The Radioactive Ion Beam Injector
The RIB injector is a focal point of the HRIBF as it functions to actually
produce the radioactive nuclei. Thick target material is bombarded
by intense light ion beams from the ORIC cyclotron creating radioactive
nuclei which are ionized within a high temperature ion source, accelerated
into a beam which is then subjected to high resolution isotope/isobar mass
separation and finally injected into the tandem accelerator. Production
of useable intensities of RIBs generally requires the development of innovative
target/ ion source techniques which are optimized for production of specific
RIB species. Click on each component in the above diagram for a more
detailed explanation of this process and some recent RIB developments made
at the HRIBF. To see the physical layout of the facility click here.
RIB Injector | Target
| Ion Source | HV
Platform | Charge Exchange Cell | Isobar
Separator | Control
System | Beam Development
HRIBF
This page was last updated on February 11, 1999
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