Commissioning of the DESIR High-Resolution Separator at CENBG

Abstract

DESIR is the low-energy part of the SPIRAL2 ISOL facility under construction at GANIL. The high-resolution mass separator (HRS) included in DESIR is a 180 degree symmetric online separator with two 90 degree magnetic dipole sections arranged with electrostatic quadrupoles, sextupoles and a multipole on the mid plane. The HRS is now completely mounted at CENBG and under commissioning for the next 2 to 3 years before its transfer at the entrance of the DESIR facility. The objective is to test, characterise and correct all HRS elements contributing to the higher order aberration by performing experimental measurements and comparing them with the results from different simulation tools. The recently mounted pepperpot-type emittance-meter will allow us to observe the emittance figures and dynamically tune the multipole to improve the optical parameters of the HRS. We will present the first results concerning the hexapolar correction with the multipole, the associated emittance measurements and the resolution currently achieved.