Research on ion induction linacs at Berkeley

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SIS/ESR. A Nuclear Physics Facility for Heavy Ion Inertial Fusion Research

“…Beam-plasma interaction ex periments have been carried out up to now at 1.4 and 6 MeV/nucleon using beams from the UNILAC accelerator with an improved Z-pinch device for the generation of a fullyionised hydrogen plasma [4]. The stopping power for heavy ions in a plasma was mea sured for the first time and showed an enhancement by a factor of 2 to 3 as com pared to cold matter [5]. Charge state distri butions for an ion traversing a plasma have also been determined for the first time.…”

Inertial confinement

“…Heavy ion fusion accelerator research (HIFAR) on induction linacs is performed in the USA [44]. The single-beam transport experiment (SBTE) and the multibeam induction linac (MBE-4) at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) demonstrated beam transport, bunching and the feasibility of the multi-beam concept at the 1 MeV/500mA level.…”

Heavy Ion Inertial Fusion

“…Recent work at LBL concentrated on a prototype experiment for the multi-beam concept (MBE-4) consisting of 4 beamlets [5]. In spite of being limited to the frontend components of the accelerator, the prototype will allow many critical issues to be investigated because the front-end and the initial pulse formation represent the most critical aspects.…”