Characterisation of permanent magnetic quadrupoles for focussing proton beams

J.J. Melone; K.W.D. Ledingham; T. McCanny; T. Burris-Mog; U. Schramm; R. Grötzschel; S. Akhmadaliev; D. Hanf; K.~M. Spohr; M. Bussmann; T. Cowan; S.M. Wiggins; M.R. Mitchell

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2012.02.014

Characterisation of permanent magnetic quadrupoles for focussing proton beams

J.J. Melone, K.W.D. Ledingham, T. McCanny, T. Burris-Mog, U. Schramm, R. Grötzschel, S. Akhmadaliev, D. Hanf, K.~M. Spohr, M. Bussmann, T. Cowan, S.M. Wiggins, M.R. Mitchell

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	126-134
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	676
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.02.014
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2012

Keywords

Laser proton acceleration
Permanent magnetic quadrupoles
Tandem proton accelerator
GEANT4
Simulations

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Melone, J. J., Ledingham, K. W. D., McCanny, T., Burris-Mog, T., Schramm, U., Grötzschel, R., Akhmadaliev, S., Hanf, D., Spohr, K. M., Bussmann, M., Cowan, T., Wiggins, S. M., & Mitchell, M. R. (2012). Characterisation of permanent magnetic quadrupoles for focussing proton beams. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 676, 126-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.02.014

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