Title :
A 16 MeV/nucleon cocktail for heavy ion testing
Author :
McMahan, M.A. ; Leitner, D. ; Gimpel, T. ; Morel, J. ; Ninemire, B. ; Siero, R. ; Silver, C. ; Thatcher, R.
Author_Institution :
Nucl. Sci. Div., Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
The operations group at the 88-inch cyclotron at LBNL has developed a new cocktail of heavy ions ranging from Z=7-36 at 16 MeV/nucleon, which provides LETs from 1-26 MeV/mg/cm 2 at ranges from >500 μm for the lightest components down to 163 μm for krypton. This adds a more penetrating high-LET cocktail to the standard 4.5 MeV/nucleon and 10 MeV/nucleon cocktails presently available. When the new VENUS ion source is coupled to the cyclotron in 2005, xenon will be available as well, at an LET of 48 MeV/mg/cm 2 and a range of 164 μm.
Keywords :
cyclotrons; ion beam effects; ion sources; krypton; xenon; 10 MeV; 16 MeV; 163 micron; 164 micron; 4.5 MeV; 500 micron; 88 in; Kr; Xe; cyclotron; heavy ion cocktail; heavy ion facility; heavy ion testing; ion source; penetrating range; penetration depth; radiation effects testing; Bismuth; Cyclotrons; Electrons; Ion sources; Particle beams; Plasma sources; Resonance; Testing; Venus; Xenon;
Conference_Titel :
Radiation Effects Data Workshop, 2004 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8697-3
DOI :
10.1109/REDW.2004.1352923
