Sep 15 – 19, 2024
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GANIL cyclotron ion sources: optimisation for operation

MOB1
Sep 16, 2024, 11:00 AM
30m
Main Hall (Welcome Hotel Darmstadt City Center)

Main Hall

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Oral Presentation MC1: New Development and Status Reports MOB: Oral Session MC1

Speaker

Mickael Dubois (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds)

Description

The GANIL (Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds) in Caen has been producing and accelerating stable and radioactive ion beams for nuclear physics, atomic physics, radiobiology and materials irradiation since 1982.
On cyclotrons facility, two ion sources (ECR4 and ECR4M) are used to produce around 4,000 hours per year of gaseous and metallic beams. Recently, studies have been carried out to find ways of optimizing beam characteristics (stability, intensities).
One of these involves improving the long-term stability of the beam, which is an important parameter for tuning the accelerator and for physics experiments. At the same time, this improved stability will also reduce the need of on-call interventions for ion source experts.
Other studies and tests have been carried out to increase the intensity and/or stability of the metal beams by adapting the injection of the ion source on ECR4/4M. Depending on the configuration, the gain shall be up to a factor of 2 on the charge state required for acceleration, and stability has also been improved compared to previous one.
Some details and results will be presented.

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Primary author

Mickael Dubois (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds)

Co-authors

Benoit Osmond (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds) Frederic Lemagnen (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds) Nicolas Lechartier (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds) Stéphane Hormigos (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds) Vincent Metayer (Grand Accélérateur Nat. d'Ions Lourds)

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