TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterisation of permanent magnetic quadrupoles for focussing proton beams
AU - Melone, Joseph
AU - Ledingham, Kenneth
AU - McCanny, Thomas
AU - Burriss-Mog, T
AU - Schramm, Ulrich
AU - Grötzschel, R
AU - Akhmadaliev, S
AU - Hanf, D
AU - Spohr, Klaus M.
AU - Bussmann, M
AU - Cowan, T
AU - Wiggins, Mark
AU - Mitchell, Martin
PY - 2012/6/1
Y1 - 2012/6/1
N2 - High intensity laser driven proton beams are at present receiving much attention. The reasons for this are many but high on the list is the potential to produce compact accelerators. However, two of the limitations of this technology is that unlike conventional nuclear RF accelerators lasers produce diverging beams with an exponential energy distribution. A number of different approaches have been attempted to monochromise these beams but it has become obvious that magnetic spectrometer technology developed over many years by accelerator physicists to transport and focus proton beams could play an important role for this purpose. This paper deals with the design and characterisation of a magnetic quadrupole system which is intended to focus and transport laser-accelerated proton beams.
AB - High intensity laser driven proton beams are at present receiving much attention. The reasons for this are many but high on the list is the potential to produce compact accelerators. However, two of the limitations of this technology is that unlike conventional nuclear RF accelerators lasers produce diverging beams with an exponential energy distribution. A number of different approaches have been attempted to monochromise these beams but it has become obvious that magnetic spectrometer technology developed over many years by accelerator physicists to transport and focus proton beams could play an important role for this purpose. This paper deals with the design and characterisation of a magnetic quadrupole system which is intended to focus and transport laser-accelerated proton beams.
KW - laser proton acceleration
KW - permanent magnetic quadrupoles
KW - tandem proton accelerator
KW - simulations
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2012.02.014
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2012.02.014
M3 - Article
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 676
SP - 126
EP - 134
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
ER -