Coupling of a He-jet transfer system to a Cs sputter ion source for the acceleration of radioactive ions with the Chalk River MP Tandem accelerator Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The concept of coupling a He-jet transfer system to the negative-ion sputter source of the Tandem accelerator at Chalk River has been tested. Negative-ion beams of the radioactive isotopes: 34mCl, 56Co, 60Cu and 103Ag were extracted from a Cs+ sputter ion source by sputtering cathodes that were covered with radioactivity-laden aerosol deposits from a gas-jet transfer system. Efficiencies of 1 to 25% were observed with about 50% of the deposit sputtered in less than one minute. A fast ion-source sample changer and a pneumatically-positioned target chamber have been installed at the MP Tandem accelerator. They are coupled by a He-jet transfer system, permitting the alternate acceleration of stable and radioactive ions.

published proceedings

  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

author list (cited authors)

  • Koslowsky, V. T., Andrews, H. R., Beeching, D., Bray, N., Davies, W. G., Hagberg, E., ... Bolusmjak, M.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Koslowsky, VT||Andrews, HR||Beeching, D||Bray, N||Davies, WG||Hagberg, E||Hardy, JC||Imahori, Y||Watson, MJ||Savard, G||Ellis, M||Bolusmjak, M

publication date

  • April 1997