The SPES High Power ISOL production target

A. Andrighetto, S. Corradetti, M. Ballan, F. Borgna, M. Manzolaro, D. Scarpa, A. Monetti, M. Rossignoli, R. Silingardi, A. Mozzi, G. Vivian, E. Boratto, L. De Ruvo, N. Sattin, G. Meneghetti, R. Oboe, M. Guerzoni, A. Margotti, M. Ferrari, A. ZenoniG. Prete

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Abstract

SPES (Selective Production of Exotic Species) is a facility under construction at INFN-LNL (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro), aimed to produce intense neutron-rich radioactive ion beams (RIBs). These will be obtained using the ISOL (Isotope Separation On-Line) method, bombarding a uranium carbide target with a proton beam of 40MeV energy and currents up to 200 ìA. The target configuration was designed to obtain a high number of fissions, up to 1013 per second, low power deposition and fast release of the produced isotopes. The exotic isotopes generated in the target are ionized, mass separated and re-accelerated by the ALPI superconducting LINAC at energies of 10AMeV and higher, for masses in the region of A = 130amu, with an expected rate on the secondary target up to 109 particles per second. In this work, recent results on the R&D activities regarding the SPES RIB production target-ion source system are reported.

Original languageEnglish
Article number194
JournalNuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C
Volume38
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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