New development of advanced superconducting electron cyclotron resonance ion source SECRAL (invited)

Journal Article · Mon Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3273058· OSTI ID:22053651

Zhao, H W; Sun, L T; Zhang, X Z; Guo, X H; Zhao, H Y; Feng, Y C; Li, J Y; Ma, H Y; Ma, B H; Wang, H; Li, X X; Xie, D Z ^[1]; Lu, W; Cao, Y; Shang, Y ^[1]

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1. Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000 (China)

Superconducting electron cyclotron resonance ion source with advance design in Lanzhou (SECRAL) is an 18-28 GHz fully superconducting electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source dedicated for highly charged heavy ion beam production. SECRAL, with an innovative superconducting magnet structure of solenoid-inside-sextupole and at lower frequency and lower rf power operation, may open a new way for developing compact and reliable high performance superconducting ECR ion source. One of the recent highlights achieved at SECRAL is that some new record beam currents for very high charge states were produced by 18 GHz or 18+14.5 GHz double frequency heating, such as 1 e {mu}A of {sup 129}Xe{sup 43+}, 22 e {mu}A of {sup 209}Bi{sup 41+}, and 1.5 e {mu}A of {sup 209}Bi{sup 50+}. To further enhance the performance of SECRAL, a 24 GHz/7 kW gyrotron microwave generator was installed and SECRAL was tested at 24 GHz. Some promising and exciting results at 24 GHz with new record highly charged ion beam intensities were produced, such as 455 e {mu}A of {sup 129}Xe{sup 27+} and 152 e {mu}A of {sup 129}Xe{sup 30+}, although the commissioning time was limited within 3-4 weeks and rf power only 3-4 kW. Bremsstrahlung measurements at 24 GHz show that x-ray is much stronger with higher rf frequency, higher rf power. and higher minimum mirror magnetic field (minimum B). Preliminary emittance measurements indicate that SECRAL emittance at 24 GHz is slightly higher that at 18 GHz. SECRAL has been put into routine operation at 18 GHz for heavy ion research facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL) accelerator complex since May 2007. The total operation beam time from SECRAL for HIRFL accelerator has been more than 2000 h, and {sup 129}Xe{sup 27+}, {sup 78}Kr{sup 19+}, {sup 209}Bi{sup 31+}, and {sup 58}Ni{sup 19+} beams were delivered. All of these new developments, the latest results, and long-term operation for the accelerator have again demonstrated that SECRAL is one of the best in the performance of ECR ion source for highly charged heavy ion beam production. Finally the future development of SECRAL will be presented.

• OSTI ID: 22053651
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 81, Issue 2; Conference: ICIS 2009: 13. international conference on ion sources, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 20-25 Sep 2009; Other Information: (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BEAM CURRENTS
BEAM PRODUCTION
BISMUTH IONS
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
CHARGE STATES
ECR ION SOURCES
ELECTRON CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE
GHZ RANGE
HEAVY IONS
HIRFL CYCLOTRON
ION BEAMS
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
MICROWAVE RADIATION
NICKEL IONS
PERFORMANCE
SOLENOIDS
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS
XENON IONS