Thermal desorption characteristics of several charge stripper carbon films for J-PARC RCS

Kamiya, Junichiro   ; Kinsho, Michikazu  ; Yamazaki, Yoshio ; Yoshimoto, Masahiro  ; Yanagibashi, Toru*

Multi-turn H charge exchange injection is employed as a beam injection method in the 3-GeV RCS (Rapid cycling synchrotron) at J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex). In this method, injection H beam is put on the same orbit as already circulating proton (H) beam in a dipole magnetic field due to the opposite curvature of the injected and circulating beams. In the straight section, where the two beams coincide with each other, both beams are passed through a thin foil, which strips two weakly bound electrons off each H ion, forming an intense beam of protons. The thin foil, which is mostly made of carbon, would be the source of the outgassing, especially when its temperature rises due to the beam hitting. Therefore it is important to estimate the amount and components of the outgassing from the charge stripping foil. In this paper, we will report the thermal desorption measurement results for the several foil, which is used as the charge stripping foil in the RCS.