Laser cooling of Mg ion beam at ion accumulation and cooler ring, S-LSR

Noda, Akira*; Nakao, Masao*; Soda, Hikaru*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; Osaki, Kazuya*; Yuri, Yosuke; Jimbo, Koichi*; Grieser, M.*; He, Z.*

We have experimentally demonstrated transverse indirect laser cooling utilizing synchro-betatron resonance coupling in the ion accumulation cooler ring S-LSR. However, its efficiency was rather poor for relatively high beam intensity of ions in the ring due to beam heating by intra-beam scattering and its cooling time was as long as 100 s. By application of beam scraping and optimization of laser detuning together with equilibrium deceleration with the use of an induction accelerator, we could reach the lowest transverse temperatures ever attained by laser cooling as 7.0 K and 2.1 K for the horizontal and vertical directions, respectively. The prospect of generating an ultra-low-temperature beam and realizing beam crystallization will be discussed on the basis of the present result.