ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
For the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility project (IFMIF) the Institut für Angewandte Physik at the University of Frankfurt is concerned with developing a high current proton/deuteron ion source. The 1999 "Frankfurt 200 mA Proton Source" is a volume type belonging to the high-efficient ion-sources family. This type of ion source has proven its capability to produce high-current ion beams of a single mass-to-charge ratio at very low-beam emittances. The arc discharge ion source delivers a 200 mA full beam (93% protons) at 55 keV with very high-beam intensities (outlet aperture 8 mm diam). Thus, the beam requirements for the IFMIF project are fulfilled. After having done the basic plasma investigation with a 127° cylinder spectrometer, the quality of the ion beam was a point of interest. Therefore, the beam emittance was measured with a conventional slit-grid measurement device. The goal was to measure the beam emittance at high-beam currents. The article will give a detailed description of the measurement of a 56 mA beam at 26 keV with 85% protons. Theoretical considerations of the emittance value, given by ion temperature and aberrations of the extraction system, allows an estimation of the emittance of a 170 mA at 55 keV proton beam. In a second step, an estimation of a postaccelerated 140 mA at 100 keV deuteron beam was completed. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1431418
