TY - JOUR
T1 - The CERN-MEDICIS isotope separator beamline
AU - Martinez Palenzuela, Yisel
AU - Barozier, Vincent
AU - Chevallay, Eric
AU - Cocolios, Thomas Elias
AU - Duchemin, Charlotte
AU - Fernier, Pascal
AU - Huyse, Mark
AU - Lambert, Laura
AU - Lopez, Roberto
AU - Marzari, Stefano
AU - Fernandes Pinto Ramos, João Pedro
AU - Stora, Thierry
AU - Van Duppen, Piet
AU - Vorzhtsov, Alexey
N1 - Score=10
PY - 2021/9/6
Y1 - 2021/9/6
N2 - CERN-MEDICIS is an off-line isotope separator facility for the extraction of radioisotopes from irradiated targets of interest to medical applications. The beamline, between the ion source and the collection chamber, consists of ion extraction and focusing elements, and a dipole magnet mass spectrometer recovered from the LISOL facility in Louvain-la-Neuve. The latter has been modified for compatibility with MEDICIS, including the installation of a window for injecting laser light into the ion source for resonance photo-ionization. Ion beam optics and magnetic field modeling using SIMION and OPERA respectively were performed for the design and characterization of the beamline. The individual components and their optimal configuration in terms of ion beam extraction, mass separation, and ion transport efficiency is described, along with details of the commissioning and initial performance assessment with stable ion beams.
AB - CERN-MEDICIS is an off-line isotope separator facility for the extraction of radioisotopes from irradiated targets of interest to medical applications. The beamline, between the ion source and the collection chamber, consists of ion extraction and focusing elements, and a dipole magnet mass spectrometer recovered from the LISOL facility in Louvain-la-Neuve. The latter has been modified for compatibility with MEDICIS, including the installation of a window for injecting laser light into the ion source for resonance photo-ionization. Ion beam optics and magnetic field modeling using SIMION and OPERA respectively were performed for the design and characterization of the beamline. The individual components and their optimal configuration in terms of ion beam extraction, mass separation, and ion transport efficiency is described, along with details of the commissioning and initial performance assessment with stable ion beams.
KW - MEDICIS
KW - Radioisotopes
KW - Mass separator
KW - Radioactive beams
KW - Beamline optics
UR - https://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll?func=ll&objId=46295387&objAction=download
U2 - 10.3389/fmed.2021.689281
DO - 10.3389/fmed.2021.689281
M3 - Article
SN - 2296-858X
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Frontiers in Medicine
JF - Frontiers in Medicine
M1 - 689281
ER -