Recent developments of the LBL ECR ion source
The performance of the LBL ECR has improved significantly since January 85 when the last ECR Ion Source Workshop was held in Berkeley. The 88-Inch Cyclotron began regular operation with the ECR source just prior to the workshop. Since then about 80% of the cyclotron operating schedule has been with the ECR source. The light-ion filament source is used only for runs two or more shifts in length using proton, /sup 3/He, or alpha beams. Occasionally the polarized ion source is used. The heavy-ion PIG sources are not longer used. The operating experience with the Cyclotron+ECR has been highly successful in terms of reliability, stability, production of high charge state currents, and in the range of ions which can be produced. For example, a 32.5 MeV/u /sup 16/O/sup 8 +/ beam was developed and successfully used for a nuclear structure experiment. The 60 nA beam available from the cyclotron was more intense than the experiment could use. A 1.08 GeV /sup 36/Ar/sup 18 +/ beam was used to test the response of various scintillator materials to intermediate energy heavy ions. Three aspects of the LBL ECR source development are discussed. First, the installation of a new first stage cavity has resulted in improved source performance. Second, a number of metal ion beams have been developed and are used regularly for nuclear science experiments with the cyclotron. Third, the source performance has been compared to charge state distribution (CSD) calculations using a computer code.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA). Nuclear Science Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 5392621
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-21579; CONF-8605131-4; ON: DE86015190
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 7. international ECR source workshop, Julich, F.R. Germany, 22 May 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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