Published February 11, 2010
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Journal article
Preparation of a 60Fe target for nuclear astrophysics experiments
Creators
- 1. Laboratory for Environmental and Radiochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen, 5232 Villigen PSI (Switzerland)
- 2. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut fuer Kernphysik, Postfach 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe (Germany)
- 3. GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstrasse 1, 64291 Darmstadt (Germany)
- 4. University of Notre Dame, Department of Physics, Notre Dame, IN 46556 (United States)
- 5. Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG (United Kingdom)
Description
An 60Fe target for studying the 60Fe(n, γ)61Fe cross-section at stellar energies was prepared using radio-chemical separation techniques. In total, 7.8x101560Fe atoms (777 ng) were separated from a copper beam dump for the 590 MeV proton beam of the high intensity accelerator at PSI. The final target was prepared by evaporating the iron-containing aqueous solution onto a graphite backing. With this sample the keV neutron capture cross-section of 60Fe has been measured at FZ Karlsruhe. The work is part of the ERAWAST-initiative (Exotic Radionuclides from Accelerator WAste for Science and Technology) which is aimed at extracting rare valuable radionuclides from accelerator waste by chemical means.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.09.072Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2009.09.072;
- PII
- S0168-9002(09)01830-0;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 613
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 347-350
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- Target and stripper foil technologies for high intensity beams
- Acronym
- 24. world conference of the International Nuclear Target Development Society
- Dates
- 15-19 Sep 2008
- Place
- Caen (France)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 41083177
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATORS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ASTROPHYSICS; CAPTURE; COPPER; CROSS SECTIONS; GRAPHITE; IRON; IRON 60; IRON 61; KEV RANGE; MEV RANGE; NEUTRON REACTIONS; PROTON BEAMS
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYON REACTIONS; BEAMS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HADRON REACTIONS; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; METALS; MINERALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MIXTURES; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON BEAMS; NUCLEON REACTIONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHYSICS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLUTIONS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.