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H⁻ and Proton Beam Loss Comparison at SNS Superconducting Linac

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A.P. Shishlo, A.V. Aleksandrov, J. Galambos, M.A. Plum
ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
E. Laface
ESS, Lund, Sweden
V.A. Lebedev
Fermilab, Batavia, USA

Funding: ORNL/SNS is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.
A comparison of beam loss in the superconducting part (SCL) of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) linac for H⁻ and protons is presented. During the experiment the nominal beam of negative hydrogen ions in the SCL was replaced by a proton beam created by insertion of a thin stripping carbon foil placed in the low energy section of the linac. The observed significant reduction in the beam loss for protons is explained by a domination of the intra-beam stripping mechanism of the beam loss for H-. The details of the experiment are discussed, and a preliminary estimation of the cross section of the reaction H⁻ + H⁻ -> H⁻ + H⁰ + e is presented.

Slides TUOBA03 [0.772 MB]

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TUOBA03	H⁻ and Proton Beam Loss Comparison at SNS Superconducting Linac	1074
	A.P. Shishlo, A.V. Aleksandrov, J. Galambos, M.A. Plum ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA E. Laface ESS, Lund, Sweden V.A. Lebedev Fermilab, Batavia, USA
	Funding: ORNL/SNS is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. A comparison of beam loss in the superconducting part (SCL) of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) linac for H⁻ and protons is presented. During the experiment the nominal beam of negative hydrogen ions in the SCL was replaced by a proton beam created by insertion of a thin stripping carbon foil placed in the low energy section of the linac. The observed significant reduction in the beam loss for protons is explained by a domination of the intra-beam stripping mechanism of the beam loss for H-. The details of the experiment are discussed, and a preliminary estimation of the cross section of the reaction H⁻ + H⁻ -> H⁻ + H⁰ + e is presented.
	Slides TUOBA03 [0.772 MB]