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A linear radiofrequency quadrupole ion trap for the cooling and bunching of radioactive ion beams
S. SchwarzJ. DillingS. HenryG. SiklerH.-j. KlugeJ. SzerypoAlban KellerbauerAlban KellerbauerF. HerfurthGeorg BollenR. B. MooreC. ScheidenbergerEmily Lamoursubject
PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsIon beam010308 nuclear & particles physics[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]Ion gunAccelerators and Storage Rings01 natural sciences7. Clean energyISOLTRAPNuclear physicsIon beam deposition0103 physical sciencesPhysics::Accelerator PhysicsIon trapAtomic physicsQuadrupole ion trapBeam emittanceNuclear Experiment010306 general physicsBeam (structure)description
A linear radiofrequency quadrupole ion guide and beam buncher has been installed at the ISOLTRAP mass spectrometry experiment at the ISOLDE facility at CERN. The apparatus is being used as a beam cooling, accumulation, and bunching system. It operates with a buffer gas that cools the injected ions and converts the quasicontinuous 60- keV beam from the ISOLDE facility to 2.5-keV beam pulses with improved normalized transverse emittance. Recent measurements suggest a capture efficiency of the ion guide of up to 40% and a cooling and bunching efficiency of at least 12% which is expected to still be increased. The improved ISOLTRAP setup has so far been used very successfully in three on-line experiments. (12 refs).
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-03-27 | Nuclear Physics A |