StudiesofreleaseanddelaypropertiesofISOLDEtargets.docVIP

EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH CERN-EP/2002-095 7 November 2002 Studies of release properties of ISOLDE targets( K. Per?j?rvi((, U.C. Bergmann, V.N. Fedoseyev, A. Joinet, U. K?ster, C. Lau(((, J. Lettry, H. Ravn, M. Santana-Leitner and the ISOLDE collaboration EP-Division, CERN, 1211 Genève 23, Switzerland Abstract Off-line release rates of Be, Mg, S, Mn and Kr from refractory materials were studied. Mn yields were determined from a ZrO2 target and Kr yields from a SrO and ZrO2 targets. A Monte Carlo code to optimize ISOLDE targets was introduced. PACS: 25.40.Sc; 28.60.+S; 29.25.Rm; 61.43.Gt; 66.30.Jt; 68.43.Mn Keywords: Target; Radioactive ion beams; Isotope separator on-line; Monte Carlo Introduction The Isotope Separator On-Line (ISOL) technique [1] has been in use at CERN already more than 30 years and allows to make radioactive ion-beams of 70 % of the chemical elements. To maintain the attractiveness of CERN/ISOLDE and as preparation for the EURISOL project continuous development of the targets is required. This development concentrates presently on creating a more solid understanding of the performance of the target in order to reduce the decay losses and make beams of the remaining elements available. These studies have a growing importance since all chemically “easy” beams are already in use and the experiments are pursued far from the valley of beta-stability, where often one has to work with extremely short half-lives and low production cross-sections. In this article we concentrate onto the three different topics related to the target and ion source development. First new results from off-line target material studies are presented. The release of Be, Mg, S, Mn and Kr is discussed. Secondly, previously unpublished Mn and Kr yields are presented. As a third topic, a short introduction is given to a new Monte Carlo code that allows to optimize the intrinsic delay time as function of target and ion-source geometry. The release of Kr