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Overview of Irradiation F acilities and AIDA-2020 Irradiation Facilities Database

Overview of Irradiation F acilities and AIDA-2020 Irradiation Facilities Database. Blerina Gkotse , Georgi Gorine , Federico Ravotti. Acknowledgments to the facility responsibles that provided me with the necessary material. Outline. CERN Irradiation Facilities

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Overview of Irradiation F acilities and AIDA-2020 Irradiation Facilities Database

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  1. Overview of Irradiation Facilities and AIDA-2020 Irradiation Facilities Database Blerina Gkotse, GeorgiGorine, Federico Ravotti Acknowledgments to the facility responsibles that provided me with the necessary material BTTB 2017

  2. Outline • CERN Irradiation Facilities • CERN Proton Irradiation Facility (IRRAD) • CERN High Energy AcceleRator Mixed Field Facility (CHARM) • Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF++) • RP Calibration Laboratory (CALLAB) • CERF & VESPER • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​High-Radiation to Materials Facility(HiRadMat) • Irradiation Facilities worldwide • AIDA-2020 Transnational Access Irradiation Facilities • Birmingham Irradiation facility (UK) • Ljubljana JSI TRIGA Reactor (SI) • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (DE) • Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) (BE) • Other irradiation facilities • Prague Van-de-Graaff accelerator (CZ) • Irradiation Facilities at Los Alamos and Sandia (USA) • Irradiation facilities database See N. Charitonidis talk in this conference BTTB 2017

  3. CERN Irradiation Facilities CERF (mixed field) CALLAB CALLAB (irradiation sources) GIF++ (gamma) IRRAD (protons) VESPER (electrons) CHARM (mixed field) BTTB 2017

  4. CERN Proton Irradiation Facility (IRRAD) • Testing components of the HEP experiments • Beam of 24 GeV/c and size of 12×12 mm2 • Spills of 400msecevery ~10sec • Fluence of 1×1016p/cm2in 14 days • Scanningalso in dimensions of 10×10cm2 • Low temperature irradiation (-25°C) Shuttle System Access Chicane IRRAD Tables BEAM Detectors Cryostat with LHe 1.9K Electronics 30m • ps-irrad.web.cern.ch • Federico.Ravotti@cern.ch Calorimeter samples 4 BTTB 2017 4

  5. CERN High Energy AcceleRator Mixed Field Facility (CHARM) • Testing electronic components for accelerators • Mixed field (neutron, HEH, gamma..) • Intensity: • Lateral: 107-1010HEH/cm2/h • Long.: 108-1011 HEH/cm2/h • TID: 0.01-100 Gy/h Access chicane Cablings Hot Buffer Zone Movable shielding Conveyer path 24GeV/c p+ Beam dump Beam Catcher • www.cern.ch/charm • Salvatore.Danzeca@cern.ch Movable Target BTTB 2017

  6. Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF++ ) • Typically for muon systems of HEP experiments • Eg= 0.66 MeV; max. dose-rate ~0.5 Gy/h @ 1m from glass (±37º angle) and 2.5Gy/h @ glass contact • Several attenuation factors available (up to ~50’000) • m-beam from T2 on H4 beam-line (100 GeV; ~104 /spill) 137Cs (14 TBq) Radiation attenuator SPS BEAM m-beam Upstream Area User Infrastructure from AIDA: cosmic & beam tracker, etc. • gif-irrad.web.cern.ch/gif-irrad/ • Martin.Jaekel@cern.ch BTTB 2017 Downstream Area F. Ravotti (CERN) 6

  7. RP Calibration Laboratory (CALLAB) • Calibration of personal dosimeters • Neutron/gamma simultaneous calibration • Low neutron scattering • Irradiators and benches remotely controlled • X-ray generator (320 kV) • Sources: • Am-Be: 888 GBq, 100 GBq, 10 GBq and 100 MBq • 137Cs: 3 TBq, 300 GBq, 30 GBq, 3 GBq and 300 MBq • 60Co : 10 TBq(CC60) and 5 GBq • hse.cern/content/rp/calibration-hall Pierre.Carbonez@cern.ch • CC60 contact: • Salvatore.Danzeca@cern.ch Neutron irradiator Photon irradiator X-ray generator BTTB 2017

  8. CERF & VESPER CERF (The CERN-EU high energy Reference Field facility) VESPER (Very energetic Electron facility for Space Planetary Exploration missions in harsh Radiative environments) • Testing and calibrating passive and active instruments (space, radiation protection... ) • SPS (H6) secondary beam, 120 GeV/c hadrons • SPS North Area; H6 beam-line • HEH beam (61% p+, 35% p+, 4% k) on Cu target • Intensity • max 108 particles/pulse (slow extraction) • resulting in up to few Gy/h • Characterization of electronic components for the operation in a Jovian environment • 200 MeV pulsed electron beam and test bench for radiation effects • Beam used so far: average flux of ~1 × 108 e/cm2/s • Lower energies (down to 100 MeV) and different intensities in commission • www.cern.ch/cerf • Marco.Silari@cern.ch • vesper.web.cern.ch • Ruben.Garcia.Alia@cern.ch BTTB 2017

