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Production and release of ISOL beams from molten fluoride salt targets
M. AllibertD. HeuerM. DeloncaM. DeloncaV. GhettaS. CimminoR. HodakT.m. MendoncaJ.p. RamosJ.p. RamosThierry StoraM. KronbergerM. KronbergerA. GottbergA. GottbergEtam NoahC. SeiffertC. Seiffertsubject
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsProtonNuclear engineeringHalideISOL techniqueMETAL TARGETS[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]7. Clean energy01 natural scienceschemistry.chemical_compoundMolten salt targets0103 physical sciencesMolten saltNuclear Experiment010306 general physicsInstrumentation010302 applied physicsChemistryRadiochemistryAccelerators and Storage RingsBeta (plasma physics)Melting pointPhysics::Accelerator PhysicsFluorideIntensity (heat transfer)Beam (structure)description
In the framework of the Beta Beams project, a molten fluoride target has been proposed for the production of the required 1013 18Ne/s. The production and extraction of such rates are predicted to be possible on a circulating molten salt with 160 MeV proton beams at close to 1 MW power. As a most important step to validate the concept, a prototype has been designed and investigated at CERN-ISOLDE using a static target unit. The target material consisted of a binary fluoride system, NaF:LiF (39:61 mol.%), with melting point at 649 °C. The production of Ne beams has been monitored as a function of the target temperature and proton beam intensity. The prototype development and the results of the first online tests with 1.4 GeV proton beam are presented in this paper. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-01 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms |