Longitudinal compression of a velocity-tailored, intense neutralized K+ beam at 300 keV, 25
mA has been demonstrated. The compression takes place in a 1–2 m drift section filled with …

Neutralization and focusing of intense charged particle beam pulses by electrons form the
basis for a wide range of applications to high energy accelerators and colliders, heavy ion …

During the past two years, significant experimental and theoretical progress has been made
in the US heavy ion fusion science program in longitudinal beam compression, ion-beam …

We present simulations and analysis of the heating of warm dense matter (WDM) foils by ion
beams with energy less than 1MeV per nucleon to target temperatures of order 1eV …

Neutralization of beams with 2D and 3D geometries by the electrons emitted from an
external source is studied using particle-in-cell simulations. Our work reveals that the high …

In this work, we characterize the formation and evolution of electrostatic solitary waves
(ESWs) in the space-charge neutralization of ion beams using particle-in-cell simulations …

The Heavy-Ion Fusion Sciences Virtual National Laboratory is pursuing an approach to
target heating experiments in the warm-dense matter regime, using space-charge …

Heavy ion drivers for heavy ion fusion and high energy density physics applications use
space-charge-dominated ion beams which must undergo longitudinal bunch compression in …

Simultaneous radial focusing and longitudinal compression of intense ion beams are being
studied to heat matter to the warm dense matter, or strongly coupled plasma regime. Higher …

The Heavy Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory has achieved 60-fold longitudinal
pulse compression of ion beams on the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment …