IPAC2017 - List of Authors (Gammino, S.)

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MOPIK032	Commissioning of the AISHa Ion Source at INFN-LNS	570
	L. Celona, G. Castro, F. Chines, G. Costa, S. Gammino, O. Leonardi, S. Marletta, D. Mascali, A. Maugeri, L. Neri, F. Noto, S. Passarello, G. Pastore, A. Seminara, G. Torrisi, S. Vinciguerra INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy S. Di Martino, P. Nicotra Si.A.Tel SRL, Catania, Italy
	At INFN-LNS the commissioning of the AISHa superconducting ECRIS started in November 2016. Highly charged ion beams with low ripple, high stability and high reproducibility are the most important features for the ongoing commissioning. In this work, we will show the preliminary results of a parametric study on the extracted current/beam in order to minimize the emittance and increase the brightness taking advantage by its hybrid magnetic system and by a fine frequency tuning system.
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TUPIK020	Application of Optical Emission Spectroscopy to High Current Proton Sources	1721
	G. Castro, L. Celona, S. Gammino, O. Leonardi, D. Mascali, M. Mazzaglia, E. Naselli, L. Neri, D. Nicolosi, R. Reitano, G. Torrisi INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy F. Leone INAF-OACT, Catania, Italy M. Mazzaglia, R. Reitano Universita Degli Studi Di Catania, Catania, Italy E. Naselli Catania University, Catania, Italy B. Zaniol Consorzio RFX, Padova, Italy
	Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) represents a very reliable technique to carry out non-invasive measurements of plasma density and plasma temperature in the range of tens of eV. Instead of other diagnostics, it also allows to characterize the different populations of neutrals and ionized particles constituting the plasma. At INFN-LNS, OES techniques have been developed and applied to characterize the plasma generated by the Flexible Plasma Trap, an ion source used as testbench of the proton source built for European Spallation Source. This work presents the characterization of the parameters of a hydrogen plasma in different conditions of neutral pressure, microwave power and magnetic field profile along with the perspectives for further upgrades of the OES diagnostics system.
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TUPIK021	Microwave Injection and Coupling Optimization in ECR and MDIS Ion Sources	1724
	G. Torrisi, A.C. Caruso, G. Castro, L. Celona, S. Gammino, O. Leonardi, A. Longhitano, D. Mascali, E. Naselli, L. Neri, G. Sorbello INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy E. Naselli Catania University, Catania, Italy G. Sorbello University of Catania, Catania, Italy
	The fundamental aspect of coupling between microwave and plasma of the Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS) and Microwave Discharge Ion Source (MDIS) is hereinafter treated together with ad hoc microwave-based plasma diagnostics, as a key element for the next progress and variations with respect to the classical ECR heating mechanism. The future challenges for the production of higher-charge states, higher beam intensity, and high absolute ionization efficiency also demand for the exploration of new heating schemes and synergy between experiments and modeling. An overview concerning microwave transport and coupling issues in plasma-based ion sources for particle accelerator will be given in the paper, along with perspectives for the design of next generation sources.
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WEOBB2	Beam Commissioning of the High Intensity Proton Source Developed at INFN-LNS for the European Spallation Source	2530
	L. Neri, L. Allegra, A. Amato, G. Calabrese, A.C. Caruso, G. Castro, L. Celona, F. Chines, G. Gallo, S. Gammino, O. Leonardi, A. Longhitano, G. Manno, S. Marletta, D. Mascali, M. Mazzaglia, A. Miraglia, S. Passarello, G. Pastore, A. Seminara, A. Spartà, G. Torrisi, S. Vinciguerra INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy
	At the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS) the beam commissioning of the high intensity Proton Source for the European Spallation Source (PS-ESS) started in November 2016. Beam stability at high current intensity is one of the most important parameter for the first steps of the ongoing commissioning. Promising results were obtained since the first source start with a 6 mm diameter extraction hole. The increase of the extraction hole to 8 mm allowed improving PS-ESS performances and obtaining the values required by the ESS accelerator. In this work, extracted beam current characteristics together with Doppler shift and emittance measurements are presented, as well as the description of the next phases before the installation at ESS in Lund.
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THPVA005	Investigation of Electron Beam Assisted Density Boosting in Plasma Traps Using the Example of a Gabor Plasma Lens	4421
	C. Beberweil, M. Droba, S. Klaproth, O. Meusel, D. Noll, H. Podlech, K. Schulte, K.I. Thoma IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany S. Gammino, D. Mascali INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy L. Malferrari, A. Montanari, F. Odorici INFN-Bologna, Bologna, Italy
	Gabor lenses are plasma traps that can be used for focusing an ion beam linearly without aberrations* by the electric field of a confined electron cloud. They combine strong electrostatic focusing with the possibility of space charge compensation and provide an attractive alternative to conventional ion beam optics in a LEBT section. The focusing performance strongly depends on the density and distribution of the enclosed electron plasma. As the Gabor lens is usually operated close to the ion source, residual gas ionization is supposed to be the central electron generation mechanism. An electron source is introduced in order to investigate the possibility of boosting the electron density in plasma traps using the example of a Gabor lens. This way, a Gabor lens could be operated under XUHV conditions, where residual gas ionization is suppressed. The particle in cell code bender* was used to simulate the injection into the confining fields of the space charge lens in different geometrical configurations and a prototype experiment was constructed consisting of a Gabor lens and an electron source system. In this contribution, simulations and measurements will be presented. * Schulte, K., et al. Electron cloud dynamics in a Gabor space charge lens. 2012 ** Noll, D., et al. The particle-in-cell code bender and its application to non-relativistic beam transport. 2015
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Commissioning of the AISHa Ion Source at INFN-LNS

