1. Characterization of the ELIMED prototype permanent magnet quadrupole system
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C. Amato, Dario Giove, G. De Luca, E. Zappalà, A. Calanna, A. Grmek, Valentina Scuderi, G. Gallo, B. Vauzour, J. Pipek, Giacomo Cuttone, Giada Petringa, G.A.P. Cirrone, L. Pommarel, A. Amato, R. Leanza, F.A. Flacco, G. Milluzzo, Michele Costa, G. La Rosa, Francesco Romano, M. Maggiore, A. D. Russo, Francesco Schillaci, Victor Malka, A.G. Amico, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania (INFN), Università degli studi di Catania [Catania], Laboratoire d'optique appliquée (LOA), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sources compactes de Particules pour Lasers & Applications (SPL), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (INFN), Univ Milan, Dept Phys, Via Cervi 201, Milan, Italy, and Inst Phys ASCR, ELI Beamlines Project
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Beam dynamics ,Beam Optics ,Good control ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,law.invention ,Optics ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Beam shape ,010306 general physics ,Instrumentation ,Mathematical Physics ,Physics ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics] ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,business.industry ,Electrical engineering ,Beam optics ,Laser ,Characterization (materials science) ,Magnet ,Quadrupole ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-MED-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Medical Physics [physics.med-ph] ,business ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
International audience; The system described in this work is meant to be a prototype of a more performing one that will be installed at ELI-Beamlines in Prague for the collection of ions produced after the interaction Laser-target, [2]. It has been realized by the researchers of INFN-LNS (Laboratori Nazionali del Sud of the Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) and SIGMAPHI, a French company, using a system of Permanent Magnet Quadrupoles (PMQs), [1]. The final system that will be installed in Prague is designed for protons and carbons up to 60MeV/u, around 10 times more than the energies involved in the present work. The prototype, shown in this work, has been tested in collaboration with the SAPHIR experimental facility group at LOA (Laboratoire d'Optique Applique) in Paris using a 200 TW Ti:Sapphire laser system. The purpose of this work is to validate the design and the performances of this large and compact bore system and to characterize the beam produced after the interaction laser-target and its features. Moreover, the optics simulations have been compared with a real beam shape on a GAF Chromic film. The procedure used during the experimental campaign and the most relevant results are reported here demonstrating a good agreement with the simulations and a good control on the beam optics.
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- 2017