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Gilson, E. P.

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TUZBAB01 Experiments on Transverse Bunch Compression on the Princeton Paul Trap Simulator Experiment 810
 
  • E. P. Gilson, M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, M. Dorf, P. Efthimion, R. M. Majeski, E. Startsev
    PPPL, Princeton, New Jersey
 
  Funding: Research supported by the U. S. Department of Energy.

The Paul Trap Simulator Experiment is a compact laboratory Paul trap that simulates a long, thin charged-particle bunch coasting through a kilometers-long magnetic alternating-gradient (AG) transport system by putting the physicist in the beam's frame-of-reference. The transverse dynamics of particles in both systems are described by the same sets of equations, including all nonlinear space-charge effects. The time-dependent quadrupolar electric fields created by the confinement electrodes of a linear Paul trap correspond to the axially-dependent magnetic fields applied in the AG system. Results are presented from experiments in which the lattice period and strength are changed over the course of the experiment to transversely compress a beam with an initial depressed-tune of 0.9. Instantaneous and smooth changes are considered. Emphasis is placed on determining the conditions that minimize the emittance growth and the number of halo particles produced after the beam compression. The results of PIC simulations performed with the WARP code agree well with the experimental data. Initial results from a newly installed laser-induced fluorescence diagnostic will also be discussed.

 
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WEZC02 Extreme Compression of Heavy Ion Beam Pulses: Experiments and Modeling 2030
 
  • A. B. Sefkow, R. C. Davidson, P. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, I. Kaganovich
    PPPL, Princeton, New Jersey
  • J. J. Barnard
    LLNL, Livermore, California
  • J. E. Coleman, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl
    LBNL, Berkeley, California
  • D. R. Welch
    Voss Scientific, Albuquerque, New Mexico
 
  Funding: Research supported by the U. S. Department of Energy.

Intense heavy ion beam pulses need to be compressed in both the transverse and longitudinal directions for warm dense matter and heavy ion fusion applications. Previous experiments and simulations utilized a drift region filled with high-density plasma in order to neutralize the space-charge and current of a 300 keV K+ beam, and achieved transverse and longitudinal focusing separately to a radius < 2 mm and pulse width < 5 ns, respectively. To achieve simultaneous beam compression, a strong solenoid is employed near the end of the drift region in order to transversely focus the beam to the longitudinal focal plane. Simulations of near-term experiments predict that the ion beam can be focused to a sub-mm spot size coincident with the longitudinal focal plane, reaching a peak beam density in the range 1012 - 1013 cm-3, provided that the plasma density is large enough for adequate neutralization. Optimizing the compression under the appropriate experimental constraints offers the potential of delivering higher intensity per unit length of accelerator to the target, thereby allowing more compact and cost-effective accelerators and transport lines to be used as ion beam drivers.

 
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THPAN086 End-to-end Simulations of an Accelerator for Heavy Ion Beam Bunching 3420
 
  • D. R. Welch, D. Rose
    Voss Scientific, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • J. E. Coleman, E. Henestroza, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl
    LBNL, Berkeley, California
  • E. P. Gilson, A. B. Sefkow
    PPPL, Princeton, New Jersey
 
  Funding: This research was supported by the U. S. Department of Energy through Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for the HIFS-VNL.

Longitudinal bunching factors in excess of 70 of a 300-keV, 27-mA K+ ion beam have been demonstrated in the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment in rough agreement with LSP particle-in-cell end-to-end simulations. These simulations include both the experimental diode voltage and induction bunching module voltage waveforms in order to specify the initial beam longitudinal phase space critical to longitudinal compression. To maximize simultaneous longitudinal and transverse compression, we designed a solenoidal focusing system that compensated for the impact of the applied velocity tilt on the transverse phase space of the beam. Here, pre-formed plasma provides beam neutralization in the last one meter drift region where the beam perveance becomes large. Integrated LSP simulations, that include detailed modeling of the diode, magnetic transport, induction bunching module, plasma neutralized transport, were critical to understanding the interplay between the various accelerator components. Here, we compare simulation results with the experiment and discuss the contributions to longitudinal and transverse emittance that limit compression.

 
THPAS004 Bunching and Focusing of an Intense Ion Beam for Target Heating Experiments 3516
 
  • J. E. Coleman, P. K. Roy, P. A. Seidl
    LBNL, Berkeley, California
  • E. P. Gilson, A. B. Sefkow
    PPPL, Princeton, New Jersey
  • D. Ogata
    UCB, Berkeley, California
  • D. R. Welch
    Voss Scientific, Albuquerque, New Mexico
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the U. S. D. O.E. under DE-AC02-05H11231 and DE-AC02-76CH3073 for HIFS-VNL

Future warm dense matter experiments with space-charge dominated ion beams require simultaneous longitudinal bunching and transverse focusing. The challenge is to longitudinally bunch the beam two orders of magnitude to a pulse length shorter than the target disassembly time and focus the beam transversely to a sub-mm focal spot. An experiment to simultaneously focus a singly charged potassium ion beam has been carried out at LBNL. The space charge of the beam must be neutralized so only emittance limits the simultaneous focusing. An induction bunching module provides a head-to-tail velocity ramp upstream of a plasma filled drift section. Tuning the initial beam envelope to compensate for the defocusing of the bunching module enables simultaneous focusing. A comparison of experimental and calculated results are presented, including the transverse distribution and the longitudinal phase-space of the beam.

