[en] Two methods of spherical aberration corrections of an electrostatic gridded lens have been studied with ray tracing simulations. Both methods are based on modifying electrostatic field on the periphery of the lens. In a simplest case such modification is done by extending the part of the grid support on its radial periphery in axial direction. In alternative method the electric field on the radial periphery of the lens is modified by applying an optimum voltage on an electrically isolated correcting electrode. It was demonstrated, that for a given focal length the voltage on this lens can be optimized for minimum aberration The performance of lenses is presented as a lens contribution to the beam RMS normalized emittance

[en] Some applications of an Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) require intensities of highly charged ions significantly greater than those which have been achieved in present EBIS sources. For example, the ion source for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) must be capable of generating 3x10⁹ ions of Au³⁵⁺ or 2 x 10⁹ ions of U⁴⁵⁺ per pulse [1]. In this case, if the fraction of ions of interest is 20% of the total ion space charge, the total extracted charge is ∼∼ 5 x 10¹¹. It is also desirable to extract these ions in a 10 ps pulse to allow single turn injection into the first synchrotron. Requirements for an EBIS which could meet the needs of the LHC at CERN are similar (∼ 1.5 x 10⁹ ions of Pb⁵⁴⁺ in 5.5 micros). This charge yield is about an order of magnitude greater than that achieved in existing EBIS sources, and is what is meant here by ''high current''. This also implies, then, an EBIS with a high electron beam current. The scope of problems in a high current EBIS is broad, and includes generating a sufficient total charge of electrons in the volume of the ion trap, achieving a stable electron beam (without high frequency oscillations), preventing ions in the trap from acquiring too much energy (which can lead to a high rate of ion loss and increase in the emittance of the extracted ion beam), injection of metal ions into the ion trap, and achieving the appropriate vacuum in the ionization region. Development of the Electron Beam Test Stand (EBTS) at BNL addresses these problems, and is an attempt to develop the technologies relevant to a high current EBIS. The final goal of this development is to build an EBIS for RHIC. The general description of this project is published in [2]. In this chapter the discussion is limited to the handling of a high perveance electron beam and to vacuum issues

[en] Some applications of an Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) require intensities of highly charged ions significantly greater than those which have been achieved in present EBIS sources. For example, the ion source for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) must be capable of generating 3 x 10⁹ ions of Au³⁵⁺ or 2 x 10⁹ ions of U⁴⁵⁺ per pulse. In this case, if the fraction of ions of interest is 20% of the total ion space charge, the total extracted charge is approximately 5 x 10¹¹. It is also desirable to extract these ions in a 10 micros pulse to allow single turn injection into the first synchrotrons. Requirements for an EBIS which could meet the needs of the LHC at CERN are similar (approximately1.5 x 10⁹ ions of Pb⁵⁴⁺ in 5.5 micros). This charge yield is about an order of magnitude greater than that achieved in existing EBIS sources, and is what is meant hereby high current. This also implies, then, an EBIS with a high electron beam current. The scope of problems in a high current EBIS is broad, and includes generating a sufficient total charge of electrons in the volume of the ion trap, achieving a stable electron beam (without high frequency oscillations), preventing ions in the trap from acquiring too much energy (which can lead to a high rate of ion loss and increase in the emittance of the extracted ion beam), injection of metal ions into the ion trap, and achieving the appropriate vacuum in the ionization region. Development of the Electron Beam Test Stand (EBTS) at BNL addresses these problems, and is an attempt to develop the technologies relevant to a high current EBIS. The final goal of this development is to build an EBIS for RHIC. The general description of this project is published. In this chapter the discussion is limited to the handling of a high perveance electron beam and to vacuum issues

[en] Some applications of an Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS) require intensities of highly charged ions significantly greater than those which have been achieved in present EBIS sources. For example, the ion source for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) must be capable of generating 3 x 10⁹ ions of Au³⁵⁺ or 2 x 10⁹ ions of U⁴⁵⁺ per pulse. In this case, if the fraction of ions of interest is 20% of the total ion space charge, the total extracted charge is approximately 5 x 10¹¹. It is also desirable to extract these ions in a 10 micros pulse to allow single turn injection into the first synchrotrons. Requirements for an EBIS which could meet the needs of the LHC at CERN are similar (approximately 1.5 x 10⁹ ions of Pb⁵⁴⁺ in 5.5 micros). This charge yield is about an order of magnitude greater than that achieved in existing EBIS sources, and is what is meant here by high current. This also implies, then, an EBIS with a high electron beam current

[en] We have analyzed the motion of a Hall probe, which is rotated about an axis that is arbitrarily displaced and oriented with respect to the magnetic axis of a solenoid. We outline how the magnetic field measured by the rotating Hall probe can be calculated. We show how to compare theoretical results with actual measurements, to determine the displacement and orientation of the axis of rotation of the probe from the magnetic axis. If the center of rotation of the probe is known by surveying, the corresponding point on the magnetic axis of the solenoid can be located. This is applied to a solenoid that was built for BNL by Oxford Instruments

[en] Head-on beam-beam compensation is adopted to compensate the large beam-beam tune spread from the protonproton interactions at IP6 and IP8 in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Two e-lenses are being built and to be in stalled near IP10 in the end of 2011. In this article we perform numeric simulation to investigate the effect of the electron beam parameters on the proton dynamics. The electron beam parameters include its transverse profile, size, current, offset and random errors in them. In this article we studied the effect of the electron beam parameters on the proton dynamics. The electron beam parameters include its transverse shape, size, current, offset and their random errors. From the study, we require that the electron beam size can not be smaller than the proton beam's. And the random noise in the electron current should be better than 0.1%. The offset of electron beam w.r.t. the proton beam center is crucial to head-on beam-beam compensation. Its random errors should be below ±8(micro)m.

[en] For heavy ion inertial fusion application, a combination of a laser ion source and direct plasma injection scheme into an RFQ is proposed. The combination might provide more than 100 mA of singly charged heavy ion beam from a single laser shot. A planned feasibility test with moderate current is also discussed

[en] Experiments on the BNL EBIS Test Stand (EBTS) with the ion trap extending beyond the edges of the superconducting solenoid had the main goal to study ion trap operation with a trap length exceeding that of the normal EBTS trap. Preliminary results indicate that the ion trap with length 107 cm is stable and controllable in the same fashion as our normal 70 cm trap with a multiampere electron beam. EBTS operation with ion trap 145 cm long and with electron current up to 3 A in earlier experiments also was stable and yielded more ions than from the basic ''short'' trap. These results increased our confidence in operation of the proposed RHIC in a stable mode and in the correctness of linear scaling of ion intensity with the length of the ion trap

[en] We explore the possibility of using two non-scaling FFAG accelerators for a high power heavy-ion driver as an alternative to a superconducting Linac. Ions of Uranium 238 are accelerated to a kinetic energy of 400 MeVIu and a total power of 400 kWatt. Different modes of acceleration have been studied: at 1 and 10 kHz repetition rate, and for Continuous Wave production. The following is a summary of the study. More details of the study can be found in reference 2

[en] Solenoids are widely used to transport or focus particle beams. Usually, they are assumed as being ideal solenoids with a high axial-symmetry magnetic field. Using the Vector Field Opera program, we modeled asymmetrical solenoids with realistic geometry defects, caused by finite conductor and current jumpers. Their multipole magnetic components were analyzed with the Fourier fit method; we present some possible optimized methods for them. We also discuss the effects of 'realistic' solenoids on low energy particle transport. The finding in this paper may be applicable to some lower energy particle transport system design.