The radioactive ion beam production systems for the SPIRAL2 project

Journal Article · Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2008 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2823895· OSTI ID:21103956

Lecesne, N; Eleon, C; Feierstein, C; Gaubert, G; Huguet, Y; Jardin, P; Lemagnen, F; Leroy, R; Pacquet, J Y; Pellemoine, F; Pichard, A; Bajeat, O; Essabaa, S; Lau, C; Launay, F; Serani, L; Demonchy, C -E ^[1]

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1. GANIL, BP55027-14076 Caen cedex 5 (France)

The SPIRAL2 project, currently under construction at GANIL, will include an isotope separator on line based facility for the production and acceleration of radioactive ion beams. A superconducting linear accelerator will accelerate 5 mA deuterons up to 40 MeV and 1 mA heavy ions up to 14.5 MeV/u. These primary beams will be used to bombard both thick and thin targets. We are investigating three different techniques to produce the radioactive ion beams: (1) the neutron induced fission of uranium carbide, (2) the direct interaction of deuterons in a uranium carbide target, and (3) the interaction of a heavy ion beam with a target. All these production systems will be coupled to an ion source. Four kinds of ion sources are foreseen for the ionization of the radioactive atoms: an electron cyclotron resonance ion source, a surface ionization ion source, a forced electron beam induced arc discharge ion source, and a laser ion source depending on the characteristics of the desired radioactive ion beam in terms of intensity, efficiency, purity, etc. A presentation of the SPIRAL2 project and of the different production systems is given.

• OSTI ID: 21103956
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 79, Issue 2; Conference: ICIS 2007: 12. international conference on ion sources, Jeju (Korea, Republic of), 26-31 Aug 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2823895; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ACCELERATION
DEUTERONS
ECR ION SOURCES
ELECTRON BEAMS
FISSION
GANIL CYCLOTRON
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
HEAVY IONS
ISOTOPE SEPARATORS
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
MASS NUMBER
MEV RANGE 10-100
NEUTRONS
NUCLEI
RADIOACTIVE ION BEAMS
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
SURFACE IONIZATION
URANIUM
URANIUM CARBIDES