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H. Ðapo1, A. B. Bereketoğlu1, A. Şahin1,A. Öztürk1, A. Hacisalihoğlu2, B. Yildirimdemir1, B. Gezer1, C. Taner1, C. Doğan1, E. N. Cansiz1, F. K. Işik1, H. Vural1, H. İ. Nalçak1, H. Yildiz1, İ. Tan1, İ. E. Çolak1, K. K. Şahbaz1, M. Tamkaş1,3, M. B. Gür1, M. Özdemir1, M. Z. Şentürk1, M. Yüksel1, M. Mutlu1,
N. Ergin1, O. F. Demirtaş1, Ö. Karsli1, R. Tunç1, R. Kuyrukcu1, S. Aydinli1, S. Çakmakoğlu1, T. Olgun1, Y. Küçük1,4, Y. E. Yanar1, Z. R. Öztürk1
1 Turkish Accelerator and Radiation Laboratory, Ankara, TÜRKİYE
2Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Physics Department, Rize, TÜRKİYE
3Marmara University, Science Faculty, Physics Department, İstanbul, TÜRKİYE
4Akdeniz University, Department of Physics, Antalya, TÜRKİYE
The Turkish Accelerator and Radiation Laboratory (TARLA) is a user facility based on a superconducting linear accelerator designed to reach 40 MeV and 1.6 mA. TARLA will be equipped with two beamlines: one for bremsstrahlung, and the other for a free-electron laser. Currently, the first accelerating section, providing 20 MeV acceleration, is completed, while the second, for 40 MeV, is under construction. Out of the two beamlines, the bremsstrahlung beamline is expected to be available first and start to serve Nuclear resonance fluorescence experiments as soon as available. Complementing the standard high-flux bremsstrahlung option, we plan to develop and implement a polarized bremsstrahlung capability at TARLA. Such capability would expand our experimental potential. The conceptual design and technical considerations for generating and controlling photon polarization within the existing beamline infrastructure will be outlined. The current status of the accelerator, project plans, and beam application schedule will be presented. This presentation will detail the accelerator's current status, project plans, and beam application schedule. Furthermore, we will discuss the planned utilization of the operational 20 MeV section for activation and other radiation physics experiments during a pause in the 40 MeV section's construction. By employing a fast sample transfer system measurements of bremsstrahlung and decay properties of nuclei can be made by activation. Thus, a set for activation measurements using 20 MeV bremsstrahlung is planned. These measurements aim at accelerator characterization by establishing the relationship to the generated bremsstrahlung, as well as for measurements of half-lifes of a few short-lived nuclei as a demonstrator of the sample transfer system capabilities. Following the transfer, the irradiated samples will be counted using two pairs of CLOVER and single-crystal HPGe detectors with BGO active Compton suppression. The aim of this research was to measure the energy transitions and half-lives of these isotopes as a test of the detector and transfer system capabilities. We will present the status of the system as well as the measurements.
Key words: superconducting linac, bremsstrahlung, activation, gamma-ray spectroscopy
| Contribution category | Experiment |
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| Presenter status | Faculty/Staff |