Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00089-2
Erik V Johnstone, Natalia Mayordomo, Edward J Mausolf
New modes of production and supply of short-lived radioisotopes using accelerators are becoming attractive alternatives to the use of nuclear reactors. In this study, the use of a compact accelerator neutron source (CANS) was implemented to explore the production of 99mTc and 101Tc. Irradiations were performed with neutrons generated from a 16.5 MeV cyclotron utilising the 18O(p, n)18F reaction during routine 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) production in a commercial radiopharmacy. Natural molybdenum targets in metal form were employed for the production of several Tc isotopes interest via (n, γ) reactions on 98Mo and 100Mo. The production of 99mTc and 101Tc under these conditions is considered and discussed.
{"title":"Hybridised production of technetium-99m and technetium-101 with fluorine-18 on a low-energy biomedical cyclotron.","authors":"Erik V Johnstone, Natalia Mayordomo, Edward J Mausolf","doi":"10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00089-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00089-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>New modes of production and supply of short-lived radioisotopes using accelerators are becoming attractive alternatives to the use of nuclear reactors. In this study, the use of a compact accelerator neutron source (CANS) was implemented to explore the production of <sup>99m</sup>Tc and <sup>101</sup>Tc. Irradiations were performed with neutrons generated from a 16.5 MeV cyclotron utilising the <sup>18</sup>O(<i>p</i>, <i>n</i>)<sup>18</sup>F reaction during routine <sup>18</sup>F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) production in a commercial radiopharmacy. Natural molybdenum targets in metal form were employed for the production of several Tc isotopes interest via (<i>n</i>, <i>γ</i>) reactions on <sup>98</sup>Mo and <sup>100</sup>Mo. The production of <sup>99m</sup>Tc and <sup>101</sup>Tc under these conditions is considered and discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":44591,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9913010/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9329405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-06-08DOI: 10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00102-8
Alessandro Maffini, Francesco Mirani, Marta Galbiati, Kevin Ambrogioni, Francesco Gatti, Maria Sole Galli De Magistris, Davide Vavassori, Davide Orecchia, David Dellasega, Valeria Russo, Margherita Zavelani-Rossi, Matteo Passoni
The interest in compact, cost-effective, and versatile accelerators is increasing for many applications of great societal relevance, ranging from nuclear medicine to agriculture, pollution control, and cultural heritage conservation. For instance, Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) is a non-destructive material characterization technique applied to environmental analysis that requires MeV-energy ions. In this context, superintense laser-driven ion sources represent a promising alternative to conventional accelerators. In particular, the optimization of the laser-target coupling by acting on target properties results in an enhancement of ion current and energy with reduced requirements on the laser system. Among the advanced target concepts that have been explored, one appealing option is given by double-layer targets (DLTs), where a very low-density layer, which acts as an enhanced laser absorber, is grown to a thin solid foil. Here we present some of the most recent results concerning the production with deposition techniques of advanced DLTs for laser-driven particle acceleration. We assess the potential of these targets for laser-driven ion acceleration with particle-in-cell simulations, as well as their application to PIXE analysis of aerosol samples with Monte Carlo simulations. Our investigation reports that MeV protons, accelerated with a ∼20 TW compact laser and optimized DLTs, can allow performing PIXE with comparable performances to conventional sources. We conclude that compact DLT-based laser-driven accelerators can be relevant for environmental monitoring.
