Experimental Test of Momentum Compression in an Achromatic Fragment Separator

12 May 2015, 17:01
Center Concourse

Center Concourse

Poster Presentation Poster Session B

Speaker

Dr Marc Hausmann (Michigan State University)

Description

The efficient collection of projectile fragments and fission fragments with in-flight separators in many cases requires a large momentum acceptance. For example, the planned Advanced Rare Isotope Separator (ARIS) [1] at the future Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University has a 10% momentum acceptance. Such broad momentum distributions can be compressed using appropriately shaped energy degraders [2], and these energy degraders can be used to generate mass-separation at the same time [3]. Here we report on an experimental test of this momentum-compression scheme using the A1900 fragment separator [4] at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory with dedicated wedge-shaped energy degraders and a matching beam optics setting. The energy distribution of the beam after momentum compression was measured with a stack of semiconductor detectors. References [1] M. Hausmann, et al., Design of the Advanced Rare Isotope Separator ARIS at FRIB, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 317 (2013) 349. [2] L. Bandura, et al., Fragment separator momentum compression schemes, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 645 (2011) 182. [3] C. Scheidenberger, et al., Energy and range focusing of in-flight separated exotic nuclei - A study for the energy-buncher stage of the low-energy branch of the Super-FRS Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 204 (2003) 119. [4] D. J. Morrissey, et al., Commissioning of the A1900 projectile fragment separator, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 204 (2003) 90. Material based on work supported by the US National Science Foundation under cooperative agreements PHY-0606007 and PHY-1102511 and by the US DoE Office of Science under cooperative agreement DE-SC0000661.

Primary author

Dr Marc Hausmann (Michigan State University)

Co-authors

Prof. Alan Amthor (Bucknell University) Andreas Stolz (NSCL / Michigan State University) Prof. Bela Erdelyi (Northern Illinois University) Prof. Bradley M. Sherrill (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory - Michigan State University and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams - Michigan State University) Dr Chandana Sumithrarachchi (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory) Dr Daniel Bazin (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory - Michigan State University) Mr David Morrissey (MSU/NSCL) Dr Fabio Farinon (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams - Michigan State University) Dr Helmut Weick (GSI Helmholtzzentrum) Dr Hiroyuki Takeda (RIKEN) Dr Jerry Nolen (Argonne National Laboratory) Dr Jill S. Berryman (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory - Michigan State University) Dr Jorge Pereira (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory - Michigan State University) Dr Laura Bandura (NSCL, Michigan State University) Dr Mauricio Portillo (Michigan State University) Dr Oleg Tarasov (NSCL / MSU) Dr Shashikant Manikonda (Argonne National Laboratory) Dr Thomas Baumann (National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory) Tom Ginter (Michigan State University) Dr Toshiyuki Kubo (RIKEN)

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