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Bricault, P. G.

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TUOCG03 Proposal for a ½ MW Electron Linac for Rare Isotope and Materials Science 985
 
  • S. R. Koscielniak, P. G. Bricault, B. Davids, J. Dilling, M. Dombsky
    TRIUMF, Vancouver
  • D. Karlen
    Victoria University, Victoria, B. C.
 
  TRIUMF, in collaboration with university partners, proposes to construct a megawatt-class electron linear accelerator (e-linac) as a driver for U(gamma,f) of actinide targets with rates up to 1013 - 1014 fissions/sec and for (gamma,p)8Li for materials science. The particular emphasis would be on neutron-rich species. The 50 MeV, 10 mA, c.w. linac is based on super-conducting radio-frequency (SRF) technology at 1.3 GHz. Though high power/current electron linacs are a mature technology proposed elsewhere for applications ranging from 4th generation light-sources to TeV-scale linear colliders, TRIUMF is in the vanguard for applying this technology to the copious production of isotopes for studies of (i) nuclear structure and astrophysics; and (ii) beta-NMR for materials science.  
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THPP060 Simultaneous Extraction of Two Stable Beams for ISAC 3503
 
  • G. Dutto, R. A. Baartman, P. G. Bricault, I. V. Bylinskii, A. Hurst, R. E. Laxdal, Y.-N. Rao, L. W. Root, P. Schmor, G. M. Stinson
    TRIUMF, Vancouver
  • J. M. Schippers
    PSI, Villigen
 
  The TRIUMF cyclotron was originally conceived for several proton beams extracted simultaneously at different energies. Recent operation includes a 500 MeV beam up to150 μA for meson users, a 500 MeV beam up to 80 μA for rare isotope production, and a 100 MeV beam up to 70μA for medical isotopes. The extraction of an additional high intensity proton beam, at an energy between 450 and 500 MeV for ISAC has now been given priority. With the rare ions produced from the existing and future primary beam lines, we will be able to operate two of the existing experimental areas simultaneously. Upgrading the cyclotron for higher intensity is in progress. A necessary goal for ISAC is the extraction of both primary proton beams with stability better than 1% to allow the highest possible temperatures to be reliably maintained at the ion production targets. A successful solution implemented for the existing primary ISAC beam has been simulated to be adaptable for both primary beams, given the particular angular separation between the two strippers in the cyclotron. Progress on intensity and stability studies and the layout of the extraction system will be presented.  
THPP115 The Proposed ISAC-III Upgrade at TRIUMF 3635
 
  • R. E. Laxdal, F. Ames, R. A. Baartman, P. G. Bricault, S. R. Koscielniak, M. Marchetto, M. Trinczek, F. Yan
    TRIUMF, Vancouver
 
  Presently, the ISAC facility produces radioactive ions by a single driver beam of up to 100microA of 500MeV protons (50kW) impinging on either of two production targets which are configured such that only one radioactive ion beam (RIB) is available for use at any one time; and the experimental hours are shared between several facilities in the low energy and two accelerated beam experimental areas. The ISAC-III upgrade is proposed to increase the number of RIBs simultaneously available to three. The upgrade involves the addition of a high power electron linac, 50MeV/10mA, that would irradiate one of two new independent targets and produce RIBs through photo-fission. A second beamline from the existing cyclotron would deliver an additional 500MeV 200microA proton beam to the new target area to irradiate the second target producing the third simultaneous beam. The proposal includes an additional post-accelerator front-end to augment the existing infrastructure to provide the capability of accelerating two of the RIBs simultaneously. The paper summarizes the upgrade and discusses design choices to optimize nuclide availability across the three experimental areas.