Abstract
The TRI mu P facility, under construction at KVI, requires the production and separation of short-lived and rare isotopes. Direct reactions, fragmentation and fusion-evaporation reactions in normal and inverse kinematics are foreseen to produce nuclides of interest with a variety of heavy-ion beams from the superconducting cyclotron AGOR. For this purpose, we have designed, constructed and commissioned a versatile magnetic separator that allows efficient injection into an ion catcher, i.e., gas-filled stopper/cooler or thermal ionizer, from which a low energy radioactive beam will be extracted.The separator performance was tested with the production and clean separation of Na-21 ions, where a beam purity of 99.5% could be achieved. For fusion-evaporation products, some of the features of its operation as a gas-filled recoil separator were tested. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 169-181 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Volume | 560 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 May 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- magnetic separator
- gas-filled separator
- secondary radioactive isotopes
- ISOTOPE TRAPPING FACILITY
- RECOIL SEPARATOR
- SPECTROMETER
- LISE
- ATOMS
- GANIL
- IONS
- KVI