TY - GEN
T1 - Scientific opportunities at SARAF with a liquid lithium jet target neutron source
AU - Silverman, Ido
AU - Arenshtam, Alex
AU - Berkovits, Dan
AU - Eliyahu, Ilan
AU - Gavish, Inbal
AU - Grin, Asher
AU - Halfon, Shlomi
AU - Hass, Michael
AU - Hirsh, T. Y.
AU - Kaizer, Boaz
AU - Kijel, Daniel
AU - Kreisel, Arik
AU - Mardor, Israel
AU - Mishnayot, Yonatan
AU - Palchan, Tala
AU - Perry, Amichay
AU - Paul, Michael
AU - Ron, Guy
AU - Shimel, Guy
AU - Shor, Asher
AU - Tamim, Noam
AU - Tessler, Moshe
AU - Vaintraub, Sergey
AU - Weissman, Leo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Author(s).
PY - 2018/5/3
Y1 - 2018/5/3
N2 - SARAF (Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility) is based on a 5 mA, 40 MeV, proton/deuteron accelerator. Phase-I, operational since 2010, provides proton and deuteron beams up to 4 and 5 MeV, respectively, for basic and applied research activities. The high power Liquid-Lithium jet Target (LiLiT), with 1.912 MeV proton beam, provides high flux quasi-Maxwellian neutrons at kT ∼30 keV (about 2 × 1010 n/s/cm2/mA on the irradiated sample, about 1 cm from the target), enabling studies of s-process reactions relevant to nucleo-synthesis of the heavy elements in giant AGB stars. With higher energy proton beams and with deuterons, LiLiT can provide higher fluxes of high energy neutrons up to 20 MeV. The experimental program with SARAF phase-I will be enhanced shortly with a new target room complex which is under construction. Finally, SARAF phase-II, planned to start operation at ∼2023, will enable full capabilities with proton/ deuteron beams at 5 mA and 40 MeV. Liquid lithium targets will then be used to produce neutron sources with intensities of 1015 n/s, which after thermalization will provide thermal neutron (25 meV) fluxes of about 1012 n/s/cm2 at the entrance to neutron beam lines to diffraction and radiography stations.
AB - SARAF (Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility) is based on a 5 mA, 40 MeV, proton/deuteron accelerator. Phase-I, operational since 2010, provides proton and deuteron beams up to 4 and 5 MeV, respectively, for basic and applied research activities. The high power Liquid-Lithium jet Target (LiLiT), with 1.912 MeV proton beam, provides high flux quasi-Maxwellian neutrons at kT ∼30 keV (about 2 × 1010 n/s/cm2/mA on the irradiated sample, about 1 cm from the target), enabling studies of s-process reactions relevant to nucleo-synthesis of the heavy elements in giant AGB stars. With higher energy proton beams and with deuterons, LiLiT can provide higher fluxes of high energy neutrons up to 20 MeV. The experimental program with SARAF phase-I will be enhanced shortly with a new target room complex which is under construction. Finally, SARAF phase-II, planned to start operation at ∼2023, will enable full capabilities with proton/ deuteron beams at 5 mA and 40 MeV. Liquid lithium targets will then be used to produce neutron sources with intensities of 1015 n/s, which after thermalization will provide thermal neutron (25 meV) fluxes of about 1012 n/s/cm2 at the entrance to neutron beam lines to diffraction and radiography stations.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.5035515
DO - 10.1063/1.5035515
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AN - SCOPUS:85047248426
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
BT - Proceedings of the 28th International Conference of the International Nuclear Target Development Society, INTDS 2016
A2 - Kheswa, Ntombizonke
A2 - Greene, John
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
T2 - 28th International Conference of the International Nuclear Target Development Society, INTDS 2016
Y2 - 13 November 2016 through 18 November 2016
ER -