2000/08/19 by P. N. Ostroumov, R. C. Pardo, G. P. Zinkann +2
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.acc-ph
published as eConf C000821 (2000) MOD02 · LINAC2000, MOD02
arxiv created 2000/08/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
A test of the acceleration of multiple charge-state uranium beams was performed at the ATLAS accelerator. A 238U+26 beam was accelerated in the ATLAS PII linac to 286 MeV (~1.2 MeV/u) and stripped in a carbon foil located 0.5 m from the entrance of the ATLAS Booster section. A 58Ni9+ 'guide' beam from the tandem injector was used to tune the Booster for 238U+38. All charge states from the stripping were injected into the booster and accelerated. Up to 94% of the beam was accelerated through the Booster linac, with losses mostly in the lower charge states. The measured beam properties of each charge state and a comparison to numerical simulations are reported in this paper.