SOLEROO: A solenoidal exotic rare isotope separator at the Australian National University

R. Rafiei; D. J. Hinde; M. Dasgupta; D. C. Weisser; A. G. Muirhead; A. B. Harding; A. K. Cooper; H. J. Wallace; N. R. Lobanov; A. Wakhle; M. L. Brown; C. J. Lin; A. J. Horsley; R. Du Rietz; D. H. Luong; M. Evers

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SOLEROO: A solenoidal exotic rare isotope separator at the Australian National University

R. Rafiei^*
, D. J. Hinde
, M. Dasgupta
, D. C. Weisser
, A. G. Muirhead
, A. B. Harding
, A. K. Cooper
, H. J. Wallace
, N. R. Lobanov
, A. Wakhle
, M. L. Brown
, C. J. Lin
, A. J. Horsley
, R. Du Rietz
, D. H. Luong
, M. Evers

^*Corresponding author for this work

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A low-mass radioactive ion beam capability in Australia has been developed using a 6.5 T superconducting solenoid as the separator element. The separator, called SOLEROO, separates the large background of primary-beam particles from the radioactive species of interest. A further rejection of remnant unwanted nuclear species leaving the solenoid is achieved by tracking each emerging particle and identifying them event-by-event using a pair of position sensitive parallel plate avalanche counters. With primary ⁷Li beam current of 1eμA, a ⁶He production rate of 1.2×105s-1 has been achieved. The tagged secondary beam will be combined with a high efficiency 512 pixel silicon detector array for nuclear experiments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12-21
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	631
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.12.103
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2011

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Rafiei, R., Hinde, D. J., Dasgupta, M., Weisser, D. C., Muirhead, A. G., Harding, A. B., Cooper, A. K., Wallace, H. J., Lobanov, N. R., Wakhle, A., Brown, M. L., Lin, C. J., Horsley, A. J., Du Rietz, R., Luong, D. H., & Evers, M. (2011). SOLEROO: A solenoidal exotic rare isotope separator at the Australian National University. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 631(1), 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2010.12.103

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