Upgrade of the facility EXOTIC for the in-flight production of light Radioactive Ion Beams

• DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.06.031
• Publication Date: 2013-07-10T18:00:50Z
• Authors: M. Mazzocco; D. Torresi; E. Strano; A. Boiano; C. Boiano; L. Costa; T. Glodariu; A. Guglielmetti; M. La Commara; C. Parascandolo; D. Pierroutsakou; C. Signorini; F. Soramel; L. Stroe
• Keywords: Stopping power

Abstract The facility EXOTIC for the in-flight production of light weakly-bound Radioactive Ion Beams (RIBs) has been operating at INFN-LNL since 2004. RIBs are produced via two-body reactions induced by high intensity heavy-ion beams impinging on light gas targets and selected by means of a 30°-dipole bending magnet and a 1-m long Wien filter. The facility has been recently upgraded (i) by developing a cryogenic gas target, (ii) by replacing the power supplies of the middle lenses of the two quadrupole triplets, (iii) by installing two y-steerers and (iv) by placing two Parallel Plate Avalanche Counters upstream the secondary target to provide an event-by-event reconstruction of the position hit on the target. So far, RIBs of 7Be, 8B and 17F in the energy range 3–5 MeV/u have been produced with intensities about 3 × 105, 1.6 × 103 and 105 pps, respectively. Possible light RIBs (up to Z = 10) deliverable by the facility EXOTIC are also reviewed.