Numerical simulations of stripping effects in high-intensity hydrogen ion linacs

Abstract

Numerical simulations of H- stripping losses from blackbody radiation, electromagnetic fields, and residual gas have been implemented into the beam dynamics code TRACK. Estimates of the stripping losses along two high-intensity H- linacs are presented: the Spallation Neutron Source linac currently being operated at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and an 8 GeV superconducting linac currently being designed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. © 2009 The American Physical Society.