An RFQ injection system for the HRIBF

Author

Zhang, Y. ; Mueller, P.E.

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

12-16 May 2003

Firstpage

1004

Abstract

At the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), molecular ions extracted from a positive ion source and subsequently broken up in a charge-exchange cell produce Radioactive Ion Beams (RIBs) with several hundred eV energy spread, preventing effective magnetic isobar separation. In order to perform magnetic isobar separation prior to charge exchange, a multi-harmonic buncher and a 12-MHz RFQ (Radio-Frequency Quadrupole) is proposed to supplement the present 300-kV injection system for the 25-MV tandem electrostatic accelerator. The RFQ will be mounted on a variable high voltage platform to accelerate ions with masses from 10 to 150 amu.

Keywords

charge exchange; ion accelerators; particle beam bunching; particle beam extraction; particle beam injection; radioactive ion beams; tandem accelerators; 12 MHz; 25 MV; 300 kV; HRIBF; Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility; RFQ injection system; charge-exchange cell; magnetic isobar separation; molecular ions extraction; multiharmonic buncher; positive ion source; tandem electrostatic accelerator; Accelerator magnets; Electrostatics; Ion accelerators; Ion beams; Ion sources; Laboratories; Magnetic separation; Radio frequency; Ribs; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the

ISSN

1063-3928

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7738-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2003.1289584

Filename

1289584