Results with the electron cyclotron resonance charge breeder for the {sup 252}Cf fission source project (Californium Rare Ion Breeder Upgrade) at Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3272803· OSTI ID:22053854

Vondrasek, R; Kondrashev, S; Pardo, R; Scott, R; Zinkann, G P ^[1]

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1. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)

The construction of the Californium Rare Ion Breeder Upgrade, a new radioactive beam facility for the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS), is nearing completion. The facility will use fission fragments from a 1 Ci {sup 252}Cf source; thermalized and collected into a low-energy particle beam by a helium gas catcher. In order to reaccelerate these beams, an existing ATLAS electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source was redesigned to function as an ECR charge breeder. Thus far, the charge breeder has been tested with stable beams of rubidium and cesium achieving charge breeding efficiencies of 9.7% into {sup 85}Rb{sup 17+} and 2.9% into {sup 133}Cs{sup 20+}.

• OSTI ID: 22053854
• 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
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
BREEDING
CALIFORNIUM
CALIFORNIUM 252
CESIUM
CESIUM IONS
ECR ION SOURCES
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRON CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE
FISSION
FISSION FRAGMENTS
HELIUM
ION BEAMS
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
PARTICLE BEAMS
RUBIDIUM
RUBIDIUM IONS