The development of the 17F beam at the Holifield radioactive ion beam facility

Robert F. Welton

doi:10.1016/s0375-9474(01)01626-8

The development of the ¹⁷F beam at the Holifield radioactive ion beam facility

Robert F. Welton

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This report details some of the key technological developments employed at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) to produce beams of ¹⁷F using the ¹⁶O(d,n)¹⁷F reaction. The oxide fiber target material used at the HRIBF is described and a comparison is made between the ¹⁷F yield achieved using light (A1) and heavy (Hf) metal oxide fibers. The development of the Kinetic Ejection Negative Ion Source (KENIS) employed in this work is also discussed along with the operational principles of the source. Finally, a detailed description of the HFO₂ target configuration used to produce 10⁷-10⁸ ¹⁷F ions/s for over 850 hours of operation is provided. To date, seven nuclear physics experiments using accelerated beams of 1⁷F and ¹⁸F produced using this apparatus have been performed over an energy range of 10-170 MeV.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	452-460
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nuclear Physics A
Volume	701
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0375-9474(01)01626-8
State	Published - Apr 22 2002

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The author gratefully acknowledges the numerous contributions of the entire HRIBF facility staff. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the US Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725.

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