ECRIS2010 - List of Authors (McGrath, C.)

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Plans for Laser Ablation of Actinides into an ECRIS for Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy

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R.C. Pardo, F.G. Kondev, S.A. Kondrashev, C. Nair, T. Palchan, E. Rehm, R.H. Scott, R.C. Vondrasek
ANL, Argonne, USA
P. Collon
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA
G. Imel
ISU, Pocatello, Idaho, USA
C. McGrath, G. Palmotti, M. Salvatores, G. Youinou
Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, USA
M. Paul
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Racah Institute of Physics, Jerusalem, Israel

Funding: This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics, under contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
A project using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) at the ATLAS facility to measure neutron capture rates on a wide range of actinides in a reactor environment is underway. This project will require the measurement of many samples with high precision and accuracy. The AMS technique at ATLAS is based on production of highly-charged positive ions in an ECRIS followed by linear acceleration. We have chosen to use laser ablation as the best means of feeding the actinide material into the ion source because we believe this technique will have more efficiency and lower chamber contamination thus reducing ‘cross talk’ between samples. In addition a multi-sample holder/changer is part of the project to allow quick change between multiple samples. The status of the project, design, and goals for initial off-line ablation tests will be discussed as well as the overall project schedule.

Poster TUPOT001 [0.152 MB]

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TUPOT001	Plans for Laser Ablation of Actinides into an ECRIS for Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy	110
	R.C. Pardo, F.G. Kondev, S.A. Kondrashev, C. Nair, T. Palchan, E. Rehm, R.H. Scott, R.C. Vondrasek ANL, Argonne, USA P. Collon University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA G. Imel ISU, Pocatello, Idaho, USA C. McGrath, G. Palmotti, M. Salvatores, G. Youinou Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, USA M. Paul The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Racah Institute of Physics, Jerusalem, Israel
	Funding: This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics, under contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. A project using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) at the ATLAS facility to measure neutron capture rates on a wide range of actinides in a reactor environment is underway. This project will require the measurement of many samples with high precision and accuracy. The AMS technique at ATLAS is based on production of highly-charged positive ions in an ECRIS followed by linear acceleration. We have chosen to use laser ablation as the best means of feeding the actinide material into the ion source because we believe this technique will have more efficiency and lower chamber contamination thus reducing ‘cross talk’ between samples. In addition a multi-sample holder/changer is part of the project to allow quick change between multiple samples. The status of the project, design, and goals for initial off-line ablation tests will be discussed as well as the overall project schedule.
	Poster TUPOT001 [0.152 MB]