Divergence measurement of light ion beams using ultracompact ion pinhole cameras on PBFA II (abstract)

Ion beam divergence reduction will increase the power density deliverable to an ICF target and is one step towards demonstrating a credible path to target ignition. Measurement of the divergence is made with an ultracompact ion pinhole camera (UC-IPC). The UC-IPC is mounted in the PBFA II diode near the ion source at a 10 degree angle to compensate for beam bending in the diode's applied magnetic field. The beam is transported through an entrance pinhole and down an entrance tube to a gold scattering foil. The beam is scattered 90 degree through a second pinhole to CR39 film where the ion track count is recorded. This paper will describe the results of off-axis ion beam divergence measurements using the UC-IPC. Together with other diagnostics, the UC-IPC provides information about beam species and charge state, about particle energy and about divergence of the beam. This paper will also describe UC-IPC simulation using PICDIAG, a 2D code that models the ion transport and diagnostic response of experiments on Sandia's PBFA II accelerator. This work supported by the U. S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC04-76DP00789