SPES, the LNL exotic beam ISOL facility

A new facility is being constructed at the Legnaro National Laboratory of INFN, devoted to the production of exotic beams (RIBs), mostly neutronrich, through the production of fission fragments (1013 fiss/s) by an intense proton beam (200 μA) on a direct UCx target. However, a larger beam typology will be available, developing and using several other targets. Therefore, in the forthcoming years forefront research in nuclear structure and dynamics will be carried on, studying the Terra Incognita in the chart of nuclides, far from the β-stability valley. Characterized by high intensities, high quality and maximum available energies (up to 11 MeV/n for A�130) of beams, through a coordinated effort dedicated to the developments and upgrading of both the accelerator complex and of up-to-date experimental set-ups, SPES will be operated as a modern and high performing facility