15 cm duoPIGatron ion source

Journal Article · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977 · Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1135062· OSTI ID:7304318

Stirling, W L; Tsai, C C; Ryan, P M

The 10 cm (grid diameter) duoPIGatron ion source produces pulsed hydrogen ion beams of 10--15 A beam current in the 20--40 keV energy range for a duration of a few tenths of a second. To fulfill the requirement of the next generation of high-power neutral beam injectors for heating plasmas in CTR devices, this source has been enlarged to a version 15 cm in grid diameter. In addition, by utilizing a magnetic multipole line cusp field confinement method, the plasma created is characterized over the 15 cm grid diameter by a noise level within +- 10% and spatial density variations within +- 5% at a density on the order of 10/sup 12/ cm/sup -3/. This larger source has operated reliably and produced a beam current exceeding 30 A of hydrogen at 27 keV. Initial operation of a 20 cm version of this source employing line cusp confinement has produced an extraction current of 60 A at 33 keV.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
• OSTI ID: 7304318
• Journal Information: Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States), Journal Name: Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States) Vol. 48:5; ISSN RSINA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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