Author: Ratzinger, U.
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WEP256 Laser-Proton Acceleration as Compact Ion Source 1960
 
  • S. Busold, O. Deppert, K. Harres, G. Hoffmeister, F. Nürnberg, M. Roth
    TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
  • A. Almomani, C. Brabetz, M. Droba, O.K. Kester, U. Ratzinger
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • V. Bagnoud, W.A. Barth, A. Blazevic, O. Boine-Frankenheim, P. Forck, I. Hofmann, A. Orzhekhovskaya, T. Stöhlker, A. Tauschwitz, W. Vinzenz, S.G. Yaramyshev
    GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
  • T.J. Burris-Mog, T.E. Cowan
    HZDR, Dresden, Germany
  • A. Gopal, S. Herzer, O. Jäckel, B. Zielbauer
    HIJ, Jena, Germany
  • T. Herrmannsdoerfer, M. Joost
    FZD, Dresden, Germany
  • M. Kaluza
    IOQ, Jena, Germany
 
  Preparatory work is presented in the context of the upcoming LIGHT project, which is dedicated to build up a test stand for injecting laser accelerated protons into conventional accelerator structures, located at GSI Helmholtzcenter for Heavy Ion Research (Darmstadt, Germany). In an experimental campaign in 2010, a beam of 8.4×109 protons with 170 ps pulse duration and (6.7±0.1) MeV particle energy could be focused with the use of a pulsed high-field solenoid. Collimation and transport of a 300 ps proton bunch containing 3×109 protons with (13.5±0.5) MeV particle energy over a distance of 407 mm was also demonstrated. Parallel simulation studies of the beam transport through the solenoid are in good agreement with the experiment.  
 
WEP261 Performance of the New EBIS Preinjector 1966
 
  • J.G. Alessi, E.N. Beebe, S. Binello, C.J. Gardner, O. Gould, L.T. Hoff, N.A. Kling, R.F. Lambiase, V. LoDestro, R. Lockey, M. Mapes, A. McNerney, J. Morris, M. Okamura, A. Pendzick, D. Phillips, A.I. Pikin, D. Raparia, J. Ritter, T.C. Shrey, L. Smart, L. Snydstrup, C. Theisen, M. Wilinski, A. Zaltsman, K. Zeno
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • U. Ratzinger, A. Schempp
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 
  Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy, and by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The construction and initial commissioning phase of a new heavy ion preinjector was completed at Brookhaven in September, 2010, and the preinjector is now operational. This preinjector, using an EBIS source to produce high charge state heavy ions, provided helium and neon ion beams for use at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory in the Fall of 2010, and gold and uranium beams are being commissioned during the 2011 run cycle for use in RHIC. The EBIS operates with an electron beam current of up to 10 A, to produce mA level currents in 10 to 40 μs beam pulses. The source is followed by an RFQ and IH linac to accelerate ions with q/m > 0.16 to an energy of 2 MeV/amu, for injection into the Booster synchrotron. The performance of the preinjector is presented, including initial operational experience for the NASA and RHIC programs.