Characterization of a radioactive 11C beam by means of the associated particle technique

This paper describes the results obtained for the production and characterization of a radioactive 11C beam, by means of the in flight technique at the tandem laboratory of the National Institute of Nuclear Research, Mexico. The 11C production technique described here, uses the well known Associated Particle Technique (APT) with the reaction 2H(10B,11C)n, in order to obtain a biunivocal correspondence between the radiactive 11C particles and the associated neutrons. A discussion concerning the possible use of this 11C beam in the study of the elastic scattering of protons is introduced.