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HK: Fachverband Physik der Hadronen und Kerne
HK 51: Poster - Beschleunigerphysik
HK 51.26: Poster
Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 16:45–19:00, HSZ 1.OG
Generation and Transport of laser accelerated ion beams — •Peter Schmidt1,2, Oliver Boine-Frankenheim1,2, Vladimir Kornilov2, and Peter Spädtke2 — 1Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany — 2GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
Currently the LIGHT- Project (Laser Ion Generation, Handling and Transport) is performed at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH Darmstadt. Within this project, intense proton beams are generated by laser acceleration, using the TNSA mechanism. After the laser acceleration the protons are transported through the beam pipe by a pulsed power solenoid. To study the transport a VORPAL 3D simulation is compared with CST simulation. A criterion as a function of beam parameters was worked out, to rate the importance of space charge. Furthermore, an exemplary comparison of the solenoid with a magnetic quadrupole-triplet was carried out. In the further course of the LIGHT-Project, it is planned to generate ion beams with higher kinetic energies, using ultra-thin targets. The acceleration processes that can appear are: RPA (Radiation Pressure Acceleration) and BOA (Break-Out Afterburner). Therefore the transport of an ion distribution will be studied, as it emerges from a RPA acceleration.