Acceleration of lead ions in the CERN PS Booster and the CERN PS

Author

Blas, F. ; Bossard, P. ; Cappi, R. ; Cyvoct, G. ; Garoby, R. ; Gelato, G. ; Haseroth, H. ; Jensen, E. ; Manglunki, D. ; Metzmacher, K. ; Pedersen, F. ; Rasmussen, N. ; Schindl, K. ; Schneider, G.C. ; Schönauer, H. ; Sermeus, L. ; Thivent, M. ; van Rooij,

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1-5 May 1995

Firstpage

423

Abstract

The new CERN Heavy-Ion Accelerating Facility implies besides a new linac also important modifications of existing accelerators. They are imposed by the low speed and the low intensity of the ion beam and, crucially at low energy, by the short lifetime of the partially stripped ions due to charge exchange with the atoms of the residual gas. Once the optimum charge state (Pb⁵³⁺) and energy of the injector (4.2 MeV/u) had been chosen, the operational pulse-to-pulse variability (PPM) of particle species and intensities in the PS and its four-ring Booster (PSB) dictate the main beam parameters

Keywords

booster injectors; ion accelerators; lead; particle beam injection; positive ions; synchrotrons; CERN Heavy-Ion Accelerating Facility; CERN PS Booster; Pb; Pb⁵³⁺; charge exchange; four-ring Booster; injector energy; operational pulse-to-pulse variability; optimum charge state; partially stripped ions; residual gas atoms; Acceleration; Energy capture; Ion beams; Kinetic energy; Linear particle accelerator; Particle beams; Protons; Pulsed power supplies; Radio frequency; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2934-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1995.504678

Filename

504678