{"title":"Towards compact laser-driven accelerators: exploring the potential of advanced double-layer targets.","authors":"Alessandro Maffini, Francesco Mirani, Marta Galbiati, Kevin Ambrogioni, Francesco Gatti, Maria Sole Galli De Magistris, Davide Vavassori, Davide Orecchia, David Dellasega, Valeria Russo, Margherita Zavelani-Rossi, Matteo Passoni","doi":"10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00102-8","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjti/s40485-023-00102-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The interest in compact, cost-effective, and versatile accelerators is increasing for many applications of great societal relevance, ranging from nuclear medicine to agriculture, pollution control, and cultural heritage conservation. For instance, Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) is a non-destructive material characterization technique applied to environmental analysis that requires MeV-energy ions. In this context, superintense laser-driven ion sources represent a promising alternative to conventional accelerators. In particular, the optimization of the laser-target coupling by acting on target properties results in an enhancement of ion current and energy with reduced requirements on the laser system. Among the advanced target concepts that have been explored, one appealing option is given by double-layer targets (DLTs), where a very low-density layer, which acts as an enhanced laser absorber, is grown to a thin solid foil. Here we present some of the most recent results concerning the production with deposition techniques of advanced DLTs for laser-driven particle acceleration. We assess the potential of these targets for laser-driven ion acceleration with particle-in-cell simulations, as well as their application to PIXE analysis of aerosol samples with Monte Carlo simulations. Our investigation reports that MeV protons, accelerated with a ∼20 TW compact laser and optimized DLTs, can allow performing PIXE with comparable performances to conventional sources. We conclude that compact DLT-based laser-driven accelerators can be relevant for environmental monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":44591,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10250455/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9975924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-18DOI: 10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00087-w
R. Kersevan
{"title":"The FCC-ee vacuum system, from conceptual to prototyping","authors":"R. Kersevan","doi":"10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00087-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00087-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44591,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48966438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-25DOI: 10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00086-x
V. Maulerová, K. Kanaki, M. Klein, C. Schmidt, P. Kadletz, A. Laloni, R. Hall-Wilton
{"title":"First evaluation of a novel ionisation chamber for thermal neutron beam monitoring","authors":"V. Maulerová, K. Kanaki, M. Klein, C. Schmidt, P. Kadletz, A. Laloni, R. Hall-Wilton","doi":"10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00086-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00086-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44591,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46981591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-24DOI: 10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00080-3
L. Keck, F. Seifert, D. Newell, S. Schlamminger, R. Theska, D. Haddad
{"title":"Design of an enhanced mechanism for a new Kibble balance directly traceable to the quantum SI","authors":"L. Keck, F. Seifert, D. Newell, S. Schlamminger, R. Theska, D. Haddad","doi":"10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00080-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00080-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44591,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45736889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-21DOI: 10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00082-1
M. Podeur, D. Vogt
{"title":"Experimental evaluation of heat transfer effect on turbocompressor performance operating with helium-neon gas mixtures","authors":"M. Podeur, D. Vogt","doi":"10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00082-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00082-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44591,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63976518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-23DOI: 10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00074-7
A. Neumann, J. Simon, J. Schmidt
{"title":"Thrust measurement and thrust balance development at DLR’s electric propulsion test facility","authors":"A. Neumann, J. Simon, J. Schmidt","doi":"10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00074-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00074-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44591,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63976427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-27DOI: 10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00073-8
T. Trottenberg, Florian Bansemer, S. Böttcher, D. Feili, H. Henkel, Marcel Hesse, H. Kersten, T. Krüger, Jens Laube, A. Lazurenko, Daniel Sailer, B. Schuster, L. Seimetz, A. Spethmann, S. Weis, R. Wimmer–Schweingruber
{"title":"An in-flight plasma diagnostic package for spacecraft with electric propulsion","authors":"T. Trottenberg, Florian Bansemer, S. Böttcher, D. Feili, H. Henkel, Marcel Hesse, H. Kersten, T. Krüger, Jens Laube, A. Lazurenko, Daniel Sailer, B. Schuster, L. Seimetz, A. Spethmann, S. Weis, R. Wimmer–Schweingruber","doi":"10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00073-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00073-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44591,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63976211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-17DOI: 10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00071-w
J. G. Weisend II
{"title":"Instrumentation and control of large helium cryogenic systems","authors":"J. G. Weisend II","doi":"10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00071-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00071-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44591,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42468884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-05DOI: 10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00070-x
B. Nauschütt, Limei Chen, K. Holste, P. Klar
{"title":"Non-invasive assessment of plasma parameters inside an ion thruster combining optical emission spectroscopy and principal component analysis","authors":"B. Nauschütt, Limei Chen, K. Holste, P. Klar","doi":"10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00070-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-021-00070-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44591,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63976051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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