Collective longitudinal motion in intense ion beams

Conference · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5058573

Neuffer, D

Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) using high energy heavy ion beams requires tight focussing of the igniting ion beams in longitudinal, as well as transverse, space at the pellet target. This sets significant requirements for stability in longitudinal motion. It has been previously noted that this motion can contain significant resistive wall instability. Results of numerical simulations of this instability in perturbed bunched beams are presented and analyzed. It is found that reflection of perturbations off bunch ends is distorted and delayed by space charge forces and that ''soliton'' waves can appear after reflection. 5 refs.

• Research Organization: Fermilab, Batavia, Ill
• OSTI ID: 5058573
• Report Number(s): CONF-810314-
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Vol. NS-28:3; Conference: Particle accelerator conference, Washington, DC, USA, 11 Mar 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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