A microwave-driven negative ion source
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 67 (3) , 1227-1229
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1146740
Abstract
A 2.45 GHz microwave‐driven ion source, originally developed to generate a high‐current 1H+ beam, has been adapted to serve as a universal negative‐ion injector for the Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron (TASCC) facility. Positive heavy ion currents from the source are converted into negative currents by means of a charge‐exchange canal. So far, beams of 4He−, 16O−, and 18O− have been accelerated through the TASCC Tandem and 3He− and 209Bi− beams were accelerated through both the TASCC Tandem and cyclotron. A production version of the source has been designed, with emphasis on enhanced compactness and serviceability.Keywords
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