Support for accelerator physics research including ARIEL

随着先进的稀有同位素实验室（ARIEL）， TRIUMF正在进入一个以稀有同位素为基础的研究的新时代，允许同时提供三个稀有同位素束进行前沿实验。2010年6月，加拿大创新基金会（CFI）批准了对超导电子直线加速器（即e-linac）的资金资助，作为ARIEL的第一阶段。该加速器于2014年9月成功发射了第一束低功率光束。随着第二阶段（ARIEL-II）的批准，CFI和五个省份为该项目提供的总资金接近1亿美元。它包括两个新目标站的基础设施和用于电子诱导光裂变以及质子诱导裂变、散裂和破碎反应产生的同位素的离子束输送系统。放射性同位素将提供给核物理、核天体物理和材料科学研究实验以及医疗应用。

With the Advanced Rare Isotope Laboratory (ARIEL), TRIUMF is moving into a new era of rare isotope-based research allowing three simultaneous rare isotope beams to be delivered to leading edge experiments. Capital funding for a superconducting electron linear accelerator at TRIUMF, known as the e-linac, was approved through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) in June 2010, as the first phase of ARIEL. The accelerator delivered successfully first low power beam in September 2014. With the second phase (ARIEL-II) approved, total funding for the project from CFI and five provinces is almost $100M. It includes infrastructure for two new target stations and ion beam delivery systems for isotopes produced by electron-induced photo-fission as well as by proton-induced fission, spallation and fragmentation reactions. Radioisotopes will be delivered to experiments for nuclear, nuclear astrophysics, and material science research, as well as for medical applications. With the e-linac, TRIUMF has two high power driver beam accelerators for the production of isotopes, both which present operational challenges and require the development of advanced systems and expert knowledge in many areas of accelerator sciences. In addition, the beam preparation (charge breeding and beam purification) and post acceleration of rare isotopes require systematic performance improvements. Through ARIEL, TRIUMF has been able to strengthen and extend its expertise in accelerator physics with a focus on three core areas of expertise, 1. Superconducting radiofrequency (SRF), 2. Secondary targets and ion sources, and 3. Beam Physics. This application is a request to continue NSERC support for UVic graduate students engaged in accelerator physics at TRIUMF and to support the research of a new UVic faculty member in this field.