Transport and cooling of singly-charged noble gas ion beams

G. Ban

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2003.10.111

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Transport and cooling of singly-charged noble gas ion beams

arXiv:nucl-ex/0309020 · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2003.10.111

Abstract

The transport and cooling of noble gas singly-charged ion beams by means of a Radio Frequency Quadrupole Cooler Buncher (RFQCB) have been studied at the LIMBE low energy beam line of the GANIL facility. Ions as light as $^{4} H e^{+}$ have been cooled and stored before their extraction in bunches using $H_{2}$ as buffer gas. Bunches characteristics have been studied as a function of the parameters of the device. Sizeable transmissions of up to 10 have been obtained. A detailed study of the lifetime of ions inside the buncher has been performed giving an estimate of the charge exchange cross-section. Results of a microscopic Monte-Carlo transport code show reasonable agreement with experimental data.

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