Electrostatic separator and K1.8 secondary beamline at the J-PARC Hadron-hall

In the hadron experimental hall at the 50-GeV Proton Synchrotron (PS) of J-PARC, the secondary beam line K1.8 with double stage separator is expected to provide 1-2 GeV/c kaon beams with less contamination of pions mainly for hadron and nuclear physics experiments with strangeness. An electrostatic (ES) separator is one of key elements of this secondary beam line. The ES separator will generate a 75kV/cm electrostatic field between parallel electrodes of 10cm gap and 6m in length along the beam direction. It is designed so as to be radiation-proof and to lower spark rate at the high intensity proton accelerator facility. The K1.8 line has two 6m ES separators with the intermediate focal point upstream of separators to reduce the pion backgrounds from the production target. The K-/π- ratio of the line is expected to have a larger value than 1 at the experimental target. Beam commissioning of the K1.8 has just started. We will report separator performance, optics design of the K1.8 beam line and the first result of the beam commissioning.
Proceedings of the 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC2010, Kyoto, Japan