BEARS: radioactive ion beams at LBNL
BEARS 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{sup {double_prime}} 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{sup {double_prime}} Cyclotron{close_quote}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{sup {double_prime}} 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. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886; AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 700446
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980672--
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 455; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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