Rizzi, Valentina; Andrighetto, Alberto; Antonucci, C.; Barbui, Marina; Biasetto, Lisa; Carturan, S.; Celona, L.; Cevolani, S.; Chines, Francesco; Cinausero, Marco; Colombo, P.; Cuttone, G.; Di Bernardo, P.; Giacchini, Mauro; Gramegna, Fabiana; Lollo, M.; Maggioni, G.; Manzolaro, Mattia; Meneghetti, G.; Messina, G. Esteban; Petrovich, C.; Piga, L.; Prete, Gianfranco; Re, Maurizio; Rizzo, D.; Stracener, Daniel W; Tonezzer, Michele; Zanonato, P.
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Page Number:
428-431
Volume:
947
Issue Number:
n/a
Publication Date:
June 2007
Conference Name:
VII Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications
Conference Location:
Cusco, Peru
Conference Sponsor:
Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco
Abstract
A R&D study for the realization of a Direct Target is in progress within the SPES project for RIBs production at the Laboratori Nazionali of Legnaro. A proton beam (40 MeV energy, 0.2 niA current) is supposed to impinge directly on a UCx multiple thin disks target, the power released by the proton beam is dissipated mainly through irradiation. A SiC target prototype with a 1:5 scale has been developed and tested. Thermal, mechanical and release calculations have been performed to fully characterize the prototype. An online test has been performed at the HRIBF facility of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), showing that our Sic target can sustain a proton beam current considerably higher than the maximum beam current used with the standard HRIBF target configuration.
