Ions provided by accelerators are used in fields like atomic and nuclear physics, material science, medical applications and high energy collisions. The lecture will focus on specific aspects of ion acceleration which are limiting the availability of high intensity ion beams. One aspect is the interaction of ions with matter in the course of the acceleration process. Methods like beam cooling, beam accumulation and deceleration are applied in order to provide ions according to the request by experiments. Due to the high charge of the ions they experience stronger Coulomb interaction resulting in high intrabeam scattering rates and strong space charge effects.

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CAS - CERN Accelerator School

Intensity Limitations in Hadron Beams, 15 - 27 June 2025, Borovets, Bulgaria

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