In afacilityfortheproductionofradioactiveionbeams(RIBs),thetargetsystemandtheionsourceare the mostcriticalobjects.InthecontextoftheSelectiveProductionofExoticSpecies(SPES)project,a protonbeamdirectlyimpingesaUraniumCarbideproductiontarget,generatingapproximately1013 fissionspersecond.Theradioactiveisotopesproducedbythe 238U fissionsarethendirectedtotheion sourcetoacquireachargestate.Afterthat,theradioactiveionsobtainedaretransported electrostaticallytothesubsequentareasofthefacility.Inthisworkthesurfaceionsourceatpresent adoptedfortheSPESprojectisstudiedbymeansofbothanalyticalandnumericalthermal–electric models.Thetheoreticalresultsarecomparedwithtemperatureandelectricpotentialdifference measurements.

Thermal-electric numerical simulation of a surface ion source for the production of radioactive ion beams

MANZOLARO, MATTIA;MENEGHETTI, GIOVANNI;
2010

Abstract

In afacilityfortheproductionofradioactiveionbeams(RIBs),thetargetsystemandtheionsourceare the mostcriticalobjects.InthecontextoftheSelectiveProductionofExoticSpecies(SPES)project,a protonbeamdirectlyimpingesaUraniumCarbideproductiontarget,generatingapproximately1013 fissionspersecond.Theradioactiveisotopesproducedbythe 238U fissionsarethendirectedtotheion sourcetoacquireachargestate.Afterthat,theradioactiveionsobtainedaretransported electrostaticallytothesubsequentareasofthefacility.Inthisworkthesurfaceionsourceatpresent adoptedfortheSPESprojectisstudiedbymeansofbothanalyticalandnumericalthermal–electric models.Thetheoreticalresultsarecomparedwithtemperatureandelectricpotentialdifference measurements.
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