An electron beam ion trap for the NSCL reaccelerator

S. Schwarz, G. Bollen, J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia, J. Dilling, M. Johnson, O. Kester, M. Kostin, F. Marti, C. Wilson, P. Zavodszky

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Abstract

The reacceleration of stopped fast-fragment beams or low-energy ISOL beams to the energy range of 0.3-12 MeV/nucleon allows for experiments such as low-energy Coulomb excitation and transfer reaction studies and for the precise study of astrophysical reactions. The coupling of a reaccelerator to a gas stopper at a fragmentation facility will provide rare isotope beams of nuclides not available at ISOL facilities in this energy regime. The implementation of charge breeding is a key to obtain a compact and cost-efficient reaccelerator and it is foreseen in the development of a reaccelerator at the NSCL at MSU. An Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) will be used for charge-breeding as it has the potential to rapidly and efficiently output highly charged ions in a single charge state. The system will provide highly charged ions at an energy of 12 keV/nucleon to a compact linear accelerator for further acceleration.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4466-4470
Number of pages5
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume266
Issue number19-20
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Advanced accelerator concepts
  • Charge breeding
  • Radioactive ions

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