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Design and tests for the new CERN-ISOLDE spallation source: an integrated tungsten converter surrounded by an annular UC$_{\chi}$ target operated at 2000 °C
The production of high intensity and isobarically pure neutron-rich fission fragments is of high importance for the physics research program of the ISOLDE facility at CERN. This is typically done in a two-step method where a tungsten converter, positioned parallel and below the UC$_{\chi}$ target, i...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2019.04.060 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2706957 |
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author | Ramos, J P Ballan, M Egoriti, L Houngbo, D Rothe, S Augusto, R S Gottberg, A Dierckx, M Popescu, L Marzari, S Stora, T |
author_facet | Ramos, J P Ballan, M Egoriti, L Houngbo, D Rothe, S Augusto, R S Gottberg, A Dierckx, M Popescu, L Marzari, S Stora, T |
author_sort | Ramos, J P |
collection | CERN |
description | The production of high intensity and isobarically pure neutron-rich fission fragments is of high importance for the physics research program of the ISOLDE facility at CERN. This is typically done in a two-step method where a tungsten converter, positioned parallel and below the UC$_{\chi}$ target, is irradiated with 1.4 GeV protons. This will produce spallation neutrons which irradiate a UC$_{\chi}$ target producing the isotopes of interest. Currently, the in-target production is limited by the geometrical overlap of the neutron fluence and the target material and suffers from low production yield. In this work, a prototype is proposed where the tungsten converter is positioned in the center of an annular UC$_{\chi}$ target. FLUKA simulations were conducted to optimize the geometry, maximizing the production of isobarically pure neutron-rich fission fragments which determined that a large diameter target is necessary (5 cm). Thermo-electric ANSYS$^{®}$ simulations were conducted in order to develop a large Ta target oven which can reach 2000 °C and tests were conducted to benchmark the simulations. A prototype design was validated, for ISOLDE operation, with offline tests which shows that the tungsten-graphite-tantalum assembly is fully stable up to 2200 °C. |
id | oai-inspirehep.net-1775440 |
institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
language | eng |
publishDate | 2020 |
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spelling | oai-inspirehep.net-17754402021-03-01T11:00:30Zdoi:10.1016/j.nimb.2019.04.060http://cds.cern.ch/record/2706957engRamos, J PBallan, MEgoriti, LHoungbo, DRothe, SAugusto, R SGottberg, ADierckx, MPopescu, LMarzari, SStora, TDesign and tests for the new CERN-ISOLDE spallation source: an integrated tungsten converter surrounded by an annular UC$_{\chi}$ target operated at 2000 °CThe production of high intensity and isobarically pure neutron-rich fission fragments is of high importance for the physics research program of the ISOLDE facility at CERN. This is typically done in a two-step method where a tungsten converter, positioned parallel and below the UC$_{\chi}$ target, is irradiated with 1.4 GeV protons. This will produce spallation neutrons which irradiate a UC$_{\chi}$ target producing the isotopes of interest. Currently, the in-target production is limited by the geometrical overlap of the neutron fluence and the target material and suffers from low production yield. In this work, a prototype is proposed where the tungsten converter is positioned in the center of an annular UC$_{\chi}$ target. FLUKA simulations were conducted to optimize the geometry, maximizing the production of isobarically pure neutron-rich fission fragments which determined that a large diameter target is necessary (5 cm). Thermo-electric ANSYS$^{®}$ simulations were conducted in order to develop a large Ta target oven which can reach 2000 °C and tests were conducted to benchmark the simulations. A prototype design was validated, for ISOLDE operation, with offline tests which shows that the tungsten-graphite-tantalum assembly is fully stable up to 2200 °C.oai:inspirehep.net:17754402020 |
spellingShingle | Ramos, J P Ballan, M Egoriti, L Houngbo, D Rothe, S Augusto, R S Gottberg, A Dierckx, M Popescu, L Marzari, S Stora, T Design and tests for the new CERN-ISOLDE spallation source: an integrated tungsten converter surrounded by an annular UC$_{\chi}$ target operated at 2000 °C |
title | Design and tests for the new CERN-ISOLDE spallation source: an integrated tungsten converter surrounded by an annular UC$_{\chi}$ target operated at 2000 °C |
title_full | Design and tests for the new CERN-ISOLDE spallation source: an integrated tungsten converter surrounded by an annular UC$_{\chi}$ target operated at 2000 °C |
title_fullStr | Design and tests for the new CERN-ISOLDE spallation source: an integrated tungsten converter surrounded by an annular UC$_{\chi}$ target operated at 2000 °C |
title_full_unstemmed | Design and tests for the new CERN-ISOLDE spallation source: an integrated tungsten converter surrounded by an annular UC$_{\chi}$ target operated at 2000 °C |
title_short | Design and tests for the new CERN-ISOLDE spallation source: an integrated tungsten converter surrounded by an annular UC$_{\chi}$ target operated at 2000 °C |
title_sort | design and tests for the new cern-isolde spallation source: an integrated tungsten converter surrounded by an annular uc$_{\chi}$ target operated at 2000 °c |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2019.04.060 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2706957 |
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