Development of the carbon foils as charge strippers for high-intensity uranium ion beams

sA carbon foil (C-foil) is commonly used as a charge stripper in the heavy-ion accelerators. Since 2005, the polymer-coated carbon foils (PCC-foils) have been fabricated at Nishina Center to prepare larger and thicker C-foils than those previously used as charge strippers. However, the multi-layer PCC-foils did not have sufficiently long life-time. Since August 2009, a new magnetron sputtering system is used to fabricate a thick C-foil. The foils coated with polymer are used as strippers. Life-times of the new single-layer PCC-foils under the uranium beam were measured in two configurations: at the first one a small piece of C-foil was attached to a fixed holder and in the second one a large C-foil was attached to a “rotating-cylinder stripper” device. The properties of the new single-layer PCC-foils and the results of the life-time measurements are reported in this contribution.