High intensity production of high and medium charge state uranium and other heavy ion beams with VENUS

Journal Article · Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2008 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2816790· OSTI ID:21123712

Leitner, D; Galloway, M L; Loew, T J; Lyneis, C M; Castro Rodriguez, I; Todd, D S ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

The next generation, superconducting electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source VENUS (versatile ECR ion source for nuclear science) started operation with 28 GHz microwave heating in 2004. Since then it has produced world record ion beam intensities. For example, 2850 e {mu}A of O{sup 6+}, 200 e {mu}A of U{sup 33+} or U{sup 34+}, and in respect to high charge state ions, 1 e {mu}A of Ar{sup 18+}, 270 e {mu}A of Ar{sup 16+}, 28 e {mu}A of Xe{sup 35+}, and 4.9 e {mu}A of U{sup 47+} have been produced. A brief overview of the latest developments leading to these record intensities is given and the production of high intensity uranium beams is discussed in more detail.

• OSTI ID: 21123712
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 79, Issue 2; Conference: ICIS 2007: 12. international conference on ion sources, Jeju (Korea, Republic of), 26-31 Aug 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2816790; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CHARGE STATES
ECR ION SOURCES
ELECTRON CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE
GHZ RANGE 01-100
HEAVY IONS
MICROWAVE HEATING
RADIOACTIVE ION BEAMS
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS
URANIUM