Author: Glaeser, B.
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THPS034 Studies on Electron Cloud Dynamics for an Optimized Space Charge Lens Design 3493
 
  • K. Schulte, M. Droba, B. Glaeser, S. Klaproth, O. Meusel, U. Ratzinger
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 
  Funding: Work supported by HIC for FAIR.
Space charge lenses using a stable electron cloud for focusing low energy heavy ion beams are an alternative concept to conventional ion optics. Due to external fields electrons are confined inside the lens’ volume. In case of a homogeneously distributed electron cloud the linear electric space charge field enables beam focusing free of aberration. Since the mapping quality of the lens is related to the confinement, non-destructive diagnostics has been developed to determine the plasma parameters and to characterize the collective behavior of the confined nonneutral plasma. Moreover, a scaled up space charge lens was constructed for a detailed investigation of the nonneutral plasma properties as well as beam interactions with a stable confined electron cloud. Experimental results will be presented in comparison with numerical simulations.