BEARS: Radioactive ion beams at LBNL
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States). Chemistry Dept.; and others
BEARS (Berkeley Experiments with Accelerated Radioactive Species) is an initiative to develop a radioactive ion-beam capability at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The aim is to produce isotopes at an existing medical cyclotron and to accelerate them at the 88 inch Cyclotron. To overcome the 300-meter physical separation of these two accelerators, a carrier-gas transport system will be used. At the terminus of the capillary, the carrier gas will be separated and the isotopes will be injected into the 88 inch Cyclotron`s Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source. The first radioactive beams to be developed will include 20-min {sup 11}C and 70-sec {sup 14}O, produced by (p,n) and (p,{alpha}) reactions on low-Z targets. A test program is currently being conducted at the 88 inch Cyclotron to develop the parts of the BEARS system. Preliminary results of these tests lead to projections of initial {sup 11}C beams of up to 2.5 {times} 10{sup 7} ions/sec and {sup 14}O beams of 3 {times} 10{sup 5} ions/sec.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States); Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Bonn (Germany)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016; AC03-76SF00098; AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 638202
- Report Number(s):
- BNL--65658; CONF-980672--; ON: DE98003940; BR: KB0201
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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