A two-accelerator facility and its use for radiation damage studies in alkali halides

An experimental system is described in which heavy ions, of energies 50-100 MeV, and light ions of energies 0.5-2 MeV, may be transported alternately from different accelerators into a common scattering chamber. The beam-transport and scattering-chamber details are described, the latter being designed to make in-beam studies of different modes of radiation damage in the target material. Experimental studies are described of simultaneous detection of back-scattered helium ions, X-rays and optical absorption in single-crystal alkali halide samples, done during continuous irradiation by a 1 MeV He beam; also back-scattered protons following intermittent irradiation by a 60 MeV oxygen beam. Analysis of the relative damage by these two beams is discussed in relation to a damage mechanism due to Pooley