Construction, characterization and optimization of a plasma window based on a cascade arc design for FAIR at the GSI Hemholtz Center

High intensity ion beams are important tools to investigate the interaction of ions with matter. Especially at GSI and for the new FAIR project it is important, to transport the ion beam from the UHV-accelerator into a gas filled target chamber. This is relevant for experiments concerning the generation of matter at high energy density matter. This is true also for gas stripper systems, where the pressure inside the stripper is significantly higher than inside the accelerator.