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Heavy ion de-acceleration with the Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6208465
The Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator system has been used to produce beams of 0.375 MeV/A /sup 16/O 8/sup +/ and 0.386 MeV/A /sup 28/Si 13/sup +/ and /sup 28/Si 14/sup +/ as a test of using the superconducting linac de-acceleration mode to provide highly stripped high charge state heavy-ion beams for use in atomic physics experimental programs. Such beams have been developed in the past at installations containing dual tandem electrostatic accelerators and the U. of Heidelberg tandem-linac facility. The beams in the tests reported in this communication were transmitted through the linac with an efficiency of 30 to 50% and can be delivered to a target location with a transmission efficiency of approximately 7%. These tests required the use of only 50 to 75% of the present linac. Energies down to 0.135 MeV/A should be possible using the entire linac but these lower energies will be accompanied by significant additional losses in transmission efficiency due to longitudinal and transverse emittance growth.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); Kansas State Univ., Manhattan (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6208465
Report Number(s):
CONF-8410172-4; ON: DE85002740
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English