Letter of Clarification to the ISOLDE and Neutron Time-of-Flight Committee P-530 : Investigation of Octupole Correlations in 144 , 145 Ba using the Recoil Distance Doppler-shift Technique January

In this Letter of Clarification the following issues are elucidated as asked by the INTC with respect to our proposal P-530: 1. Discussion of the experimental parameters with respect to the use of incomplete fusion (ICF) to populate excited states of interest in Ba after Li breakup based on the available literature, 2. radiation safety issues especially regarding the long-lived decay product Ce that may accumulate within the beamline and the setup, 3. discussion of the fact that the beam intensity will be lower than foreseen in our proposal as was addressed by the TAC. Requested shifts: 15 shifts (split into 1 run) Installation: MINIBALL, Plunger device, CD + PAD detectors