TANDEM VAN DE GRAAFF ACCELERATOR
A High Voltage Engineering Corporation Model FN purchased in 1966 with NSF funds; operation funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy. See W.G. Weitkamp and F.H. Schmidt, "The University of Washington Three Stage Van de Graaff Accelerator," Nucl. Instrum. Meth. 122, 65 (1974).
Some Available Energy Analyzed Beams
|
Ion |
Max. Current (particle m A) |
Max. Energy (MeV) |
Ion Source |
|
1H or 2H |
50 |
18 |
DEIS or 860 |
|
3He or 4He |
2 |
27 |
Double Charge-Exchange Source |
|
3He or 4He |
30 |
7.5 |
Tandem Terminal Source |
|
6Li or 7Li |
1 |
36 |
860 |
|
11B |
5 |
54 |
860 |
|
12C or 13C |
10 |
63 |
860 |
|
* 14N |
1 |
63 |
DEIS or 860 |
|
16O or 18O |
10 |
72 |
DEIS or 860 |
|
F |
10 |
72 |
DEIS or 860 |
|
* Ca |
0.5 |
99 |
860 |
|
Ni |
0.2 |
99 |
860 |
|
I |
0.01 |
108 |
860 |
* Negative ion is the hydride, dihydride, or trihydride.
Additional ion species available include the following: Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, Fe, Cu, Ge, Se, Br and Ag. Less common isotopes are generated from enriched material.
BOOSTER ACCELERATOR
We give in the following table maximum beam energies and expected intensities for several representative ions. "Status of and Operating Experience with the University of Washington Superconducting Booster Linac," D.W. Storm et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 287, 247 (1990).
Available Energy Analyzed Beams
|
Ion |
Max. Current (pm A) |
Max. Practical Energy (MeV) |
|
p |
>1 |
35 |
|
d |
>1 |
37 |
|
He |
0.5 |
65 |
|
Li |
0.3 |
94 |
|
C |
0.6 |
170 |
|
N |
0.03 |
198 |
|
O |
0.1 |
220 |
|
Si |
0.1 |
300 |
|
35Cl |
0.02 |
358 |
|
40Ca |
0.001 |
310 |
|
Ni |
0.001 |
395 |