Title :
Photodetachment of Relativistic Ions
Author :
Donahue, J.B. ; Gram, P.A.M. ; Hamm, M.E. ; Hamm, R.W. ; Bryant, H.C. ; Butterfield, K.B. ; Clark, D.A. ; Frost, C.A. ; Smith, W.W.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545
fDate :
4/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A series of fundamental laser ion beam experiments has been made feasible by the high-quality, relativistic (ß = 0.842) H- ion beam available at the Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF). The relativistic Doppler shift of the light from an ordinary ultraviolet laser provides what is, in effect, a continuously tunable vacuum-ultraviolet laser in the rest frame of the moving ions. The Lorentz transformation of a modest laboratory magnetic field provides an electric field of several megavolts/centimeter. The latest results of our photo-detachment work with H- beams and our spectroscopic work with H0 beams are presented. Our plans for future work are discussed.
Keywords :
Doppler shift; Ion beams; Laboratories; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Magnetic fields; Mesons; Physics; Tunable circuits and devices;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1981.4331379
