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Title: Development of a Faraday cup fast ion loss detector for keV beam ions

Abstract

The development and testing of a Faraday cup fast-ion loss detector capable of measuring sub 100 keV particles is documented. Such measurement capabilities play an important role in the assessment of particle confinement of nuclear fusion experiments. The detector is manufactured using thin-film deposition techniques, building upon previous work using discrete foils. This new manufacturing method allows the form factor of the sensor to become that of essentially a microchip. Analysis of the diagnostic response is performed using Monte-Carlo particle simulations. These simulations show peaks in the detector response at 40 and 70 keV. The sensor is then tested in a tunable linear accelerator capable of accelerating protons from 20 to 120 keV. Finally, the detector response was found to be well matched to simulations. Improvements to the design to facilitate robustness are discussed.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
  2. Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
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Research Org.:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1562299
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1560711
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-09CH11466
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 90; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Citation Formats

Lazerson, Samuel A., Ellis, Robert, Freeman, Chris, Ilagan, Jessica, Wang, Tianyao, Shao, Lin, Allen, Nicole, Gates, David, and Neilson, Hutch. Development of a Faraday cup fast ion loss detector for keV beam ions. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5111714.
Lazerson, Samuel A., Ellis, Robert, Freeman, Chris, Ilagan, Jessica, Wang, Tianyao, Shao, Lin, Allen, Nicole, Gates, David, & Neilson, Hutch. Development of a Faraday cup fast ion loss detector for keV beam ions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5111714
Lazerson, Samuel A., Ellis, Robert, Freeman, Chris, Ilagan, Jessica, Wang, Tianyao, Shao, Lin, Allen, Nicole, Gates, David, and Neilson, Hutch. Fri . "Development of a Faraday cup fast ion loss detector for keV beam ions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5111714. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1562299.
@article{osti_1562299,
title = {Development of a Faraday cup fast ion loss detector for keV beam ions},
author = {Lazerson, Samuel A. and Ellis, Robert and Freeman, Chris and Ilagan, Jessica and Wang, Tianyao and Shao, Lin and Allen, Nicole and Gates, David and Neilson, Hutch},
abstractNote = {The development and testing of a Faraday cup fast-ion loss detector capable of measuring sub 100 keV particles is documented. Such measurement capabilities play an important role in the assessment of particle confinement of nuclear fusion experiments. The detector is manufactured using thin-film deposition techniques, building upon previous work using discrete foils. This new manufacturing method allows the form factor of the sensor to become that of essentially a microchip. Analysis of the diagnostic response is performed using Monte-Carlo particle simulations. These simulations show peaks in the detector response at 40 and 70 keV. The sensor is then tested in a tunable linear accelerator capable of accelerating protons from 20 to 120 keV. Finally, the detector response was found to be well matched to simulations. Improvements to the design to facilitate robustness are discussed.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5111714},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
number = 9,
volume = 90,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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