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Study of emittance growth and its control for a low energy H[sup [minus]] beam transport system

Conference · · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)
OSTI ID:5341324
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  1. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)
  2. Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory, Dallas, Texas 75237 (United States)

A compact 6-lens electrostatic quadrupole lens system in conjunction with a short, single einzel lens section has been developed with the aim of transporting a 30 mA, 35 kV H[sup [minus]] beam [normalized beam brightness of about 10[sup 11] A/(m-rad)[sup 2]] over a length of about 30 cm and focusing it into an RFQ. The effect of a neutral background gas on the measurements of the beam from the ion source is studied in order to evaluate reliably the input beam parameters for the lens design. The beam dynamics calculations have been made using simulation codes for typical H[sup [minus]] beam parameters from two different ion sources; a magnetron type and a volume source type. The simulation results show a relatively modest emittance growth, that is within about 50--60% even in the case of an input beam with very small beam radius (1.1 mm) and very large divergence (72 mrad).

OSTI ID:
5341324
Report Number(s):
CONF-921145--
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) Vol. 287:1; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English