Cl. Ruiz et al., CALIBRATION OF DIRECT NUCLEAR ACTIVATION DIAGNOSTICS FOR MEASURING INTENSE PROTON, LITHIUM, AND FLUORINE BEAMS, Review of scientific instruments, 68(1), 1997, pp. 347-349
In the light-ion-beam fusion program at Sandia National Laboratories a
n intense Lithium beam is being developed to drive inertial confinemen
t fusion targets. Since beam purity is an important issue, direct nucl
ear activation diagnostics based on the thick target yields of the rea
ctions Li-7(p,n) Be-7, B-10(p,alpha) Be-7, F-19(Li-7,d)Na-24 and B-11(
F-19,2p) Mg-28 have been developed to measure the proton, lithium, and
fluorine content of the beam. The specific target materials chosen fo
r this work are LiF and BN. To calibrate these diagnostics, a Van de G
raaff accelerator was used to measure the thick target yields as a fun
ction of ion energy for each of the ion and target material combinatio
ns. Each target material was also irradiated by carbon ions to assess
the importance of any possible competing reactions. The results of the
se calibration studies are presented. (C) 1997 American Institute of P
hysics.