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Title Design of a novel electrostatic ion storage ring at KACST
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Abstract A new electrostatic storage ring for beams at energies up to 30keV.q is currently under development at the National Centre for Mathematics and Physics(NCMP), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). The ring design is based on the existing electrostatic storage rings, but stretches significantly beyond them in that it shall form the core of a unique flexible experimental facility at KACST. The lattice of this ring has been designed in a way that enables the use of state-of-the-art experimental methods to study electron-ion, laser-ion, and ion-neutral beams interactions. The lattice design also allows for a future upgrade of the ring to a double storage ring structure that would enable ion-ion beam interactions to be performed. In this paper, we present the design of this ring with a focus on beam dynamics calculations for the 71 single-bend racetrack layout. The study is principally based on the SIMION8 program. We complemented this study further by using purpose-written routine and MAD-X simulation code. An in depth investigation into beam stability under consideration of non-linear field components in the electrostatic optical elements, is presented. Finally, different working points and stability regions are discussed.
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Keywords Atomic and molecular physics , Fringe fields , Physics , Aberrations , Storage rings , Electrostatic storage devices , SIMION
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Journal Article Nucl Instrum Meth A 709 (2013): 76-84. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.01.026 2013