Eur. Phys. J. A (2005) 25: 61-62
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjad/i2005-06-126-9

ENAM 2004

Commissioning of the ion beam buncher and cooler for LEBIT

¹ NSCL, Michigan State University, 48824-1321, East Lansing, MI, USA
² Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, 48824-2320, East Lansing, MI, USA

^* e-mail: sun@nscl.msu.edu

Received: 20 December 2004
Accepted: 31 March 2005
Published online: 9 August 2005

Abstract

A radiofrequency-quadrupole ion accumulator and buncher has been set-up for the low-energy-beam and ion-trap (LEBIT) facility, which is in its final commissioning phase at the NSCL/MSU. The buncher is a cryogenic system with separated cooling and accumulation stages, optimized for excellent beam quality and high performance. The completed set-up of the LEBIT ion buncher is presented as well as first experimental results on pulse forming and beam properties.