Abstract
The test facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) devoted to testing radioactive ion beam targets and ion sources are described. Beginning in 1992 various capabilities have been developed to support the RIB research mission of HRIBF. These facilities provide direct measurements of release efficiency from target materials, yields (ions/sec and efficiency) and hold up times from target/ion source configurations. In addition, target/ion source configurations can be easily tested and retested after configuration changes to provide optimized operating parameters for new target materials and ion sources.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4702-4705 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms |
Volume | 266 |
Issue number | 19-20 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2008 |
Funding
Research at this facility has been sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy under contracts DE-AC05-06OR23100 and DE-AC05-00OR22725 with Oak Ridge Associated Universities and UT-Battelle, LLC, respectively. A grant from the Department of Energy in 1992 to ORAU (UNISOR Collaboration) provided the foundation of funding for the upgrade. The authors acknowledge the advice and guidance from members of the HRIBF staff: G. Alton, R. Juras, M. Meigs, G. Mills, S. Mosko and A. Tatum. In addition, the UNISOR collaboration contributed manpower, finances and machine shop time to complete the upgrade. The authors recognize that the facility as described would not have been possible without the contributions of a large number of individuals who designed, redesigned, constructed and tested the components of this facility: E.F. Zganjar, P.F. Mantica, J. Kormicki, M. Hipshire, C.A. Reed, A.H. Poland, W.L. Croft and J. Wenzel.
Keywords
- Ino source
- Radioactive beams
- Target