Irradiation of materials with short, intense ion pulses at NDCX-II

P. A. Seidl; J. J. Barnard; E. Feinberg; A. Friedman; E. P. Gilson; D. P. Grote; Q. Ji; I. D. Kaganovich; B. Ludewigt; A. Persaud; C. Sierra; M. Silverman; A. D. Stepanov; A. Sulyman; F. Treffert; W. L. Waldron; M. Zimmer; T. Schenkel

doi:10.1017/S0263034617000295

Irradiation of materials with short, intense ion pulses at NDCX-II

P. A. Seidl, J. J. Barnard, E. Feinberg, A. Friedman, E. P. Gilson, D. P. Grote, Q. Ji, I. D. Kaganovich, B. Ludewigt, A. Persaud, C. Sierra, M. Silverman, A. D. Stepanov, A. Sulyman, F. Treffert, W. L. Waldron, M. Zimmer, T. Schenkel

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We present an overview of the performance of the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment-II (NDCX-II) accelerator at Berkeley Lab, and report on recent target experiments on beam-driven melting and transmission ion energy loss measurements with nanosecond and millimeter-scale ion beam pulses and thin tin foils. Bunches with around 10¹¹ ions, 1 mm radius, and 2-30 ns full width at half maximum duration have been created with corresponding fluences in the range of 0.1-0.7 J/cm². To achieve these short pulse durations and mm-scale focal spot radii, the 1.1 MeV [megaelectronvolt (10⁶ eV)] He⁺ ion beam is neutralized in a drift compression section, which removes the space charge defocusing effect during final compression and focusing. The beam space charge and drift compression techniques resemble necessary beam conditions and manipulations in heavy ion inertial fusion accelerators. Quantitative comparison of detailed particle-in-cell simulations with the experiment plays an important role in optimizing accelerator performance.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	373-378
Number of pages	6
Journal	Laser and Particle Beams
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263034617000295
State	Published - Jun 1 2017

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Fusion energy
Induction accelerator
Materials
Radiation damage
Space charge

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Seidl, P. A., Barnard, J. J., Feinberg, E., Friedman, A., Gilson, E. P., Grote, D. P., Ji, Q., Kaganovich, I. D., Ludewigt, B., Persaud, A., Sierra, C., Silverman, M., Stepanov, A. D., Sulyman, A., Treffert, F., Waldron, W. L., Zimmer, M., & Schenkel, T. (2017). Irradiation of materials with short, intense ion pulses at NDCX-II. Laser and Particle Beams, 35(2), 373-378. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263034617000295

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Irradiation of materials with short, intense ion pulses at NDCX-II

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