ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
A radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator has replaced a 750-keV Cockcroft-Walton as the H− preinjector for the Brookhaven alternating gradient synchrotron. A magnetron surface-plasma source with a circular aperture is used to produce 65–100 mA of H− at 35 keV with a discharge current of less than 20 A. The symmetry of the beam is maintained in the 2-m transport to the RFQ via the use of magnetic solenoids for focusing. Currents up to 60 mA have been obtained out of the RFQ. A traveling-wave electrostatic chopper in the 35-keV transport line leads to a distortion of the emittance due to space-charge effects.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1141939