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TUPPM2R3 |
Laser Cooling of Stored Bunched Relativistic Carbon Ions at the ESR, using a Novel Tunable High Repetition Rate Pulsed Laser System | |
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Funding: We acknowledge the support by BMBF ErUM-FSP APPA for the laser systems (05P16ODFA1, 05P15RDFA1, 05P12RDRB2 and 05P09RDFA3) and the detector systems (05P19PMFA1), and by Helmholtz POF IV MT ARD (ST2). Laser cooling at storage rings has proven to be a powerful technique to obtain ion with a very small relative longitudinal momentum spread (1E-6 range). This contribution will give an overview of the principle and status of bunched beam laser cooling at the experimental storage ring ESR at GSI, Germany. Results from a recent laser cooling beamtime in May 2021 at the ESR will be presented, where broadband laser cooling of bunched relativistic C3+ ion beams was successfully demonstrated for the first time using a sophisticated pulsed UV laser system with a very high repetition rate (~ MHz), variable pulse durations (166 - 735 ps) and high UV power (> 250 mW). |
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FRPAM1R1 |
Electron Cooling of Low-Energy Ion Beams in CRYRING@ESR | |
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Within the CRYRING@ESR project, the heavy-ion storage ring CRYRING has been transferred from Stockholm to Darmstadt. It complements the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) of GSI/FAIR by a machine optimized for low ion energies. CRYRING@ESR can store the full spectrum of highly-charged heavy ions available from the UNILAC/SIS18 accelerator chain after deceleration in ESR, with the option to decelerate even further in CRYRING itself. Electron cooling in both rings is an essential part of beam preparation at CRYRING@ESR. In a complementary stand-alone mode, CRYRING@ESR can operate with ions in low charge states, injected from an independent low-energy linac. This extends the experimental possibilities available at GSI/FAIR, but comes with new challenges with respect to electron cooling. Singly- or weakly-charged ions are often limited to very low storage velocities, capped by the maximum rigidity of the bending magnets. With ions that slow, interaction of the electron space-charge with the dispersive ring optics can easily lead to instabilities in the cooled beam. We present and discuss our experience with low-energy electron cooling from the first years of CRYRING@ESR operation. | ||
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