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Description
The MEDICIS project was launched in 2013 with the construction of dedicated laboratories in the class A work sector of ISOLDE, with an irradiation station located in the HRS beam dump combined with a Rail Conveyor System, with an irradiated target storage area and with an isotope mass separator [1]. The facility was commissioned in 2017 and started operation in 2018. Last year allowed the new facility to gain operational experience and showed a smooth coordination with the development of the ISOLDE physics program, while 2019 has been focused on operation with isotopes received from external institutes before dispatch to the collaboration.
The present-day configuration of the target irradiation stations allows to “reuse” about half of the 1.4 GeV protons delivered by the PSBooster to ISOLDE, which would otherwise be lost in the beam dumps. It is used for the isotope medical program approved by the MEDICIS collaboration, and for target irradiation either for beam development techniques or for the so-called “ISOLDE winter physics program” [2].
In the presentation, we will introduce the characteristics of the present target irradiation station and of its mode of operation. We will also show on how this program can be further developed along with different options under consideration in the EPIC project as introduced during this workshop [3].
[1] dos Santos Augusto, Ricardo, et al. Applied Sciences 4.2, 265-281 (2014)
[2] Webster, Ben, et al., Scientific Reports, 9, 10884 (2019)
[3] https://indico.cern.ch/event/838820/overview