Status of the ring: We have now had 150 mA injected into the ring, and the lifetime of the stored beam is increasing. It is now up to 20 hours.
Yesterday, a leak developed near corner two, but it disappeared again. It reappeared this morning, and we have now found, that the leak is in the HV-feedthrough of the ion pump. It will therefore be a few days before we have beam again. Users can get the latest estimate of time for next injection on the ASTRID status page.

ELISA is now running C₆₀^-. It runs very well, and in some respects better than on ASTRID. There are still some modifications to be made: Better pumping in the injection beamline and channel plate chamber, plus installation of laser windows in straight section 2.

SGM I has now been fitted with a new motor, and the control program has been modified, such that energy changes are very easy. The other motor will be changed next week.

SGM II now shows a very good vacuum in the first section after bakeout. The second section is getting ready for bakeout.

The SX-700 is still waiting for the sample to arrive for the scheduled experiments. If it does not show up very soon, the time will be given to another group.

The Onduline works well: Some ion source parts are still missing, they should be ready in a few days.

The x-ray microscope is busy with several projects. Eric Chandler is here for a few months, and his project will get a high priority. In addition, a contract has been signed with DANISCO to do a commercial project.

The new injection beamline is being set up now. The separator magnet has been mounted, and the HV platform should get ready this week.

The 1998 Nordic Ring Meeting will be held here on October 8-9.

The University Open House days will be on September 12-13, and visitors will come here from 10-14 both days. In addition, there will be a 'Science Festival' on October 3-4. At both occasions, a number of people will be necessary to show visitors around and to tell about their activities.

ISA Activity Report No. 2 in now being planned. We want to get it published before the Users meeting in November. Deadline for contributions is September 14. The page accompanying this report tells you more about it.

18/8 1998 NH + SPM

To all ASTRID Users:

The time has come to publish ISA Activity Report No. 2. It should include all new developments, experimental results, publications etc since September 1996 (Which was when Activity report No.1 was published).
We plan to have it finished at the end of October, which means, that contributions should be ready approximately five weeks earlier. This leaves 3 weeks for editing, and 2 weeks for printing and binding. We have therefore set the deadline for contributions to

The format will be about the same as that of Activity Report No. 1 from September 1996.

Contributions should be kept to 1 or 2 pages, including figures. A proposed list of contents is copied on the back of this page.

Please deliver contributions in digital form (WP or WORD, all versions).

Include figures in digital form (preferably vector formats) whenever possible, otherwise reserve space in your contribution for them and deliver them as good quality prints.

Use a Times Roman font, title 14 pt bold, authors 12 pt, adresses 10 pt. italics, text 12 pt, as shown in the example below.

1Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus