Using a cyclotron plus ECR source for detector evaluation and calibration

M. A. McMahan, G. J. Wozniak, C. M. Lyneis, D. R. Bowman, R. J. Charity, Z. H. Liu, L. G. Moretto, W. L. Kehoe, A. C. Mignerey, M. N. Namboodiri

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Abstract

A technique is described to quickly measure the response of detectors to intermediate-energy heavy ions. An ECR source was utilized to produce ions as heavy as krypton. A series of ions with the same charge-to-mass ratio was accelerated in a cyclotron to a constant velocity of energy/nucleon. Different ion species were extracted by adjusting the resonant frequency a few kHz. Detectors were directly exposed to the extracted beams. For a charge-to-mass ratio of one-quarter, over seventeen ion species from 4He+1 to 84Kr+21 were observed in a two hour period.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-9
Number of pages9
JournalNuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume253
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 15 1986

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