Charge state breeding for the acceleration of radioactive ions at TRIUMF

Journal Article · Mon Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3267844· OSTI ID:22053850

Ames, F; Baartman, R; Bricault, P; Jayamanna, K; McDonald, M ^[1]; Lamy, T ^[2]

---

1. TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3 (Canada)
2. LPSC, CNRS/IN2P3, UJF, 53 Av. des Martyres, 38026 Grenoble (France)

A 14.5 GHz electron cyclotron resonance ion source (PHOENIX from Pantechnik) has been set up at the Isotope Separation and ACceleration (ISAC) facility at TRIUMF for the charge state breeding of radioactive ions. After extensive testing and optimization on a test bench it has been moved on-line and put into operation. During a first test in 2008 a beam of {sup 80}Rb{sup 14+} was successfully created from {sup 80}Rb{sup 1+} and accelerated by the ISAC postaccelerator. Further tests with different stable and radioactive isotopes from the ISAC on-line sources and from a test source with stable Cs have been carried out. Until now an efficiency of 1.4% for {sup 124}Cs{sup 20+} has been obtained.

• OSTI ID: 22053850
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 81, Issue 2; Conference: ICIS 2009: 13. international conference on ion sources, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 20-25 Sep 2009; Other Information: (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ACCELERATORS
BREEDING
CHARGE STATES
ECR ION SOURCES
EFFICIENCY
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
OPTIMIZATION
RADIOACTIVE ION BEAMS
RADIOISOTOPES
TESTING