Direct nuclear activation diagnostics for intense particle beams

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:46185

Ruiz, C L; Stygar, W A; Leeper, R J ^[1]; Cooper, G W ^[2]; Schmidlapp, F A ^[3]

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1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
3. Ktech Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Direct nuclear activation diagnostics are being developed to measure total beam energy being carried by hydrogen, lithium, and carbon in the diode of the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II (PBFA II) at Sandia National Laboratories. Protons are being measured using the reactions {sup 7}Li(p,n){sup 7}Be and {sup 48}Ti(pn,){sup 48}V; lithium ions using the reactions p({sup 7}Li,n){sup 7}Be and {sup 12}C({sup 7}Li,n){sup 18}F; and carbon ions using the reactions {sup 14}N({sup 12}C,2p){sup 24}Na and {sup 14}N({sup 12}C,{sup 4}He){sup 22}Na. Pepper shaker geometry is being employed to help retain any ablated radioactive products. These reactions have been calibrated at a Van de Graaff accelerator. Calibration data and PBFA II results will be presented.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratory
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 46185
• Report Number(s): CONF-940604--; ISBN 0-7803-2006-9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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