Investigations about the irradiation damage in carbon foils [1] led to the prediction that carbon stripper foils with a structure of randomly oriented crystallites should adduce an optimum strength against damages caused by swift heavy ions. As a result of these investigations new stripper foils were developed, which are prepared by laser plasma ablation-deposition in high vacuum. Such foils are provided with the preferred crystalline structure and show the predicted improvement in tests using an 127I-beam at the Munich tandem accelerator.    «

Investigations about the irradiation damage in carbon foils [1] led to the prediction that carbon stripper foils with a structure of randomly oriented crystallites should adduce an optimum strength against damages caused by swift heavy ions. As a result of these investigations new stripper foils were developed, which are prepared by laser plasma ablation-deposition in high vacuum. Such foils are provided with the preferred crystalline structure and show the predicted improvement in tests using a...    »