Water-cooled grid support for high-power irradiation with thin target windows

T E Barnhart; A K Converse; K A Dabbs; R J Nickles; K Buckley; S Jivan; T J Ruth; A D Roberts

doi:10.1016/s0969-8043(02)00263-4

Water-cooled grid support for high-power irradiation with thin target windows

Appl Radiat Isot. 2003 Jan;58(1):21-6. doi: 10.1016/s0969-8043(02)00263-4.

Authors

T E Barnhart¹, A K Converse, K A Dabbs, R J Nickles, K Buckley, S Jivan, T J Ruth, A D Roberts

Affiliation

¹ Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, 1500 North Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 12485659
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8043(02)00263-4

Abstract

A new thin window support system for the accelerator production of positron emitters (e.g. 17F, 18F 11C, 15O) has been developed. The integrated support grid and cooling design has been optimized for 6-13 MeV protons or deuterons. The water-cooled support grid regularly operated at > 100 microA of 6 MeV deuterons and protons. The grid performed without failure at > or = 50 microA of 13 MeV protons on a 3.1 MPa gas target using 25.4 microm aluminum target foil. Transmission for the smallest hole grid of 72% based on uniform parallel beam agreed with the measured yield of 71 +/- 1% compared to the theoretical maximum yield.