COUPLING OF A HE-JET TRANSFER SYSTEM TO A CS SPUTTER ION-SOURCE FOR THE ACCELERATION OF RADIOACTIVE IONS WITH THE CHALK-RIVER-MP-TANDEM-ACCELERATOR

Authors
KOSLOWSKY VT ANDREWS HR BEECHING D BRAY N DAVIES WG HAGBERG E HARDY JC IMAHORI Y WATSON MJ SAVARD G ELLIS M BOLUSMJAK M
Citation
Vt. Koslowsky et al., COUPLING OF A HE-JET TRANSFER SYSTEM TO A CS SPUTTER ION-SOURCE FOR THE ACCELERATION OF RADIOACTIVE IONS WITH THE CHALK-RIVER-MP-TANDEM-ACCELERATOR, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 126(1-4), 1997, pp. 190-193
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
126
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
190 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1997)126:1-4<190:COAHTS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The concept of coupling a He-jet transfer system to the negative-ion s putter source of the Tandem accelerator at Chalk River has been tested , Negative-ion beams of the radioactive isotopes: Cl-34m, Co-56, (CU)- C-60 and Ag-103 were extracted from a Cs+ sputter ion source by sputte ring cathodes that were covered with radioactivity-laden aerosol depos its from a gas-jet transfer system. Efficiencies of 1 to 25% were obse rved with about 50% of the deposit sputtered in less than one minute, A fast ion-source sample changer and a pneumatically-positioned target chamber have been installed at the MP Tandem accelerator. They are co upled by a He-jet transfer system, permitting the alternate accelerati on of stable and radioactive ions.