Published 1992 | Version v1
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Beam test of a plasma lens for heavy ion beam focusing

  • 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, Garching (Germany)
  • 2. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 3. Erlangen-Nuernberg Univ., Erlangen (Germany)

Description

First beam tests of an 'active' current-carrying plasma lens were performed at the GSI linear accelerator UNILAC using a 11.4 MeV/u gold beam. A variety of discharge parameters have been tested. Very stable and reproducible performance characteristics of this novel lens were found. In a pulsed operation with a peak current of 22 kA a ion beam with an initial diameter of 10 mm was focused for 300 ns to a spot size of less than 300 μm. Plasma lenses are under consideration to be used at the SIS/ESR facility of GSI to produce small beam spots on targets in order to achieve a high energy density in matter. (author) 3 refs.; 4 figs.; 2 tabs

Part of:
Proceedings of the 3. European particle accelerator conference V. 1

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Editions Frontieres.
Imprint Place
Paris (France)
ISBN
2-86332-114-5
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 3. European particle accelerator conference. V. 1
Imprint Pagination
[908 p.].
Journal Page Range
p. 593-595.

Conference

Title
3. European particle accelerator conference.
Acronym
EPAC 92
Dates
24-28 Mar 1992.
Place
Berlin (Germany).

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
24054177
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BEAM OPTICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC LENSES; FOCUSING; GOLD IONS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; ION BEAMS; MULTICHARGED IONS; PLASMA FOCUS DEVICES
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BEAMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; IONS; LENSES; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contracts 06 MM 312; 06 AC 301 I