Atomic physics with ECR multicharged ion sources

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Bulletin of the American Physical Society

OSTI ID:281281

Phaneuf, R A ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)

Electron-cyclotron-resonance (ECR) ion sources produce intense, continuous beams of highly charged ions and have been used extensively during the last decade for atomic physics research in a number of laboratories throughout the world. The electron-beam ion source (EBIS) is capable of producing ions in higher charge states, but the average ion-beam intensities obtainable from an EBIS for intermediate charge states are orders of magnitude smaller than those from an ECR source. Beam intensity is particularly critical in experiments employing crossed-beams and merged-beams techniques, and the ECR source has opened up many new possibilities for research in multicharged ion atomic physics. The technology of the ECR ion source is being constantly improved, leading to enhanced performance, higher charge states and broader atomic physics research opportunities. The principle of operation of the ECR ion source and recent technical progress will be briefly reviewed, and a survey will be presented of recent experiments involving multicharged ion-electron, ion-atom, ion-ion and ion-surface collisions using ECR ion sources.

• OSTI ID: 281281
• Report Number(s): CONF-9305421--
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Journal Name: Bulletin of the American Physical Society Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 38; ISSN 0003-0503; ISSN BAPSA6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
COLLISIONS
ELECTRON CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE
ION SOURCES
MULTICHARGED IONS
OPERATION