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The SIS 100 synchrotron as part of the FAIR project at GSI will accelerate various beam species from proton to uranium. An important issue is to minimize uncontrolled beam losses using a collimation system. An application of the two-stage collimation concept, well established for proton accelerators, is considered for the fully-stripped ion beams. The two-stage system consists of a primary collimator (a scattering foil) and secondary collimators (bulky absorbers). The main tasks of this study are: - to specify beam optics of the system,
- to calculate dependence of the scattering angle in the foil on the projectile species,
- to investigate importance of the inelastic nuclear interaction in the foil and
- to calculate dependence of the collimation efficiency on the projectile species.
A concept for the collimation of partially-stripped ions is based on the stripping of remaining electrons and deflecting using a beam optical element towards a dump location. Residual activation and radiation damage issues of collimator materials are also being studied at GSI. Experimental results from irradiation of carbon-based materials by heavy ions are presented.
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