IPAC2021 - List of Authors (Bingham, R.)

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WEPAB140	Second Beam Test and Numerical Investigation of the Imperial College Plasma (Gabor) Lens Prototype	2943
	T.S. Dascalu Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom R. Bingham, C.G. Whyte USTRAT/SUPA, Glasgow, United Kingdom C.L. Cheung, H.T. Lau, K.R. Long, T. Nonnenmacher, J.K. Pozimski Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
	Funding: STFC through the Imperial Impact Acceleration Account The design of the Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications (LhARA) is based on a series of plasma lenses to capture, focus, and select the energy of the ions produced in the laser-target interaction. A second beam test of the first plasma lens prototype, built at the Imperial College London, took place in October 2017 at the Ion Beam Centre of the University of Surrey. 1.4 MeV proton pencil beams were imaged 0.67m downstream of the lens on a scintillator screen over a wide range of settings. On top of the focusing effect, the electron plasma converted pencil beams into rings. The intensity of each ring shows a different degree of modulation along its circumference. Analysis of the results indicates non-uniformity and an off-axis rotation of the electron plasma. The effect on the beam is presented and compared to the results of a simulation of the plasma dynamics and proton beam transport through the lens. A particle-tracking code was used to study the impact of plasma instabilities on the focusing forces produced by the lens. The m = 1 diocotron instability was associated with the formation of rings from the pencil beams.
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB140
About •	paper received ※ 19 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 29 August 2021 issue date ※ 18 August 2021
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Second Beam Test and Numerical Investigation of the Imperial College Plasma (Gabor) Lens Prototype

2943

T.S. Dascalu
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
R. Bingham, C.G. Whyte
USTRAT/SUPA, Glasgow, United Kingdom
C.L. Cheung, H.T. Lau, K.R. Long, T. Nonnenmacher, J.K. Pozimski
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom

Funding: STFC through the Imperial Impact Acceleration Account
The design of the Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications (LhARA) is based on a series of plasma lenses to capture, focus, and select the energy of the ions produced in the laser-target interaction. A second beam test of the first plasma lens prototype, built at the Imperial College London, took place in October 2017 at the Ion Beam Centre of the University of Surrey. 1.4 MeV proton pencil beams were imaged 0.67m downstream of the lens on a scintillator screen over a wide range of settings. On top of the focusing effect, the electron plasma converted pencil beams into rings. The intensity of each ring shows a different degree of modulation along its circumference. Analysis of the results indicates non-uniformity and an off-axis rotation of the electron plasma. The effect on the beam is presented and compared to the results of a simulation of the plasma dynamics and proton beam transport through the lens. A particle-tracking code was used to study the impact of plasma instabilities on the focusing forces produced by the lens. The m = 1 diocotron instability was associated with the formation of rings from the pencil beams.

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reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB140

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paper received ※ 19 May 2021 paper accepted ※ 29 August 2021 issue date ※ 18 August 2021

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