Using an RFQ to Transport Intense Heavy Ion Beams from an ECR Ion Source

Autor: Rodrigues, Dr. Gerard, Hamm, Robert
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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DOI: 10.18429/jacow-ipac2021-mopab351
Popis: In the transport of high intensity, heavy ions from an ECR ion source through a low energy beam transport (LEBT) section, space charge can limit the transmission. It has been proposed to use a Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) to efficiently address this problem. The stray magnetic field of the ECR ion source can be used to provide focusing against the space charge blow-up when using the Direct Plasma Injection Scheme (DPIS) developed for laser ion sources. The RFQ will focus and transport the injected beam, eliminating most of the charge states extracted from the ECR ion source. This narrowing of the charge state distribution is a filter, reducing the low energy beam transport problem, as well as the emittance growth for the desired beam. A combined extraction/matching system has been designed for direct injection into a 48.5 MHz RFQ for the production of 238U⁴⁰⁺ (0.52 mA) and 209Bi³⁰⁺ (1.047 mA) beams. The IGUN code has been used to design the injection directly into the RFQ. The RFQ design has been modified with a pre-buncher built into the vanes to narrow the transmitted charge state distribution as much as possible. The design details of this system will be presented.
Proceedings of the 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC2021, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Databáze: OpenAIRE