570

L. Celona, G. Castro, F. Chines, G. Costa, S. Gammino, O. Leonardi, S. Marletta, D. Mascali, A. Maugeri, L. Neri, F. Noto, S. Passarello, G. Pastore, A. Seminara, G. Torrisi, S. Vinciguerra
INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy
S. Di Martino, P. Nicotra
Si.A.Tel SRL, Catania, Italy

At INFN-LNS the commissioning of the AISHa superconducting ECRIS started in November 2016. Highly charged ion beams with low ripple, high stability and high reproducibility are the most important features for the ongoing commissioning. In this work, we will show the preliminary results of a parametric study on the extracted current/beam in order to minimize the emittance and increase the brightness taking advantage by its hybrid magnetic system and by a fine frequency tuning system.

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TUPIK020

Application of Optical Emission Spectroscopy to High Current Proton Sources

1721

G. Castro, L. Celona, S. Gammino, O. Leonardi, D. Mascali, M. Mazzaglia, E. Naselli, L. Neri, D. Nicolosi, R. Reitano, G. Torrisi
INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy
F. Leone
INAF-OACT, Catania, Italy
M. Mazzaglia, R. Reitano
Universita Degli Studi Di Catania, Catania, Italy
E. Naselli
Catania University, Catania, Italy
B. Zaniol
Consorzio RFX, Padova, Italy

Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) represents a very reliable technique to carry out non-invasive measurements of plasma density and plasma temperature in the range of tens of eV. Instead of other diagnostics, it also allows to characterize the different populations of neutrals and ionized particles constituting the plasma. At INFN-LNS, OES techniques have been developed and applied to characterize the plasma generated by the Flexible Plasma Trap, an ion source used as testbench of the proton source built for European Spallation Source. This work presents the characterization of the parameters of a hydrogen plasma in different conditions of neutral pressure, microwave power and magnetic field profile along with the perspectives for further upgrades of the OES diagnostics system.

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TUPIK021

Microwave Injection and Coupling Optimization in ECR and MDIS Ion Sources

1724

G. Torrisi, A.C. Caruso, G. Castro, L. Celona, S. Gammino, O. Leonardi, A. Longhitano, D. Mascali, E. Naselli, L. Neri, G. Sorbello
INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy
E. Naselli
Catania University, Catania, Italy
G. Sorbello
University of Catania, Catania, Italy

The fundamental aspect of coupling between microwave and plasma of the Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS) and Microwave Discharge Ion Source (MDIS) is hereinafter treated together with ad hoc microwave-based plasma diagnostics, as a key element for the next progress and variations with respect to the classical ECR heating mechanism. The future challenges for the production of higher-charge states, higher beam intensity, and high absolute ionization efficiency also demand for the exploration of new heating schemes and synergy between experiments and modeling. An overview concerning microwave transport and coupling issues in plasma-based ion sources for particle accelerator will be given in the paper, along with perspectives for the design of next generation sources.

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WEOBB2

Beam Commissioning of the High Intensity Proton Source Developed at INFN-LNS for the European Spallation Source

2530

L. Neri, L. Allegra, A. Amato, G. Calabrese, A.C. Caruso, G. Castro, L. Celona, F. Chines, G. Gallo, S. Gammino, O. Leonardi, A. Longhitano, G. Manno, S. Marletta, D. Mascali, M. Mazzaglia, A. Miraglia, S. Passarello, G. Pastore, A. Seminara, A. Spartà, G. Torrisi, S. Vinciguerra
INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy

At the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS) the beam commissioning of the high intensity Proton Source for the European Spallation Source (PS-ESS) started in November 2016. Beam stability at high current intensity is one of the most important parameter for the first steps of the ongoing commissioning. Promising results were obtained since the first source start with a 6 mm diameter extraction hole. The increase of the extraction hole to 8 mm allowed improving PS-ESS performances and obtaining the values required by the ESS accelerator. In this work, extracted beam current characteristics together with Doppler shift and emittance measurements are presented, as well as the description of the next phases before the installation at ESS in Lund.

Slides WEOBB2 [2.457 MB]

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THPVA005

Investigation of Electron Beam Assisted Density Boosting in Plasma Traps Using the Example of a Gabor Plasma Lens

4421

C. Beberweil, M. Droba, S. Klaproth, O. Meusel, D. Noll, H. Podlech, K. Schulte, K.I. Thoma
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
S. Gammino, D. Mascali
INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy
L. Malferrari, A. Montanari, F. Odorici
INFN-Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Gabor lenses are plasma traps that can be used for focusing an ion beam linearly without aberrations* by the electric field of a confined electron cloud. They combine strong electrostatic focusing with the possibility of space charge compensation and provide an attractive alternative to conventional ion beam optics in a LEBT section. The focusing performance strongly depends on the density and distribution of the enclosed electron plasma*. As the Gabor lens is usually operated close to the ion source, residual gas ionization is supposed to be the central electron generation mechanism. An electron source is introduced in order to investigate the possibility of boosting the electron density in plasma traps using the example of a Gabor lens. This way, a Gabor lens could be operated under XUHV conditions, where residual gas ionization is suppressed. The particle in cell code bender** was used to simulate the injection into the confining fields of the space charge lens in different geometrical configurations and a prototype experiment was constructed consisting of a Gabor lens and an electron source system. In this contribution, simulations and measurements will be presented.
* Schulte, K., et al. Electron cloud dynamics in a Gabor space charge lens. 2012
** Noll, D., et al. The particle-in-cell code bender and its application to non-relativistic beam transport. 2015

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