title: Charge breeding simulations for radioactive ion beam production.
abstract: The charge breeding technique is used for radioactive ion beam (RIB) production in order of optimizing the re-acceleration of the radioactive element ions produced by a primary beam in a thick target. Charge breeding is achieved by means of a device capable of increasing the ion charge state from 1+ to a desired value n+. In order to get high intensity RIB, experiments with charge breeding of very high efficiency could be required. To reach this goal, the charge breeding simulation could help to optimize the high charge state production efficiency by finding more proper parameters for the radioactive 1+ ions. In this paper a device based on an electron beam ion source (EBIS) is considered. In order to study that problem, a code already developed for studying the ion selective containment in an EBIS with RF quadrupoles, BRICTEST, has been modified to simulate the ion charge state breeding rate for different 1+ ion injection conditions. Particularly, the charge breeding simulations for an EBIS with a hollow electron beam have been studied.
authors.affiliation: INFN-Bari, Via Orabona, 4, Bari, Italy. vincenzo.variale@ba.infn.it
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Variale
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Rainò
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Clauser