| Proton rich radioactive nuclei are produced through fusion-evaporation reactions between light ion beams (1H, 2H, 3He and 4He) from the ORIC cyclotron and stable target atoms which are selected to produce the desired radioactive species. | Neutron rich radioactive nuclei are produced through fission of actinide targets bombarded with protons from the ORIC cyclotron. |
Radioactive
ion beams (RIBs) generated by fusion-evaporation reactions through (y,
zxn) processes (y={p, d, 3He or a} and z={p or a }) have cross
sections of 1-100 mb which for 1-2 g/cm2 thick targets corresponds
to production rates of ~10-3-10-5 radioactive nuclei
per incident ion. This figure shows a table
of nuclei which are accessible through these reactions.
Fission
of actinide targets can produce a wide variety neutron rich species with
production rates as high as ~10-4 radioactive nuclei per incident
proton. The figure shows calculated rates
of production from bombardment of 40 MeV protons on 238U.
Since
many target materials can only withstand several mA
of ORIC beam, total radioactive atom production rates tend to be ~108
-1011 radioactive atoms per second.
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This page was last updated on February 11, 1999
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