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Title: Accelerator target

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6371082

A target includes a body having a depression in a front side for holding a sample for irradiation by a particle beam to produce a radioisotope. Cooling fins are disposed on a backside of the body opposite the depression. A foil is joined to the body front side to cover the depression and sample therein. A perforate grid is joined to the body atop the foil for supporting the foil and for transmitting the particle beam therethrough. A coolant is circulated over the fins to cool the body during the particle beam irradiation of the sample in the depression. 5 figs.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
Assignee:
Brookhaven Science Associates, Upton, NY (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5917874; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 9-009834
OSTI ID:
6371082
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 20 Jan 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English