TY - JOUR
T1 - Status and overview of production target for BigRIPS separator at RIKEN
AU - Yoshida, A.
AU - Suda, T.
AU - Ohtsuki, T.
AU - Yuki, H.
AU - Kubo, T.
PY - 2008/6/1
Y1 - 2008/6/1
N2 - A water-cooled high-power rotating disk target is employed at the in-flight radioactive-isotope (RI) beam separator (BigRIPS), RIKEN. For a 238U primary beam with energy of 350 A MeV and an intensity of 1 particle μA bombarding a beryllium or carbon target disk with a 1 g/cm2 thickness, a total heat loss of 28 GW/m2 on the target surface is estimated for a beam-spot size of 1 mm in diameter. For the development of a suitable target assembly, a test bench was constructed and has been used for the present RI beam separator (RIPS). A beam spot temperature monitor using an infrared thermo-viewer with telescope lens was developed. The measured temperature for some high-power beam experiments corresponded to results of computer simulations. A radiation hardness test of the magnetic fluid used for a vacuum-tight rotating actuator was performed by irradiating with intense γ-ray converted from an electron beam. No significant change of viscosity was observed up to the total dose of 0.7-1.8 MGy. Based on these studies, a practical target system for the BigRIPS separator was designed. To facilitate the maintenance of the target system in a high-radiation environment, a remote-handling maintenance cart system is considered.
AB - A water-cooled high-power rotating disk target is employed at the in-flight radioactive-isotope (RI) beam separator (BigRIPS), RIKEN. For a 238U primary beam with energy of 350 A MeV and an intensity of 1 particle μA bombarding a beryllium or carbon target disk with a 1 g/cm2 thickness, a total heat loss of 28 GW/m2 on the target surface is estimated for a beam-spot size of 1 mm in diameter. For the development of a suitable target assembly, a test bench was constructed and has been used for the present RI beam separator (RIPS). A beam spot temperature monitor using an infrared thermo-viewer with telescope lens was developed. The measured temperature for some high-power beam experiments corresponded to results of computer simulations. A radiation hardness test of the magnetic fluid used for a vacuum-tight rotating actuator was performed by irradiating with intense γ-ray converted from an electron beam. No significant change of viscosity was observed up to the total dose of 0.7-1.8 MGy. Based on these studies, a practical target system for the BigRIPS separator was designed. To facilitate the maintenance of the target system in a high-radiation environment, a remote-handling maintenance cart system is considered.
KW - Cooling of target
KW - Handling of target
KW - Heavy ion target
KW - High-intensity beams
KW - Irradiation damage
KW - Thick target
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2008.02.058
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2008.02.058
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:44149102645
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 590
SP - 204
EP - 212
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1-3
ER -