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Calibration of a solid state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) with high detection threshold to search for rare events in cosmic rays
We have investigated a commercially available polymer for its suitability as
a solid state nuclear track detector (SSNTD). We identified that polymer to be
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and found that it has a higher detection
threshold compared to many other widely used SSNTDs which makes this detector
particularly suitable for rare event search in cosmic rays as it eliminates the
dominant low Z background. Systematic studies were carried out to determine its
charge response which is essential before any new material can be used as an
SSNTD. In this paper we describe the charge response of PET to 129Xe, 78Kr and
49Ti ions from the REX-ISOLDE facility at CERN, present the calibration curve
for PET and characterize it as a nuclear track detector
Beam Dynamics Studies for the SCREX-ISOLDE LINAC at CERN
For the REX-ISOLDE upgrade a superconducting linac
based on 101.28MHz Quarter Wave Resonators (QWRs) is
foreseen downstream of the normal conducting (NC) linac.
Currently the REX-ISOLDE linac can accelerate ions with
a mass to charge ratio in the range of 3 < A/q < 4.5 up to
an energy of 2.8 MeV/u. The upgrade aims to reach a minimum
final beam energy of 10 MeV/u for A/q=4.5 in two main stages. The first stage consists of installing two cryomodules loaded with 10 cavities able to reach 5.5 MeV/u
at the end of the present linac and the second consists of
replacing part of the existing NC linac and adding further
cryomodules. We report here on a beam dynamics study of
the accelerator for the two installation stages.status: publishe
Status of the HIE-ISOLDE project at CERN
The HIE-ISOLDE project represents a major upgrade of the ISOLDE nuclear
facility with a mandate to significantly improve the quality and increase the
intensity and energy of radioactive nuclear beams produced at CERN. The project
will expand the experimental nuclear physics programme at ISOLDE by focusing on
an upgrade of the existing Radioactive ion beam EXperiment (REX) linac with a
40 MV superconducting linac comprising thirty-two niobium-on-copper
sputter-coated quarter-wave resonators housed in six cryomodules. The new linac
will raise the energy of post-accelerated beams from 3 MeV/u to over 10 MeV/u.
The upgrade will be staged to first deliver beam energies of 5.5 MeV/u using
two high- cryomodules placed downstream of REX, before the energy
variable section of the existing linac is replaced with two low-
cryomodules and two additional high- cryomodules are installed to attain
over 10 MeV/u with full energy variability above 0.45 MeV/u. An overview of the
project including a status summary of the different R&D activities and the
schedule will outlined.Comment: 7 pages, 12 figures, submitted to the Heavy Ion Accelerator
Technology conference (HIAT) 2012, in Chicag
New xenon results of Phoenix at 28 GHz
The classical PHOENIX 28 GHz electron cyclotron resonance ion Source (ECRIS) has been developed to prospect high pulsed multi charged lead ion (MCI lead) beams for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) [1,2]. The goal of the experiment is to reach 1 emA pulses of Pb27+ during 0.4 ms with a 10 Hz repetition rate. This high beam current is one order of magnitude higher than the ones available nowadays. The strategy to take up this challenge is based on an increase of the radio frequency (RF) to 28 GHz and an increase of the RF power density. A new high acceptance, high resolution analysing beam line has been coupled to PHOENIX in order to study efficiently the intense beams delivered by the source. Thus, 0.6 emA of Xe20+ has been measured in the afterglow (AFG) among 9 emA analysed in the Faraday Cup (FC). The lead production is under study and a preliminary beam of 0.6 emA of Pb24+ AFG has already been obtained. The cross check of a 3D beam simulation program and measured beam characteristics enables to estimate the beam emittance to be ~ 200 mm.mrad. The project of development of an upgraded version of PHOENIX is presented (a new ECRIS named APHOENIX)
Low-energy Coulomb excitation of Fe and Mn following in-beam decay of Mn
Sub-barrier Coulomb-excitation was performed on a mixed beam of Mn and
Fe, following in-trap decay of Mn at REX-ISOLDE,
CERN. The trapping and charge breeding times were varied in order to alter the
composition of the beam, which was measured by means of an ionisation chamber
at the zero-angle position of the Miniball array. A new transition was observed
at 418~keV, which has been tentatively associated to a
transition. This fixes the relative
positions of the -decaying and states in Mn for
the first time. Population of the state was observed in Fe
and the cross-section determined by normalisation to the Ag target
excitation, confirming the value measured in recoil-distance lifetime
experiments.Comment: 9 pages, 10 figure
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