Beam experiments with the Grenoble test electron cyclotron resonance ion source at iThemba LABS

Journal Article · Mon Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935630· OSTI ID:22482890

Conradie, J.; Fourie, D.; Mira, J.; Nemulodi, F. ^[1]; Kuechler, D.; Toivanen, V. ^[2]

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1. iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West 7130 (South Africa)
2. CERN, BE/ABP/HSL, 1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)

At iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (iThemba LABS) an electron cyclotron ion source was installed and commissioned. This source is a copy of the Grenoble Test Source (GTS) for the production of highly charged ions. The source is similar to the GTS-LHC at CERN and named GTS2. A collaboration between the Accelerators and Beam Physics Group of CERN and the Accelerator and Engineering Department of iThemba LABS was proposed in which the development of high intensity argon and xenon beams is envisaged. In this paper, we present beam experiments with the GTS2 at iThemba LABS, in which the results of continuous wave and afterglow operation of xenon ion beams with oxygen as supporting gases are presented.

• OSTI ID: 22482890
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 87, Issue 2; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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