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Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 12, 014003 (2009) [14 pages]

Transfer map approach to and optical effects of energy degraders in fragment separators

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B. Erdelyi*
Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
and Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA

L. Bandura
Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
and Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA

J. Nolen
Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA

Received 5 June 2008; published 22 January 2009

A second order analytical and an arbitrary order numerical procedure is developed for the computation of transfer maps of energy degraders. The incorporation of the wedges into the optics of fragment separators for next-generation exotic beam facilities, their optical effects, and the optimization of their performance is studied in detail. It is shown how to place and shape the degraders in the system such that aberrations are minimized and resolving powers are maximized.

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© 2009 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.12.014003
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.12.014003
PACS:
41.75.−i, 41.85.−p, 42.15.Fr

*erdelyi@anl.gov