Neutron-Rich Isotope Production Using a Uranium Carbide Carbon Nanotubes SPES Target Prototype

Corradetti, Stefano; Biasetto, Lisa; Manzolaro, Mattia; Scarpa, Daniele; Carturan, S.; Andrighetto, Alberto; Prete, Gianfranco; Vasquez, Jose; Zanonato, P.; Colombo, P.; Jost, Carola; Stracener, Dan

doi:10.1140/epja/i2013-13056-1

Neutron-Rich Isotope Production Using a Uranium Carbide Carbon Nanotubes SPES Target Prototype

Journal Article · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 2013 · European Physical Journal. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2013-13056-1· OSTI ID:1090532

Corradetti, Stefano ^[1]; Biasetto, Lisa ^[2]; Manzolaro, Mattia ^[2]; Scarpa, Daniele ^[1]; Carturan, S. ^[2]; Andrighetto, Alberto ^[2]; Prete, Gianfranco ^[1]; Vasquez, Jose ^[1]; Zanonato, P. ^[3]; Colombo, P. ^[3]; Jost, Carola ^[4]; ^[1]

ORNL
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy
Universita degli Studi di Padova (University of Padua), Italy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)

The SPES (Selective Production of Exotic Species) project, under development at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (INFN-LNL), is a new-generation Isotope Separation On-Line (ISOL) facility for the production of radioactive ion beams by means of the proton-induced fission of uranium. In the framework of the research on the SPES target, seven uranium carbide discs, obtained by reacting uranium oxide with graphite and carbon nanotubes, were irradiated with protons at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). In the following, the yields of several fission products obtained during the experiment are presented and discussed. The experimental results are then compared to those obtained using a standard uranium carbide target. The reported data highlights the capability of the new type of SPES target to produce and release isotopes of interest for the nuclear physics community.

Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1090532

Journal Information:: European Physical Journal. A, Journal Name: European Physical Journal. A Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 49; ISSN 1434-6001

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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