Spring and summer 2008 promises to be a busy time at DRAGON. We have begun modifications to the detector station at the end of the separator, in anticipation of proton capture experiments with beams of radioactive Mg-23 in June and stable S-33 in August. The upgrade consists of: a modification to the mounting of the foil-mirror-MCP detector and addition of a second foil-mirror-MCP to measure local time-of-flight of the recoil heavy ions with an anticipated resolution of several hundred picoseonds rearrangement of the end station slits and Faraday cup. (The Faraday cup and MCP no longer will occupy the same space in their In positions!) simplified, more compact mounting box for a si strip detector better arrangement of vacuum components, with added pumping.