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AKBP: Arbeitskreis Beschleunigerphysik
AKBP 13: Diagnostics, Control and Instrumentation 2
AKBP 13.2: Talk
Thursday, March 31, 2022, 14:15–14:30, AKBP-H13
Detection of single monoenergetic ion bunches using ionoacoustics — •Sonja Gerlach1, Felix Balling1, Anna-Katharina Schmidt1, Florian-Emanuel Brack2, Leon Kirsch1,3, Florian Kroll2, Marvin Reimold2, Walter Assmann1, Ulrich Schramm2, Christina Trautmann3, Karl Zeil2, Katia Parodi1, and Jörg Schreiber1 — 1Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Deutschland — 2Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Deutschland — 3GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
Ionoacoustics is an innovative method that employs the acoustic wave emitted by pulsed ion beams slowing down in water. We present the newly developed I-BEAT detector that determines ion bunch properties on a single bunch basis: the I-BEAT detector (Ion-Bunch Energy Acoustic Tracing). Relativistic ions are stopped in a water phantom surrounded by up to four ultrasound transducers for three-dimensional reconstruction of the dose deposited by the ion bunch. As the detector is radiation hard and electromagnetic pulse resistant, it is especially suited to fill the lack of reliable online detection methods for laser-accelerated ions. Additionally, we recently demonstrated that ionoacoustic beam monitoring is also possible in transmission mode. We discuss our results obtained with laser- and conventionally accelerated ion bunches being especially interesting for ion bunch position and intensity monitoring. This work was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Research Training Group GRK 2274 and the BMBF under project 05P21WMFA1.