Author: Mace, E.
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WEPS069 The C70 ARRONAX and Beam Lines Status 2661
 
  • F. Poirier, F. Haddad
    SUBATECH, Nantes, France
  • S. Auduc, S. Girault, C. Huet, E. Mace, F. Poirier
    Cyclotron ARRONAX, Saint-Herblain, France
  • J.L. Delvaux
    IBA, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
  
  Funding: The cyclotron ARRONAX is supported by the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire, local authorities, the French government and the European Union.
The C70 Ar­ronax pro­ject is a high in­ten­si­ty (up to 350 ·10-6 A) and high en­er­gy (70 MeV) mul­ti-par­ti­cle cy­clotron aim­ing at R&D on ma­te­ri­al and ra­di­ol­y­sis, and pro­duc­tion of rare ra­dioiso­topes. The pro­ject began its hands-on phase in De­cem­ber 2010, and is now un­der­go­ing beam lines’ mod­i­fi­ca­tion in ex­per­i­men­tal halls for both pre­sent and fu­ture ex­per­i­ments. Char­ac­ter­i­za­tion of the beams at the end of the beam lines is of par­tic­u­lar im­por­tance to de­ter­mine the ca­pac­i­ty of the cy­clotron for the end-line ex­per­i­men­tal users. A pro­gram of beam char­ac­ter­i­za­tion is being per­formed based on ded­i­cat­ed di­ag­nos­tics, e.g. beam pro­fil­ers, Fara­day cups, alu­mi­na foils, and also on a se­ries of Gean­t4 beam sim­u­la­tions. The re­sults of the mea­sure­ments, along with the sim­u­la­tions, are de­tailed in this re­port for pro­ton and alpha par­ti­cle beams, as well as the fu­ture prospects of the char­ac­ter­i­za­tion pro­gram.