[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Seminar, Mon 2005-12-05 at 15:00
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Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:23:24 -0800
Date/Time: Mon 2005-12-05 at 15:00
Location: Auditorium
Speaker: Arup Bandyopadhyay (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, India)
Title: The Radioactive Ion Beam & other Major Accelerator Activities in India
Abstract: An ISOL (Isotope Separator On-line) post-accelerator type of Radioactive Ion Beam (RIB) facility is being developed at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, India at present. Light ion beams from the K=130 cyclotron in conjugation with suitable thick targets will produce the RIBs. A properly optimized target design will ensure that the RIBs will diffuse out of the thick target and enter in to an on-line ion source. The RIB of interest will be separated from other reaction products using an ISOL system. The RIB at this stage has an energy of 1 keV/u, which will be accelerated in steps. The first stage of acceleration will utilize a heavy ion RFQ (Radio Frequency Quadrupole) to accelerate up to 86 keV/u. The next stage of post-acceleration will provide around 400 keV/u using three LINAC cavities.
Apart from this highly challenging activity of RI beam development, many other interesting accelerator projects are going on in India. The speaker intends to give a flavour of these accelerator development acitivities, the success stories so far and the things to come in the near future in his presentation.