New-Type Internal Target for Structural Ion Stripping

TL;DR

This theoretical study proposes nanostructured internal targets, such as oriented nano-tubes, that enhance the efficiency of ionic stripping in heavy-ion accelerators by exploiting collision multiplicity effects.

Contribution

It introduces a new approach using nanostructured targets to improve ionic stripping efficiency, demonstrating the practical application of collision multiplicity effects in heavy-ion experiments.

Findings

Nanostructured targets outperform standard targets in ion stripping.

Oriented nano-tubes with specific chirality enhance collision multiplicity effects.

Comparison shows increased stripping efficiency with nanostructured materials.

Abstract

The search is now on for, new materials that can be used for ionic stripping. Materials that maximize the stripping of the structural ion are important for conducting experiments with quark-gluon plasma. Although this paper is a theoretical study, it offers practical application, in heavy-ion accelerators, of the new effect of collision multiplicity with high-energy ions interacting with polyatomic targets. It is shown that internal nanostructured targets in which the collision multiplicity effect is manifested can more efficiently strip out structural ions compared to standard internal targets for stripping. A target consisting of oriented nano-tubes with the $C_{240}$ chirality (10,0) is considered as an example. A comparison with the stripping process on a carbon target with the same number of misaligned atoms in a unit of volume $C$ is provided.