Journal article
Degradation of thin carbon-backed lithium fluoride targets bombarded by 68 MeV 17O beams
Abstract
To analyze the cause of the destruction of thin, carbon-backed lithium fluoride targets during a measurement of the fusion of 7Li and 17O, we estimate theoretically the lifetimes of carbon and LiF films due to sputtering, thermal evaporation, and lattice damage and compare them with the lifetime observed in the experiment. Sputtering yields and thermal evaporation rates in carbon and LiF films are too low to play significant roles in the …
Authors
Kim YH; Davids B; Williams M; Hudson KH; Upadhyayula S; Alcorta M; Machule P; Esker NE; Griffin CJ; Williams J
Journal
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 919–926
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2023
DOI
10.1016/j.net.2022.10.040
ISSN
1738-5733