TEST OF THE PLASMA LENS OF THE ITEP ION ACCELERATOR

A. Drozdovskiyª, A. Golubev, B. Sharkov, M. Basko, D. Iosseliani, A. Kantsyrev, A. Kuznetsov, Yu. Novozhilov, P. Sasorov, S. Savin, V.V. Yanenko, V. Abramenko, O. Pronin

Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

The problem of focusing of intense heavy-ion beams is an important issue for investigating high energy densities in matter. Application of a plasma lens to this area of research has a number of essential advantages in comparison with the traditional system on the basis of quadruple lenses. At ITEP the plasma lens has been designed and installed into the exit channel of the TWAC accelerator complex. The description of the plasma lens and the results of the first experiments with this lens are reported.

ª – corresponding author

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