First Simultaneous Acceleration of Multiple Charge States of Heavy Ion Beams in a Large-Scale Superconducting Linear Accelerator

P. N. Ostroumov; K. Fukushima; T. Maruta; A. S. Plastun; J. Wei; T. Zhang; Q. Zhao

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.114801

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First Simultaneous Acceleration of Multiple Charge States of Heavy Ion Beams in a Large-Scale Superconducting Linear Accelerator

P. N. Ostroumov, K. Fukushima, T. Maruta, A. S. Plastun, J. Wei, T. Zhang, Q. Zhao

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.114801 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

Experimental studies of the simultaneous acceleration of three-charge-state Xe49+,50+,51+129 beam from 17 to 180 MeV/nucleon in a superconducting linear accelerator are presented. The beam parameters for each individual- and multiple-charge-state beam were measured and compared with the particle tracking simulations. Detailed measurements were performed to characterize the multiple-charge-state beam’s recombination after a second-order achromat and isopath 180° bending system. As a result of the recombination of three charge states in the six-dimensional phase space, the xenon beam intensity was increased by 2.5-fold compared to the single-charge-state beam. The results presented in the Letter fully validate the possibility to produce and utilize high-quality multiple-charge-state heavy-ion beams in a large-scale superconducting linac to increase the available beam power on an isotope production target.