1. RIB production by photofission in the framework of the ALTO project: first experimental measurements and Monte-Carlo simulations
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J. Lesrel, M. Raynaud, F. Ibrahim, A.C. Mueller, B. Roussière, J.F. LeDu, M. Ducourtieux, D. Guillemaud Mueller, D. Verney, S. Franchoo, A. Said, S. Essabaa, S. Wurth, C. Lau, M. Cheikh Mhamed, M. Lebois, Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,[PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th] ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Fission ,Nuclear Theory ,Monte Carlo method ,Photofission ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Uranium ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,Nuclear physics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Valley of stability ,0103 physical sciences ,Cathode ray ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,Uranium carbide ,Nuclear Experiment ,010306 general physics ,Instrumentation ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
The ALTO facility (Accelerateur Lineaire aupres du Tandem d’Orsay) has been built and is now under commissioning. The facility is intended for the production of low energy neutron-rich ion-beams by ISOL technique. This will open new perspectives in the study of nuclei very far from the valley of stability. Neutron-rich nuclei are produced by photofission in a thick uranium carbide target (UC x ) using a 10 μA, 50 MeV electron beam. The target is the same as that already had been used on the previous deuteron based fission ISOL setup (PARRNE [ F. Clapier et al., Phys. Rev. ST-AB (1998) 013501. ]). The intended nominal fission rate is about 10 11 fissions/s. We have studied the adequacy of a thick carbide uranium target to produce neutron-rich nuclei by photofission by means of Monte-Carlo simulations. We present the production rates in the target and after extraction and mass separation steps. The results from Monte-Carlo simulations are compared to experimental data either with the ALTO facility (in the first step of commissioning, i.e. 100 nA of the electron beam current intensity), or with fast-neutron-induced fission generated from a 26 MeV deuteron beam. The results obtained support the suitability of FLUKA simulation code used to describe all the photofission process with an electron beam energy of 50 MeV.
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- 2008
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