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ABSTRACT: Laser ion source (LIS) is a candidate among various heavy ion sources. A high density plasma produced by Nd:yttrium aluminum garnet laser with drift velocity realizes high current and high charge state ion beams. In order to obtain higher beam current, we made experiments using the LIS with a magnetic field by which a confinement effect can make higher beam current. We measured total current by Faraday cup and analyzed charge distribution by electrostatic ion analyzer. It is shown that the ion beam charge state is higher by a permanent magnet.
Review of Scientific Instruments 03/2010; · 1.37 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A laser ion source (LIS) can easily provide a high current beam. However, it has been difficult to obtain a longer beam pulse while keeping a high current. On occasion, longer beam pulses are required by certain applications. For example, more than 10 micros of beam pulse is required for injecting highly charged beams to a large sized synchrotron. To extend beam pulse width, a solenoid field was applied at the drift space of the LIS at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The solenoid field suppressed the diverging angle of the expanding plasma and the beam pulse was widened. Also, it was observed that the plasma state was conserved after passing through a few hundred gauss of the 480 mm length solenoid field.
The Review of scientific instruments 02/2010; 81(2):02A510. · 1.52 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Brookhaven National Laboratory has developed the new preinjector system, electron beam ion source (EBIS) for relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Radiation Laboratory. Design of primary ion provider is an essential problem since it is required to supply beams with different ion species to multiple users simultaneously. The laser ion source with a defocused laser can provide a low charge state and low emittance ion beam, and is a candidate for the primary ion source for RHIC-EBIS. We show a suitable design with appropriate drift length and solenoid, which helps to keep sufficient total charge number with longer pulse length. The whole design of primary ion source, as well as optics arrangement, solid targets configuration and heating about target, is presented.
The Review of scientific instruments 02/2010; 81(2):02A511. · 1.52 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We have been investigating direct plasma injection scheme (DPIS) for high-intensity heavy-ion beam acceleration. In the DPIS, laser-produced plasma is directly injected into a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) linac. To study the beam dynamics of the ion injection in the DPIS, we tracked particle motions in the RFQ matching section using three-dimensional particle-in-cell method. As a result of the numerical simulation, we found that the electrostatic field generated by the extraction electrode reduces the transmission efficiency. To avoid the radially defocusing force, the input beam into the RFQ has to be initially convergent. In the DPIS, further optimization of the plasma density is required for better matching.
The Review of scientific instruments 02/2010; 81(2):02B726. · 1.52 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In a laser ion source, plasma drift distance is one of the most important design parameters. Ion current density and beam pulse width are defined by plasma drift distance between a laser target and beam extraction position. In direct plasma injection scheme, which uses a laser ion source and a radio frequency quadrupole linac, we can apply relatively higher electric field at beam extraction due to the unique shape of a positively biased electrode. However, when we aim at very high current acceleration such as several tens of milliamperes, we observed mismatched beam extraction conditions. We tested three different ion current at ion extraction region by changing plasma drift distance to study better extraction condition. In this experiment, C(6+) beam was accelerated. We confirmed that matching condition can be improved by controlling plasma drift distance.
The Review of scientific instruments 02/2010; 81(2):02B723. · 1.52 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The idea of direct plasma injection scheme (DPIS) was proposed in 2000. This new technique has been studied and proven to accelerate intense ion beams. To provide medium mass ions with highly charged states, small tabletop solid lasers were used for plasma production. Based on the measured plasma properties, aluminum and carbon ions were accelerated with more than 60 mA of current. The next experiments will use an radio frequency quadrupole designed for q/m=1/6 and explore beam productions using targets up to silver, and future work will explore production up to uranium. The DPIS has been established and is ready to be used with various accelerators which require pulsed high current, high charge state ion beams.
Review of Scientific Instruments 03/2008; 79(2 Pt 2):02B314. · 1.37 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The design studies of the dipole magnet for EBIS HEBT line is proceeding. The RHIC EBIS is a new high current highly charged heavy ion preinjector for RHIC. The dipole magnet discussed in this paper will be used to guide the beam to existing heavy ion injection line to Booster. A total of 145 degrees bend is provided by two identical dipole magnets with a slit between these magnets to pass only intended charge state ions. Also this magnet has a hole in the side wall to pass the beam from the existing Tandem Van de Graaff. The performance of this magnet calculated by TOSCA and the results of the particle tracking calculation are described.
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE; 07/2007
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ABSTRACT: We generated laser produced hydrogen plasmas as part of a future laser ion source. Hydrogen, which is in gas state at room temperature, needs to be cooled to solid target for laser irradiation. We generated solid hydrogen targets in our laser ion source chamber with a cryogenic cooler. By irradiating the solid hydrogen with a Nd:YAG laser (532 nm half-wavelength), we generated hydrogen ion.
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE; 07/2007
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ABSTRACT: To accelerate highly charged intense ion beam, we have developed the direct plasma injection scheme (DPIS) with laser ion source. In this scheme an ion beam from a laser ion source is injected directly to a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) linac without a low energy beam transport (LEBT) line and then beam losses in the LEBT can be avoided. We achieved high current acceleration of carbon ions (60 mA) by DPIS with the RFQ specially designed for high current heavy ions. As the next step we will use heavier elements such as Al, Fe, and Ta as targets in laser ion source (using high power laser, for example, glass laser) for DPIS and will examine properties of laser-produced plasma for highly charged ion production.
Review of Scientific Instruments 03/2006; 77(3):03B304-03B304-3. · 1.37 Impact Factor
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Journal of Applied Physics 01/2006; · 2.17 Impact Factor
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EPAC'2006; 01/2006
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HB'2006; 01/2006
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ABSTRACT: We have developed a new heavy ion production system which uses a combination of an RFQ and a laser ion source. Induced plasma by a laser shot is delivered to the RFQ without an extraction electrode. We named this new idea `direct plasma injection scheme (DPIS)'. In 2004, a new RFQ was built for demonstrating the capability of the DPIS. After a few months of commissioning period, we could obtain more than 60 mA of carbon beam from the RFQ. This new scheme could be applied to cancer therapy facilities and high energy nuclear physics accelerator complexes.
Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids 09/2005; 160(10-12):445-449. · 0.40 Impact Factor
