ECRIS2010 - List of Authors (Sun, L.T.)

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SECRAL Status and First Beam Test at 24GHz

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H.W. Zhao, Y. Cao, Y.C. Feng, X.H. Guo, J.Y. Li, W. Lu, L.T. Sun, D. Xie, X.Z. Zhang, H. Zhao
IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China

SECRAL has been in routine operation at 18GHz for HIRFL (Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou) accelerator complex since May 2007. It has delivered many highly charged heavy ion beams for the HIRFL accelerator and the total beam time so far has exceeded 3000 hours. To further enhance the SECRAL performance, a 24GHz/7kW gyrotron microwave amplifier has been installed and tested. Very exciting results were produced with quite a few new record highly-charged ion beam intensities. Bremstrahlung measurements at 24GHz have shown that X-ray is much stronger at higher RF frequency, higher RF power and higher minimum B field. Beam emittance study has been conducted in order to improve the beam brightness. An additional cryostat with five GM cryocoolers was installed atop the SECRAL to liquefy the boil-off helium gas to minimize the liquid helium consumption. The latest results and reliable long-term operation for the accelerator have once again demonstrated that SECRAL is one of the best performance ECR ion source for the production of highly-charged heavy ion beams. Detailed and future developments of SECRAL will be presented.

Slides MOCOAK01 [4.739 MB]

MOCOAK02

Intense Beam Production with SuSI

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L.T. Sun, J. Brandon, D.G. Cole, M. Doleans, G. Machicoane, D. Morris, T. Ropponen, L. Tobos
NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
E. Pozdeyev
FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

SuSI ion source, a 3rd generation fully superconducting ECR ion source is now used for injection into the Coupled Cyclotron Facility since September 2009. Initial performances during the commissioning of SuSI were mainly limited by the microwave power available from a single 18 GHz microwave amplifier, especially for the production of heavier ion beams. The Injection of SuSI was modified to add a second 18 GHz amplifier, to reach a maximum of 3.0 kW of RF power inside the plasma chamber. Production of heavy ion beams, such as Kr¹⁴⁺, Bi³⁰⁺ and U³³⁺ is reported, to demonstrate the performance of SuSI. Additional studies were made with various ion source parameters to optimize the beam intensity within a normalized emittance of 0.9pi.mm.mrad as needed for the FRIB project and will be reported in this paper.

Slides MOCOAK02 [1.672 MB]

MOCOBK01

ECR Ion Sources for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Project at Michigan State University

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G. Machicoane, M. Doleans, O.K. Kester, T. Ropponen, L.T. Sun, X. Wu
NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
D. Leitner
LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
E. Pozdeyev, E. Tanke
FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Funding: Work supported by US DOE Cooperative Agreement DE-SC0000661
Once operational, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) will open the possibility to gain key understanding in nuclear science and in particular regarding the properties of nuclei far from the valley of stability or the nuclear processes in the universe. In addition it will also allow experimenters to test fundamental symmetries. The production of rare isotopes with FRIB will be achieved, using a heavy ion driver linac that will accelerate a stable isotope beam to 200 MeV/u and deliver it on a fragmentation target. FRIB aims to reach a primary beam power of 400 kW for light to heavy elements up to Uranium. To meet the intensity requirement two high performance ECR ion sources operating at 28 GHz will be used to produce high intensity of medium to high charge state ion beams. Plans regarding initial beam production with the ECR ion sources and beam transport through the front end will be discussed.

Slides MOCOBK01 [3.259 MB]

MOPOT016

A Low Power Survey of Radial-Offset Axial Sputtering and High Intensity Uranium Production from Axial Sputtering in SuSI

69

D.G. Cole, G. Machicoane, T. Ropponen, L.T. Sun, L. Tobos
NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Prototype sputtering hardware has been tested in the SuSI ion source and early uranium ion production is discussed. Also, results of a low power survey of axial sputtering, to test sputtering efficiency at incremental radial offsets from on axis position, is reported.

Poster MOPOT016 [2.672 MB]

WECOAK04

Bremsstrahlung and Ion Beam Current Measurements With SuSI ECR Ion Source

171

T. Ropponen, D.G. Cole, G. Machicoane, A. Stolz, L.T. Sun, L. Tobos
NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

The Superconducting Source for Ions (SuSI) at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University is a fully superconducting 3rd generation ECR ion source. The axial magnetic field is generated by six solenoid magnets which allow to control the magnetic field characteristics, such as resonance locations, mirror ratios and magnetic field gradients, almost independently. In addition, a collimation scheme in the SuSI beam line after the analyzing magnet has been developed to optimize the ion beam production from the ion source within a given acceptance. These aspects make SuSI an excellent tool for ECRIS research and development. In this paper we will focus on the bremsstrahlung and ion beam current measurements where the gradient on the magnetic field is changed while keeping the Bmin and axial plasma length as constants. We will also show how the shift of the extraction side resonance location affects the extracted ion beam currents and radiation spectra and, finally, we will discuss about the effect of flatB mode with a modern superconducting ECR ion source on the ion beam production and radiation levels.

