First results of SNS laser stripping experiment

V. Danilov; A. Aleksandrov; S. Assadi; J. Barhen; Y. Braiman; D. Brown; W. Grice; S. Henderson; J. Holmes; Y. Liu; A. Shishlo

First results of SNS laser stripping experiment

V. Danilov, A. Aleksandrov, S. Assadi, J. Barhen, Y. Braiman, D. Brown, W. Grice, S. Henderson, J. Holmes, Y. Liu, A. Shishlo

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Thin carbon foils are used as strippers for charge exchange injection into high intensity proton rings. However, the stripping foils become radioactive and produce uncontrolled beam loss, which is one of the main factors limiting beam power in high intensity proton rings. Recently, we presented a scheme for laser stripping of an H^- beam for the Spallation Neutron Source ring. First, H^- atoms are converted to H⁰ by a magnetic field, then H⁰ atoms are excited from the ground state to the upper levels by a laser, and the excited states are converted to protons by a magnetic field. This paper presents first results of the SNS laser stripping proof-of-principle experiment. The experimental setup is described, and possible explanations of the data are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages	980-982
Number of pages	3
State	Published - 2006
Event	10th European Particle Accelerator Conference, EPAC 2006 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 26 2006 → Jun 30 2006

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Conference	10th European Particle Accelerator Conference, EPAC 2006
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	06/26/06 → 06/30/06

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