Magnetic lattice for the HIF Neutralized Transport Experiment (NTX)

The NTX experiment at the Heavy Ion Fusion Virtual National Laboratory is exploring the performance of neutralized final focus systems for high perveance heavy ion beams. A pulsed magnetic four-quadrupole transport system for a 400 keV, 80 mA space charge dominated heavy ion beam has been designed, fabricated, tested, measured, and commissioned successfully for the Neutralized Transport Experiment (NTX). We present some generalized multipole decompositions of 3-D finite element calculations, and 2-D transient finite element simulations of eddy currents in the beam tube. Beam envelope calculations along the transport line were performed using superposition of individually 3-D calculated magnetic field maps. Revised quadrupole design parameters and features, plus fabrication and testing highlights are also presented. Magnetic field measurements were made using both Hall probes (low field DC) and inductive loop coil (high field pulsed). Magnet testing consisted of repetitive full current pulsing to determine reliability.