Slides WECOAK04 [3.752 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
MOCOAK01	SECRAL Status and First Beam Test at 24GHz	1
	H.W. Zhao, Y. Cao, Y.C. Feng, X.H. Guo, J.Y. Li, W. Lu, L.T. Sun, D. Xie, X.Z. Zhang, H. Zhao IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China
	SECRAL has been in routine operation at 18GHz for HIRFL (Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou) accelerator complex since May 2007. It has delivered many highly charged heavy ion beams for the HIRFL accelerator and the total beam time so far has exceeded 3000 hours. To further enhance the SECRAL performance, a 24GHz/7kW gyrotron microwave amplifier has been installed and tested. Very exciting results were produced with quite a few new record highly-charged ion beam intensities. Bremstrahlung measurements at 24GHz have shown that X-ray is much stronger at higher RF frequency, higher RF power and higher minimum B field. Beam emittance study has been conducted in order to improve the beam brightness. An additional cryostat with five GM cryocoolers was installed atop the SECRAL to liquefy the boil-off helium gas to minimize the liquid helium consumption. The latest results and reliable long-term operation for the accelerator have once again demonstrated that SECRAL is one of the best performance ECR ion source for the production of highly-charged heavy ion beams. Detailed and future developments of SECRAL will be presented.
	Slides MOCOAK01 [4.739 MB]

MOCOAK02	Intense Beam Production with SuSI	4
	L.T. Sun, J. Brandon, D.G. Cole, M. Doleans, G. Machicoane, D. Morris, T. Ropponen, L. Tobos NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA E. Pozdeyev FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
	SuSI ion source, a 3rd generation fully superconducting ECR ion source is now used for injection into the Coupled Cyclotron Facility since September 2009. Initial performances during the commissioning of SuSI were mainly limited by the microwave power available from a single 18 GHz microwave amplifier, especially for the production of heavier ion beams. The Injection of SuSI was modified to add a second 18 GHz amplifier, to reach a maximum of 3.0 kW of RF power inside the plasma chamber. Production of heavy ion beams, such as Kr¹⁴⁺, Bi³⁰⁺ and U³³⁺ is reported, to demonstrate the performance of SuSI. Additional studies were made with various ion source parameters to optimize the beam intensity within a normalized emittance of 0.9pi.mm.mrad as needed for the FRIB project and will be reported in this paper.
	Slides MOCOAK02 [1.672 MB]

MOCOBK01	ECR Ion Sources for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Project at Michigan State University	14
	G. Machicoane, M. Doleans, O.K. Kester, T. Ropponen, L.T. Sun, X. Wu NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA D. Leitner LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA E. Pozdeyev, E. Tanke FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
	Funding: Work supported by US DOE Cooperative Agreement DE-SC0000661 Once operational, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) will open the possibility to gain key understanding in nuclear science and in particular regarding the properties of nuclei far from the valley of stability or the nuclear processes in the universe. In addition it will also allow experimenters to test fundamental symmetries. The production of rare isotopes with FRIB will be achieved, using a heavy ion driver linac that will accelerate a stable isotope beam to 200 MeV/u and deliver it on a fragmentation target. FRIB aims to reach a primary beam power of 400 kW for light to heavy elements up to Uranium. To meet the intensity requirement two high performance ECR ion sources operating at 28 GHz will be used to produce high intensity of medium to high charge state ion beams. Plans regarding initial beam production with the ECR ion sources and beam transport through the front end will be discussed.
	Slides MOCOBK01 [3.259 MB]

MOPOT016	A Low Power Survey of Radial-Offset Axial Sputtering and High Intensity Uranium Production from Axial Sputtering in SuSI	69
	D.G. Cole, G. Machicoane, T. Ropponen, L.T. Sun, L. Tobos NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
	Prototype sputtering hardware has been tested in the SuSI ion source and early uranium ion production is discussed. Also, results of a low power survey of axial sputtering, to test sputtering efficiency at incremental radial offsets from on axis position, is reported.
	Poster MOPOT016 [2.672 MB]

WECOAK04	Bremsstrahlung and Ion Beam Current Measurements With SuSI ECR Ion Source	171
	T. Ropponen, D.G. Cole, G. Machicoane, A. Stolz, L.T. Sun, L. Tobos NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
	The Superconducting Source for Ions (SuSI) at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University is a fully superconducting 3rd generation ECR ion source. The axial magnetic field is generated by six solenoid magnets which allow to control the magnetic field characteristics, such as resonance locations, mirror ratios and magnetic field gradients, almost independently. In addition, a collimation scheme in the SuSI beam line after the analyzing magnet has been developed to optimize the ion beam production from the ion source within a given acceptance. These aspects make SuSI an excellent tool for ECRIS research and development. In this paper we will focus on the bremsstrahlung and ion beam current measurements where the gradient on the magnetic field is changed while keeping the Bmin and axial plasma length as constants. We will also show how the shift of the extraction side resonance location affects the extracted ion beam currents and radiation spectra and, finally, we will discuss about the effect of flatB mode with a modern superconducting ECR ion source on the ion beam production and radiation levels.
	Slides WECOAK04 [3.752 MB]