Argonne Physics Division

Radioactive Beams Delivered by ATLAS

Updated July, 2009

a	Beams produced using the "In-flight" method (see below).
b	Beams produced using the "Two-accelerator" or "Batch" method (see below).
c	Allowed maximum radiation may limit beam current.
d	Used so far for implantation only.

Ion	Half-Life	Reaction	Intensity (ions/sec/pnA)	Opening Angle (degrees)	Production Energy (MeV)	Max. Rate (ions/sec)
⁶He^a,c	0.807 sec	d(⁷Li,⁶He)³He	150	19	75	1 x 10⁴
⁸Li^a,c	0.838 sec	d(⁷Li,⁸Li)p	2000	11	71	1.5 x 10⁵
⁸B^a,c,d	0.770 sec	³He(⁶Li,⁸B)n	10	13	27
¹¹C^a,c	20.385 min	p(¹¹B,¹¹C)n	2300	4.5	105	2 x 10⁵
¹²B^a	20.20 ms	d(¹¹B,¹²B)p	2000	7.45	70	2 x 10⁵
¹⁴O^a	70.606 sec	p(¹⁴N,¹⁴O)n	1200	2.9	170
¹⁶N^a	7.13 sec	d(¹⁵N,¹⁶N)p	30000	5.4	70	3 x 10⁶
¹⁷F^a	64.49 sec	d(¹⁶O,¹⁷F)n p(¹⁷O,¹⁷F)n	20000 20000	4.5 1.7	~90	2 x 10⁶
²⁰Na^a,d	0.448 sec	³He(¹⁹F,²⁰Na)2n	~1		148
²¹Na^a	22.48 sec	d(²⁰Ne,²¹Na)n p(²¹Ne,²¹Ne)n	4000 8000	4.0 2.6	113	2 x 10⁶
²⁵Al^a	7.183 sec	d(²⁴Mg,²⁵Al)n p(²⁵Mg,²⁵Al)n	1000 2000	3.7 2.2	204 180
³³Cl^a	2.5 sec	d(³²S,³³Cl)n	1000	2.5	250	5 x 10⁴
³⁷K^a	1.226 sec	d(³⁶Ar,³⁷K)n	1200	2.2	280
¹⁸F^b	109.77 min					6 x 10⁶
⁴⁴Ti^b	59 yr					5 x 10⁵
⁵⁶Ni^b ⁵⁶Co^b	6.10 day 77.12 day					5 x 10⁴ 2 x 10⁵