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Optical Transition Radiation for Non-relativistic Ion Beams

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B. Walasek-Höhne, C.A. Andre, F. Becker, P. Forck, A. Reiter, M. Schwickert, R. Singh
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
A.H. Lumpkin
Fermilab, Batavia, USA

In this contribution, recent results of Optical Transition Radiation (OTR) measurements with a non-relativistic heavy-ion beam will be presented. This feasibility study was prompted by previous measurements [1] and the theoretical estimation of expected signal strengths for the GSI linear accelerator UNILAC. For this experiment, an 11.4 MeV/u Uranium beam was chosen to investigate OTR signal from several target materials and to evaluate the working regime for the used experimental setup. The OTR light was either observed directly with an Image Intensified CCD camera (ICCD) or indirectly via a spectrometer for wavelength resolved data. A moveable stripping foil allowed measurements with two different ion charge states. The theoretical q2 dependency of the OTR process predicts a six-fold increase in light yield which was confirmed experimentally. Obtained OTR beam profiles were compered to SEM-Grid data. Moreover, ICCD gating feature, as well as the emitted light spectrum ruled out contribution of any background sources with longer emission time constant e.g. blackbody radiation.
[1] C. Bal et al., "OTR from Non-relativistic Electrons", Proceedings of DIPAC03, PM04, Mainz Germany.

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THO3C01	Optical Transition Radiation for Non-relativistic Ion Beams	580
	B. Walasek-Höhne, C.A. Andre, F. Becker, P. Forck, A. Reiter, M. Schwickert, R. Singh GSI, Darmstadt, Germany A.H. Lumpkin Fermilab, Batavia, USA
	In this contribution, recent results of Optical Transition Radiation (OTR) measurements with a non-relativistic heavy-ion beam will be presented. This feasibility study was prompted by previous measurements [1] and the theoretical estimation of expected signal strengths for the GSI linear accelerator UNILAC. For this experiment, an 11.4 MeV/u Uranium beam was chosen to investigate OTR signal from several target materials and to evaluate the working regime for the used experimental setup. The OTR light was either observed directly with an Image Intensified CCD camera (ICCD) or indirectly via a spectrometer for wavelength resolved data. A moveable stripping foil allowed measurements with two different ion charge states. The theoretical q2 dependency of the OTR process predicts a six-fold increase in light yield which was confirmed experimentally. Obtained OTR beam profiles were compered to SEM-Grid data. Moreover, ICCD gating feature, as well as the emitted light spectrum ruled out contribution of any background sources with longer emission time constant e.g. blackbody radiation. [1] C. Bal et al., "OTR from Non-relativistic Electrons", Proceedings of DIPAC03, PM04, Mainz Germany.
	Slides THO3C01 [1.905 MB]