BEARS: A radioactive ion beam initiative 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 Advanced Electron Cyclotron Resonance 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. Tests at the 88{sup {double_prime}} Cyclotron lead to projections of initial {sup 11}C beams of 2{times}10{sup 8}&hthinsp;ions/sec {sup 14}O beams of 1{times}10{sup 6}&hthinsp;ions/sec. Construction of BEARS is expected to be completed in the spring of 1999. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Institute of Physics.}
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886; AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 703544
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-981122--
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 475; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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