Progress on an EBIS for RHIC

Author

Alessi, J. ; Beebe, E. ; Hershcovitch, A. ; Kponou, A. ; Lockey, R. ; Pikin, A. ; Prelec, K. ; Snydstrup, L. ; Stein, P.

Author_Institution

AGS Dept., Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

12-16 May 1997

Firstpage

2711

Abstract

Work is continuing on the development of an Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) which could be used as part of a new heavy ion injector for RHIC. On a test EBIS, we have operated with an electron beam current of up to 1.14 A, and have extracted ions such as Tl⁴¹⁺, Xe ²⁶⁺, Ar¹⁴⁺, N⁷⁺, and Na⁷⁺. Recent experimental results are reported. In addition, we discuss plans for a new electron beam test stand that is now being built. This will allow operation with electron currents of 10 A, as well as testing of a warm-bore superconducting magnet system, methods for fast extraction of ions, and possible off-axis collection of the electron beam

Keywords

ion accelerators; ion sources; particle beam injection; storage rings; synchrotrons; Ar; Ar¹⁴⁺; EBIS; Electron Beam Ion Source; N; N⁷⁺; Na⁷⁺; RHIC; Tl; Tl⁴¹⁺; Xe; Xe²⁶⁺; electron beam current; fast extraction; heavy ion injector; ion beam; warm-bore superconducting magnet; Electron beams; Electron traps; Ion accelerators; Ion sources; Laboratories; Life estimation; Particle accelerators; Space vector pulse width modulation; Superconducting magnets; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4376-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1997.752740

Filename

752740