  9. Outline • CERN Irradiation Facilities • CERN Proton Irradiation Facility (IRRAD) • CERN High Energy AcceleRator Mixed Field Facility (CHARM) • Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF++) • RP Calibration Laboratory (CALLAB) • CERF & VESPER • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​High-Radiation to Materials Facility(HiRadMat) • Irradiation Facilities worldwide • AIDA-2020 Transnational Access Irradiation Facilities • Birmingham Irradiation facility (UK) • Ljubljana JSI TRIGA Reactor (SI) • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (DE) • Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) (BE) • Other irradiation facilities • Prague Van-de-Graaff accelerator (CZ) • Irradiation Facilities at Los Alamos and Sandia (USA) • Irradiation facilities database BTTB 2017

  10. AIDA-2020 Transnational Access AIDA-2020 (Advanced European Infrastructures for Detectors at Accelerators) supports small teams to carry out experiments and tests at one of the 6 European facilities listed below: • Funds still available (WP11) • Eligibility criteria: aida2020.web.cern.ch/content/who-eligible-apply-transnational-access • Application link: aida2020.web.cern.ch/content/how-apply-transnational-access Also AIDA-2020 funds activities for the upgrade of these infrastructures (WP15): • AIDA-2020 WP15 satellite meeting at BTTB on Thursday afternoon! aida2020.web.cern.ch/content/transnational-access BTTB 2017

  11. Birmingham Irradiation Facility Beam pipe p beam • Proton energy at extraction: up to 40MeV.Typ. 27MeV • Proton current: up to 2μA. Typ. 0.1-0.5µA • Beam spot: collimated to approx. 10×10mm2 Faraday cup • Temperature controlled box mounted on XY-axis scanning system • Area of 15×15cm2uniformly irradiated • Box flushed with dry N2 prior to cooling to lower humidity. Liquid nitrogen evaporative system for cooling. Typ. T = -25oC & RH = ~10% during irradiation • Online dosimetry with Faraday cup, and offline with Ni foils • Results from samples irradiated in Birmingham in agreement with results from other facilities Cold box www.np.ph.bham.ac.uk/pic/cyclotron David Parker: D.J.Parker@bham.ac.ukc BTTB 2017

  12. Ljubljana JSI TRIGA Reactor • Reactor power 250 kW maximum • Several in-core and ex-core irradiation channels • Maximum uninterrupted irradiation time is 16h. • Ways of irradiation • In-core (fast & thermal neutrons) • Flux 1-4×1012cm-2s-1 • Hardness factor ~0.9 • Sample size < 20 × 7 × 1 cm3 • Dry chamber (thermal neutrons, regenerated fast neutrons) • Flux <5 × 108cm-2s-1 • Bigger samples possible • Tangential channel for bigger samples being commissioned • In-core off mode (gamma irradiation) • Secondary irradiation of the core when reactor is off • Monitored with RADFETS • 0.5 Gy/s max, levels off at 0.2 Gy/s www.rcp.ijs.si/ric/index-a.htm Vladimir.Cindro@ijs.si BTTB 2017

  13. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Proton Irradiation • Proton energy at extraction: 25.3MeV • Beam spot ~7mm (varying) • Flux ~2.5×1013 p/(s·cm²) • Typical proton current: 2.0μA • Temperature in box: ~ -30°C • Box with cold nitrogen gas. X-ray Irradiation • Dose rate of up to 18 kGy/h • Test of the effects of pure ionising radiation Proton irradiation setup in front of beam pipe www.ekp.kit.edu/english/irradiation_center.php Alexander.Dierlamm@kit.edu X-ray setup configured for pixel sensor calibrations BTTB 2017

  14. Universitécatholique de Louvain (UCL Louvain) Heavy Ions Irradiation Facility (HIF) • Measurement of the response of electronic components to single event effects • Beam flux is variable between a few particles/s.cm² and 1 × 104particles/s.cm² • Homogeneity is ± 10 % on a 25 mm diameter • Irradiations done in vacuum Cocktail No 1:  High LET Cocktail No2. High Penetration www.cyc.ucl.ac.be/HIF/HIF.php Eduardo.Cortina@uclouvain.be More facilities are available for UCLouvain(p+ ,n, g) , see Irradiation Facilities database: irradiation-facilities.web.cern.ch/index.php BTTB 2017

