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1. A beam energy identification system, comprising:an electrostatic beam scanner configured to receive an ion beam, wherein the ion beam is deflected along a fast scan axis via a variation of a scanner voltage applied to the electrostatic beam scanner, therein defining a scanned ion beam;a first Faraday cup positioned along the fast scan axis; anda second Faraday cup positioned along the fast scan axis, wherein the scanner voltage is measured when a peak of the scanned ion beam is present at the respective first Faraday cup and second Faraday cup, and wherein a beam energy (E) is defined by:E=(Δθ1Sq)/(K1SΔV1S), wherein:Δθ1S a shift of angle of the scanned ion beam;q is a charge value of ions of the scanned ion beam;K1S is a constant throughout ranges of beam energy and scanner voltage; andΔV1s is a difference in scanner voltages associated with the respective peaks of the scanned ion beam at the first Faraday cup and the second Faraday cup. 2. A beam energy identification system, comprising:an electromagnetic beam scanner configured to receive an ion beam, wherein the ion beam is deflected along a fast scan axis via a variation of a scanner current applied to the electromagnetic beam scanner, therein defining a scanned ion beam;a first Faraday cup positioned along the fast scan axis; anda second Faraday cup positioned along the fast scan axis, wherein the scanner current is measured when a peak of the scanned ion beam is present at the respective first Faraday cup and second Faraday cup, and wherein a beam energy (E) is defined by:E=(K1MΔB1MqΔθ1M)2/m, wherein:K1M is constant throughout ranges of beam energy and scanner current;ΔB1M is a difference in a scanner magnetic field associated with the respective peaks of the scanned ion beam at the first Faraday cup and the second Faraday cup;q is a charge value of ions of the scanned ion beam;Δθ1M is a shift of angle of the scanned ion beam; andm is a mass of the ions of the scanned ion beam. 3. The beam energy identification system of claim 2, further comprising an angle corrector magnet positioned downstream of the electromagnetic beam scanner, wherein the angle corrector magnet is configured to selectively parallelize the scanned ion beam. 4. A beam energy identification system, comprising:an electrostatic beam scanner configured to receive an ion beam, wherein the ion beam is deflected along a fast scan axis via a variation of a scanner voltage applied to the electrostatic beam scanner, therein defining a scanned ion beam;an angle corrector magnet positioned downstream of the electrostatic beam scanner, wherein the angle corrector magnet is configured to parallelize the scanned ion beam, therein defining a parallel shifted ion beam;a first Faraday cup positioned along the fast scan axis; anda second Faraday cup positioned along the fast scan axis, wherein the scanner voltage is measured when a peak of the parallel shifted ion beam is present at the respective first Faraday cup and second Faraday cup, and wherein a beam energy (E) is defined by:E=(Δθ2Sq)/(f2SK2XΔV2S), wherein:Δθ2S is a shift of angle of the parallel shifted ion beam;q is a charge value of ions of the parallel shifted ion beam;f2S is a correction factor to account for an effect of the angle corrector magnet;K2S is a constant throughout ranges of the beam energy and scanner voltage; andΔV2S is a difference in scanner voltages associated with the respective peaks of the parallel shifted ion beam at the first Faraday cup and the second Faraday cup. 5. A beam energy identification system, comprising:an electromagnetic beam scanner configured to receive an ion beam, wherein the ion beam is deflected along a fast scan axis via a variation of a scanner current applied to the electromagnetic beam scanner, therein defining a scanned ion beam;an angle corrector magnet positioned downstream of the electromagnetic beam scanner, wherein the angle corrector magnet is configured to parallelize the scanned ion beam, therein defining a parallel shifted ion beam;a first Faraday cup positioned along the fast scan axis; anda second Faraday cup positioned along the fast scan axis, wherein the scanner voltage is measured when a peak of the parallel shifted ion beam is present at the respective first Faraday cup and second Faraday cup, and wherein a beam energy (E) is defined by:E=(K2MΔB2MqΔθ2M)2/m, wherein:K2M is constant throughout ranges of the beam energy and scanner current;ΔB2M is a difference in a scanner magnetic field associated with the respective peaks of the parallel shifted ion beam at the first Faraday cup and the second Faraday cup;q is a charge value of ions of the parallel shifted ion beam;Δθ2M is a shift of angle of the parallel shifted ion beam; andm is a mass of the ions of the parallel shifted ion beam. 6. A method for identifying an energy of an ion beam, the method comprising:scanning the ion beam along a fast scan axis via an application of a scanner voltage to an ion beam scanner, therein defining a scanned ion beam;positioning a first faraday cup downstream of the ion beam along the fast scan axis;positioning a second faraday cup downstream of the ion beam scanner along the fast scan axis;determining a shift of angle of the scanned ion beam, wherein the shift angle is associated with a position of the ion beam scanner relative to the first Faraday cup and second Faraday cup;varying the scanner voltage and determining the scanner voltage when a first peak and a second peak of the scanned ion beam is present at the respective first Faraday cup and second Faraday cup; anddetermining a beam energy (E) of the scanned ion beam, wherein the beam energy is defined by:E=(Δθ1Sq)/(K1SΔV1S), wherein:Δθe1S is the shift of angle of the scanned ion beam;q is a charge value of ions of the scanned ion beam;K1S is a constant throughout ranges of beam energy and scanner voltage; andΔV1S is a difference in scanner voltages associated with the respective first and second peaks of the scanned ion beam at the first Faraday cup and the second Faraday cup. 7. A method for identifying an energy of an ion beam, the method comprising:scanning the ion beam along a fast scan axis via an application of a scanner voltage to an ion beam scanner, therein defining a scanned ion beam;positioning a first Faraday cup downstream of the ion beam scanner along the fast scan axis;positioning a second Faraday cup downstream of the ion beam scanner along the fast scan axis;activating an angle corrector magnet positioned downstream of the ion beam scanner, wherein the angle corrector magnet parallelizes the scanned ion beam, therein defining a parallel shifted ion beam;determining a shift of angle of the parallel shifted ion beam, wherein the shift angle is associated with a position of the ion beam scanner relative to the first Faraday cup and second Faraday cup;varying the scanner voltage and determining the scanner voltage when a first peak and a second peak of the parallel shifted ion beam is present at the respective first Faraday cup and second Faraday cup; anddetermining a beam energy (E) of the parallel shifted ion beam, wherein the beam energy is defined by:E=(Δθ2q)/(K2ΔV2S), wherein:Δθ2 is the shift of angle of the parallel shifted ion beam;q is a charge value of ions of the parallel shifted ion beam;K2 is approximately constant throughout ranges of beam energy and scanner voltage; andΔV2S is a difference in scanner voltages associated with the respective first and second peaks of the parallel shifted ion beam at the first Faraday cup and the second Faraday cup. 8. The beam energy identification system of claim 1, further comprising an angle corrector magnet positioned downstream of the electrostatic beam scanner, wherein the angle corrector magnet is configured to selectively parallelize the scanned ion beam.