Title :
Recent lead ion storage tests on LEAR
Author :
Bosser, J. ; Broere, J. ; Carli, C. ; Chanel, M. ; Hill, C. ; Ley, R. ; Lombardi, A. ; Maccaferri, R. ; Maury, S. ; Möhl, D. ; Molinari, G. ; Mulder, H. ; Tanke, E. ; Tranquille, G. ; Vretenar, M.
Author_Institution :
PS Div., CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
With the completion of the antiproton physics program, the Low Energy Antiproton Ring is now available to be used as an accumulator ring for heavy ions in the LBC injector chain. The proposed scheme for the injection of Pb ions is given, where an intensity gain of 125 is obtained by accumulating Pb ions with electron cooling in the LEAR ring. With a linac cycling at 10 Hz and cooling times faster than 100 ms, 20 pulses can be accumulated in 2 s before transfer to the PS, the next machine in the chain. A number of machine experiments have been performed and will continue this year, in order to establish the techniques required. We discuss injection line tests, ion beam lifetime and vacuum measurements and cooling time measurements
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; ion accelerators; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam injection; storage rings; LEAR; Low Energy Antiproton Ring; Pb; Pb ions; accumulator ring; cooling time measurement; injection line tests; ion beam lifetime; vacuum measurement; Batteries; Cooling; Large Hadron Collider; Lattices; Lead; Linear particle accelerator; Magnetic separation; Physics; Testing; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4376-X
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1997.749889
