Title :
Generation of high power heavy ion beams at GSI
Author :
Spiller, P. ; Blasche, K. ; Boine-Frankenheim, O. ; Emmerling, M. ; Franczak, B. ; Hofmann, I. ; Lund, S. ; Ratzinger, U.
Author_Institution :
Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
Besides laser- and light ion beams, short pulse duration bunches of intense heavy ion beams are attractive to deposit high specific power in experimental targets. Such volume heated matter is transformed into a plasma state that is characterized by its high density. The GSI accelerator facility offers a unique possibility for the generation of such a solid state density plasma. After the installation of the new high current injector, intense beams of low charge state uranium ions (U 28+) will be available. To achieve high target power densities with these beams, a strong longitudinal compression has to be performed. For this purpose, a new type of RF compressor cavity has been developed for the heavy ion synchrotron SIS. In the framework of a machine development program, first tests of the required bunch manipulations have been done with the available SIS cavities
Keywords :
accelerator cavities; ion accelerators; particle beam bunching; particle beam fusion accelerators; synchrotrons; GSI accelerator facility; RF compressor cavity; SIS cavities; heavy ion synchrotron; high current injector; high power heavy ion beams; high target power densities; intense heavy ion beams; low charge state uranium ions; short pulse duration bunches; solid state density plasma; strong longitudinal compression; volume heated matter; Ion accelerators; Ion beams; Optical pulses; Particle beam injection; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulsed laser deposition; Solid state circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5573-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1999.794260
