LINAC2026 - 33rd Linear Accelerator Conference

Session

Plenary Talks

TU2A

18 Aug 2026, 11:00

Daejeon Convention Center

18. Charge Selector Challenges in High Power Heavy Ion Linacs

Alexander Plastun (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)

18/08/2026, 11:00

MC3.A02: Ion linac projects

Plenary Talk (Invitation Only)

Heavy ion linacs use charge stripping to increase accelerating efficiency. At FRIB, the charge selector intercepts unwanted charge states from their broad distribution after stripping at the energies of 17-20 MeV/u. Design of a movable collimator for high-power heavy ion beams becomes very challenging due to high volumetric power deposition, radiation damage, radioactivation, and mechanical...