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Webster, A.

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THYKI02 Laser Stripping of H- beams: Theory and Experiments 2582
 
  • V. V. Danilov, A. V. Aleksandrov, S. Assadi, W. Blokland, S. M. Cousineau, C. Deibele, W. P. Grice, S. Henderson, J. A. Holmes, Y. Liu, M. A. Plum, A. P. Shishlo, A. Webster
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  • I. Nesterenko
    BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk
  • L. Waxer
    LJW, Saint Louis
 
  Funding: Research sponsored by LDRD Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U. S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725.

Thin carbon foils are used as strippers for charge exchange injection into high intensity proton rings. However, the stripping foils become radioactive and produce uncontrolled beam loss, which is one of the main factors limiting beam power in high intensity proton rings. Recently, we presented a scheme for laser stripping an H- beam for the Spallation Neutron Source ring. First, H- atoms are converted to H0 by a magnetic field, then H0 atoms are excited from the ground state to the upper levels by a laser, and the excited states are converted to protons by a magnetic field. In this paper we report on the first successful proof-of-principle demonstration of this scheme to give high efficiency (around 90%) conversion of H- beam into protons at SNS in Oak Ridge. The experimental setup is described, and comparison of the experimental data with simulations is presented. In addition, future plans on building a practical laser stripping device are discussed.

 
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