• V. Variale, T. Clauser, A.C. Rainò, V. Valentino
  INFN-Bari, Bari
• M.A. Batazova, G.I. Kuznetsov, B.A. Skarbo
  BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk

The charge breeding technique is used for Radioactive Ion Beam (RIB) production in the Isotope Separation On Line (ISOL) method in order of optimizing the re-acceleration of the radioactive element ions produced by a primary beam in a thick target. That technique is realized by using a device capable of increase the radioactive ion charge state from +1 to a desired value +n. In some experiments a continuous RIB of a certain energy could be required. The EBIS based charge breeding device cannot reach a real CW operation because the high charge state ions produced are extracted by the same part where the 1+ ions are injected, that is, from the electron collector. In this way, the ions extraction system, placed in the electron beam collector, can be left only to extract the n+ ions, and then the CW operation, at least in principle, could be reached. In this paper, a charge breeding test experiment based on a EBIS which has an e-gun with hollow cathode will be described. Furthermore, the status report of the experiment that is under way at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL) will be presented.