Speaker
Dr
Robert Bark
(iThemba LABS)
Description
The main accelerator of iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences is a K = 200 Separated Sector Cyclotron (SSC). Use of the accelerator is shared by groups engaging in nuclear physics research, radiation therapy and radio-isotope production. The long term plan calls for the addition a high-intensity, K = 70 MeV proton accelerator to the laboratory, to both alleviate over-subscription of the SSC and to be used as a primary accelerator for radioactive beam production using the ISOL method. The proposed RIB facility would produce neutron rich species by fissioning uranium. As a first step in this programme, we present a proposal being developed at the laboratory to build a target and laser-ionization demonstrator at the laboratory, utilizing the present 66 MeV proton beam from the SSC. Neutron–rich isotopes produced in this way would be used for materials analysis and beta-decay studies.
Primary author
Dr
Robert Bark
(iThemba LABS)
Co-author
Dr
Lowrie Conradie
(iThemba LABS)
