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Isotopic-spin
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Calculations on isotopic spin.Calculations

Pauli, Wolfgang
ISOLDE target prototype
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Radioactive nuclei are produced at the ISOLDE facility by shooting a high-energy beam of protons on a thick target. By studying some of these nuclei, physicists are improving the knowledge of nucleosynthesis, the process through which stars produce chemical elements. This is a prototype that was developed for the CERN Open Days, in 2019.

ISOLDE target
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A good dozen different targets are available for ISOLDE, made of different materials and equipped with different kinds of ion-sources, according to the needs of the experiments. Each separator (GPS: general purpose; HRS: high resolution) has its own target. Because of the high radiation levels, robots effect the target changes, about 80 times per year. In the standard unit shown in picture _01, the target is the cylindrical object in the front. It contains uranium-carbide kept at a temperature of 2200 deg C, necessary for the isotopes to be able to escape. At either end, one sees the heater current leads, carrying 700 A. The Booster beam, some 3E13 protons per pulse, enters the target from left. The evaporated isotope atoms enter a hot-plasma ion source (the black object behind the target). The whole unit sits at 60 kV potential (pulsed in synchronism with the arrival of the Booster beam) which accelerates the ions (away from the viewer) towards one of the 2 separators.

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The magnetic field must be extremely uniform. This means the current flowing in the coils has to be very precisely controlled. 50’000 tonnes of steel sheets are used to make the magnet yokes that keep the wiring firmly in place. The yokes constitute approximately 80% of the accelerator's weight and, placed side by side, stretch over 20 km.