https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16168-0
Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory
On-line test using multi-foil SiC target at iThemba LABS
1
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Viale dell’Università 2, 35030, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
2
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Via Venezia 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
3
iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, P.O. Box 722, 7129, Somerset West, South Africa
* e-mail: alberto.monetti@lnl.infn.it
Received:
23
February
2016
Revised:
6
May
2016
Accepted:
8
May
2016
Published online:
24
June
2016
In a collaboration between the INFN-SPES project and iThemba LABS, an on-line test of the power dissipation of a multi-slice target concept for radioactive-ion beam production has been performed. Using the 66MeV proton beam from the iThemba LABS Separated Sector Cyclotron, a total power of 4kW was deposited in the target complex, consisting of 13 Silicon Carbide (SiC) discs of about 1 millimetre thickness housed in a graphite cylinder. The results of the measurements fully validate thermal FEM simulations and confirm that the multi-foil target system is a reliable and affordable device for second-generation ISOL-RIB facilities like SPES.
© SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2016
