Speaker
Description
H₃⁺ ions have attracted interest in application to cyclotron to overcome intensity limitation by using stripping extraction. Meanwhile, when accelerating different ion species with varying mass-to-charge ratios in a single beamline and a synchrotron, using H₃⁺ ions instead of protons simplifies the design and allows for three times the number of ions compared to proton beams at the same current. One challenge when using hydrogen molecular ions in 100 MeV to 1 GeV circular accelerators is ion dissociation due to Lorentz forces. Theoretical calculations suggest that H₃⁺ ions are promising for use in heavy ion accelerators but further experimental validation is needed. The BNL booster synchrotron, capable of accelerating ions up to approximately 1 GeV, is an ideal candidate for conducting these experimental tests. Here we discuss the feasibility of H₃⁺ ions injection into the booster synchrotron for the test by adding an ECR ion source to the existing pre-injector line.
Funding Agency
Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-SC0012704 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
| Region represented | America |
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