  15. Outline • CERN Irradiation Facilities • CERN Proton Irradiation Facility (IRRAD) • CERN High Energy AcceleRator Mixed Field Facility (CHARM) • Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF++) • RP Calibration Laboratory (CALLAB) • CERF & VESPER • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​High-Radiation to Materials Facility(HiRadMat) • Irradiation Facilities worldwide • AIDA-2020 Transnational Access Irradiation Facilities • Birmingham Irradiation facility (UK) • Ljubljana JSI TRIGA Reactor (SI) • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (DE) • Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) (BE) • Other irradiation facilities • Prague Van-de-Graaff accelerator (CZ) • Irradiation Facilities at Los Alamos and Sandia (USA) • Irradiation facilities database BTTB 2017

  16. Prague Van-de-Graaff Accelerator Light ions (p,2H,4He,12C,14N) Tunable mono-energetic neutrons 2.5 MV PIXE, detector calibration, spectrometer Nuclear astrophysics, fusion reactions PIXE/RBS + lab/praktikum n target/source Polarized neutrons Polarized deuteron target Tagged neutrons Applied research Nuclear physics research • Nuclear analytical techniques (PIXE, RBS) • Tunable mono-energetic neutrons (testing, calibration of neutron-sensitive devices, detectors for space) • Tagged neutrons • Low-energy nuclear reactions (fusion, astrophysics) • Polarized neutrons + polarized frozen target (spin physics) • Neutron induced nuclear reactions and fission (tunable energy, low intensity) Research infrastructure: CZ/EU/ESA Education & training • CZ National Research Infrastructure • ESA certified facility: neutron sources (in progress) • open access (cost freefor research/academic use) • Only particle accelerator in CZ Universities • HV, electrostatic acceleration, beam delivery, neutron targets • Radiation (neutron) source monitoring • Physics laboratory • Associated experiments & applications/techniques Associated facilities • Wide-range discrete gamma-ray stations (stand-alone & transportable) • AmBe neutron source vdg.utef.cvut.cz Carlos.Granja@utef.cvut.cz BTTB 2017

  17. Irradiation Facilities at Los Alamos and Sandia • Protons • Beam of800MeV • 5 × 1011 particles per pulse at a rate of 1 Hz • High intensity pulse mode is also available: up to a few • 1013protons per pulse with currents up to a microamp • Quasi-gaussianbeam spot diameter in range 1 to 8 cm • Beam can be structured at the nanosec to microseclevel • Neutrons • Energy range from about 0.1MeV to > 600 MeV • Operating range 40 – 100 Hz • Unmoderated tungsten target but filters can be inserted • Because the proton beam is pulsed, the energy of the neutrons can be determined by time-of-flight • ~106 n cm-2s-1 above 1 MeV per pulse Gamma Irradiation Facility GIF (60 Co) LICA (60 Co) Low Dose Rate GIF (137 Cs) • Gamma • Wide range of dose rate capabilities of the Gamma Irradiation Facility and the Low Dose Rate Gamma Irradiation Facility. • Typical irradiation times at the GIF are hours to days for in-air irradiations. www.lanl.gov Krista Kaiser: kkaiser@sandia.gov 1.E-06 1.E-03 1.E+00 1.E+03 Dose Rate rad/s 1.E-05 1.E+01 1.E-02 1.E-08 Dose Rate Gy/s BTTB 2017

  18. Outline • CERN Irradiation Facilities • CERN Proton Irradiation Facility (IRRAD) • CERN High Energy AcceleRator Mixed Field Facility (CHARM) • Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF++) • RP Calibration Laboratory (CALLAB) • CERF & VESPER • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​High-Radiation to Materials Facility(HiRadMat) • Irradiation Facilities worldwide • AIDA-2020 Transnational Access Irradiation Facilities • Birmingham Irradiation facility (UK) • Ljubljana JSI TRIGA Reactor (SI) • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (DE) • Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) (BE) • Other irradiation facilities • Prague Van-de-Graaff accelerator (CZ) • Irradiation Facilities at Los Alamos and Sandia (USA) • Irradiation facilities database BTTB 2017

  19. Irradiation Facilities Database Facilities worldwide • Unified entry point for irradiation facilities at CERN and worldwide • Essential (but exhaustive) collection of information • 165 entries so far • Validation of the data in progress Homepage CERN Facilities irradiation-facilities.web.cern.ch BTTB 2017

  20. Irradiation Facilities Database Features • Possibility to create and edit new facilities by the facility owners • Search filters by country, source or radiation field • Irradiation facilities worldwide map • Auto-maintenance (regular reminders) • Open accessdata but secured with the CERN authentication system (SSO) BTTB 2017

  21. D ON THANK YOU! IRRADIATON FACILITIES • irradiation-facilities.web.cern.ch Contact: Irradiation.Facilities@cern.ch

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