LiF ion source performance on PBFA II
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Recent LiF ion source experiments have been conducted on Sandia National Laboratories' Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator (PBFA) II. This facility is designed to provide a 30 MV, 100 TW power pulse to an applied B ion diode to investigate the suitability of light ions for inertial confinement fusion (ICF). Singly-ionized lithium is the desired ion species for these experiments because it has the proper range in target materials at 30 MV. LiF-coated anodes have been shown in experiments on other accelerators to produce relatively pure (>70%) Li{sup +} beams. Earlier PBFA II experiments using porous anodes coated with LiF confirmed Li{sup +} production from LiF films. The present PBFA II experiments use 0.6 {mu}m films of LiF evaporated onto a stainless steel anode surface to provide a 1 MA, 25 ns FWHM pulse of Li{sup +} ions at energies of 6--9 MeV. The physical mechanism for production of ions from thin films of LiF has not previously been identified. One of us, T. Green, has developed a model which is consistent with LiF data from PBFA II and laboratory experiments and may provide a framework for understanding Li{sup +} ion production from thin LiF films in an applied B diode.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 7233825
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-91-2586C; CONF-920515--15; ON: DE92015769
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700411* -- Inertial Confinement Devices-- (1992-)
ACCELERATORS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALLOYS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CONFINEMENT
DESIGN
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
FILMS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HIGH ALLOY STEELS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
ION SOURCES
IONS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM FLUORIDES
LITHIUM HALIDES
LITHIUM IONS
MICROSCOPY
PARTICLE BEAM FUSION ACCELERATOR
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
TESTING
THIN FILMS