Production of high-charge-state thorium and uranium ions in an electron-beam ion trap

Journal Article · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physical Review A. General Physics; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.44.3119· OSTI ID:5254320

Schneider, D; Clark, M W; Penetrante, B M; McDonald, J; DeWitt, D; Bardsley, J N ^[1]

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1. High Temperature Physics Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California (USA)

High-charge-state thorium (up to 80+) and uranium (up to 70+) ions have been extracted from an electron-beam ion trap (EBIT). The ions were produced after injecting low-charge-state thorium and uranium ions initially from a metallic vapor vacuum arc ion source into the trap. The extracted ions from the EBIT provide microsecond-wide ion-beam pulses of about 10{sup 4} ions per second. The production and loss rates are estimated from modeling calculations and are compared to the measured extracted ion rates.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5254320
• Journal Information: Physical Review A. General Physics; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review A. General Physics; (United States) Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 44:5; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Beams & their Reactions
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ATOMIC IONS
BEAM INJECTION
BEAMS
CHARGED PARTICLES
ELECTRON BEAM ION SOURCES
EXTRACTION
EXTRACTION APPARATUSES
ION BEAM INJECTION
ION BEAMS
ION SOURCES
IONS
MULTICHARGED IONS
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
THORIUM IONS
TRAPPING
TRAPS
URANIUM IONS