 
THPAS006 A Solenoid Final Focusing System with Plasma Neutralization for Target Heating Experiments 3519
 
  • P. K. Roy, F. M. Bieniosek, J. E. Coleman, J.-Y. Jung, M. Leitner, B. G. Logan, P. A. Seidl, W. L. Waldron
    LBNL, Berkeley, California
  • J. J. Barnard, A. W. Molvik
    LLNL, Livermore, California
  • R. C. Davidson, P. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, A. B. Sefkow
    PPPL, Princeton, New Jersey
  • J. A. Duersch, D. Ogata
    UCB, Berkeley, California
  • D. R. Welch
    Voss Scientific, Albuquerque, New Mexico
 
  Intense bunches of low-energy heavy ions have been suggested as means to heat targets to the warm dense matter regime (0.1 to 10 eV). In order to achieve the required intensity on target (~1 eV heating), a beam spot radius of approximately 0.5 mm, and pulse duration of 2 ns is required with an energy deposition of approximately 1 J/cm2. This translates to a peak beam current of 8A for ~0.4 MeV K+ ions. To increase the beam intensity on target, a plasma-filled high-field solenoid is being studied as a means to reduce the beam spot size from several mm to the sub-mm range. We are building a prototype experiment to demonstrate the required beam dynamics. The magnetic field of the pulsed solenoid is 5 to 8 T. Challenges include suitable injection of the plasma into the solenoid so that the plasma density near the focus is sufficiently high to maintain space-charge neutralization of the ion beam pulse. Initial experimental results for a peak current of ~1A will be presented.

This work was supported by the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, of the U. S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, W-7405-Eng-48, DE-AC02-76CH3073 for HIFS-VNL.

 
THPAS080 Initial Density Profile Measurements using a Laser-Induced Fluorescence Diagnostic in the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment 3666
 
  • M. Chung, R. C. Davidson, P. Efthimion, E. P. Gilson, R. M. Majeski
    PPPL, Princeton, New Jersey
 
  Funding: Research supported by the U. S. Department of Energy.

Installation of a laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) diagnostic system has been completed and initial measurement of the beam density profile has been performed on the Paul trap simulator experiment (PTSX). The PTSX device is a linear Paul trap that simulates the collective processes and nonlinear transverse dynamics of an intense charged particle beam propagating through a periodic focusing quadrupole magnetic configuration. Although there are several visible transition lines for the laser excitation of barium ions, the transition from the metastable state has been considered first mainly because an operating, stable, broadband, and high-power laser system is available for experiments in this region of the red spectrum. The LIF system is composed of a dye laser, fiber optic cables, a line generator, which uses a Powell lens, collection optics, and a CCD camera system. Single-pass mode operation of the PTSX device is employed for the initial tests of the LIF system to make optimum use of the metastable ions. By minimizing the background light level, it is expected that enough signal to noise ratio can be obtained to re-construct the radial density profile of the ion beam.

 
THPAS082 Meter-Long Plasma Source for Heavy Ion Beam Space Charge Neutralization 3672
 
  • P. Efthimion, R. C. Davidson, E. P. Gilson, L. Grisham
    PPPL, Princeton, New Jersey
  • B. G. Logan, P. A. Seidl, W. L. Waldron, S. Yu
    LBNL, Berkeley, California
 
  Funding: Research supported by the U. S. Department of Energy.

Plasmas are sources of electrons for charge neutralizing ion beams to allow them to focus to small spot sizes and compress their axial pulse length. Sources must operate at low pressures and without strong electric/magnetic fields. To produce meter-long plasmas, sources based on ferroelectric ceramics with large dielectric coefficients were developed. The sources use BaTiO3 ceramic to form plasma. The drift tube inner wall of the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment (NDCX) is covered with ceramic and ~7 kV is applied across the wall of the ceramics. A 20-cm-long prototype source produced plasma densities of 5·1011 cm-3. It was integrated into the Neutralized Transport Experiment and successfully neutralized the K+ beam. A one-meter-long source comprised of five 20-cm-long sources has been tested and characterized, producing relatively uniform plasma over the length of the source in the 1·1010 cm-3 range. This source was integrated into NDCX for beam compression experiments. Experiments with this source yielded compression ratios ~80. Future work will consider longer and higher plasma density sources to support beam compression and high energy density experiments.