학술논문

Laser ion source with long pulse width for RHIC-EBIS
Document Type
Conference
Author
Source
Conference: 2011 Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC'11); New York, NY; 20110328 through 20110401
Subject
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY ABLATION
ACCELERATORS
BNL
DECAY
DESIGN
DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRON BEAM ION SOURCES
ION PROBES
ION SOURCES
LASERS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
NASA
PLASMA
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
RADIATIONS
SOLENOIDS
TARGETS electron beam ion source
electron beam ion source
Language
English
Abstract
The Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) at Brookhaven National Laboratory is a new heavy ion-projector for RHIC and NASA Space Radiation Laboratory. Laser Ion Source (LIS) with solenoid can supply many kinds of ion from solid targets and is suitable for long pulse length with low current as ion provider for RHIC-EBIS. In order to understand a plasma behavior for fringe field of solenoid, we measure current, pulse width and total ion charges by a new ion probe. The experimental result indicates that the solenoid confines the laser ablation plasma transversely. Laser ion source needs long pulse length with limited current as primary ion provider for RHIC-EBIS. New ion probe can measure current distribution for the radial positions along z axis. The beam pulse length is not effected by magnetic field strength. However, the currents and charges decay with the distance from the end of solenoid. These results indicate that solenoid field has important role for plasma confinement not longitudinally but transversely and solenoid is able to have long pulse length with sufficient total ion charges. Moreover, the results are useful for a design of the extraction system for RHIC-EBIS.