Preparation of a primary argon beam for the CERN fixed target physics

Journal Article · Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4854275· OSTI ID:22253585

O’Neil, M.; Scrivens, R. ^[1]; Thomae, R. ^[2]

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1. CERN, BE Department, 1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
2. iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West 7130 (South Africa)

The fixed target experiment NA61 in the North Area of the Super Proton Synchrotron is studying phase transitions in strongly interacting matter. Up to now they used the primary beams available from the CERN accelerator complex (protons and lead ions) or fragmented beams created from the primary lead ion beam. To explore a wider range of energies and densities a request was made to provide primary argon and xenon beams. This paper describes the results of the setting up and 10 week test run of the Ar{sup 11+} beam from the 14.5 GHz ECR ion source and the linear accelerator (Linac3) at CERN.

• OSTI ID: 22253585
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 85, Issue 2; Conference: ICIS 2011: 14. international conference on ion sources, Giardini-Naxos, Sicily (Italy), 12-16 Sep 2011; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ARGON
CERN
ECR ION SOURCES
GHZ RANGE 01-100
ION BEAMS
LEAD IONS
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PROTONS
SYNCHROTRONS
XENON