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The Paul Trap Simulator Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2004

ERIK P. GILSON ,
RONALD C. DAVIDSON ,
PHILIP C. EFTHIMION ,
RICHARD MAJESKI  and
HONG QIN
ERIK P. GILSON
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
RONALD C. DAVIDSON
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
PHILIP C. EFTHIMION
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
RICHARD MAJESKI
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
HONG QIN
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
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Abstract

The assembly of the Paul Trap Simulator Experiment (PTSX) is now complete and experimental operations have begun. The purpose of PTSX, a compact laboratory facility, is to simulate the nonlinear dynamics of intense charged particle beam propagation over a large distance through an alternating-gradient transport system. The simulation is possible because the quadrupole electric fields of the cylindrical Paul trap exert radial forces on the charged particles that are analogous to the radial forces that a periodic focusing quadrupole magnetic field exert on the beam particles in the beam frame. By controlling the waveform applied to the walls of the trap, PTSX will explore physics issues such as beam mismatch, envelope instabilities, halo particle production, compression techniques, collective wave excitations, and beam profile effects.

Keywords

Alternating-gradient transportCharged particle beamNonlinear dynamicsPaul trap
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 2003 , pp. 549 - 552
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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