Yield estimation of neutron-rich rare isotopes induced by 200 MeV/u $^{132}$Sn beams by using GEANT4

TL;DR

This study estimates the production yields of neutron-rich rare isotopes using GEANT4 simulations for 200 MeV/u $^{132}$Sn beams on beryllium, demonstrating their effectiveness over uranium beams at similar energies.

Contribution

It validates GEANT4 for simulating isotope production yields and compares the efficiency of $^{132}$Sn beams to $^{238}$U beams in generating neutron-rich isotopes.

Findings

GEANT4 accurately reproduces benchmark experimental data.

$^{132}$Sn beams produce more neutron-rich isotopes than $^{238}$U beams at the same energy.

Neutron-rich isotopes with 45 ≤ Z ≤ 50 are effectively produced by $^{132}$Sn beams.

Abstract

A so-called "two-step reaction scheme", in which neutron-rich rare isotopes obtained from ISOL are post-accelerated and bombarded on a second target, is employed to estimate the production yields of exotic rare isotopes. The production yields of neutron-rich rare isotope fragments induced by 200 MeV/u $^{132}$Sn beams bombarded on a $^{9}$Be target are estimated with Monte Carlo code, GEANT4. To substantiate the use of GEANT4 for this study, benchmark calculations are done for 80 MeV/u $^{59}$Co, 95 MeV/u $^{72}$Zn, 500 MeV/u $^{92}$Mo, and 950 MeV/u $^{132}$Sn beams on the $^{9}$Be target. It is found that $^{132}$Sn beams can produce neutron-rich rare isotopes with 45 $\leq$ Z $\leq$ 50 more effectively than $^{238}$U beams at the same energy per nucleon.