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Title: High Current Ion Sources and Injectors for Heavy Ion Fusion

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OSTI ID:840336

Heavy ion beam driven inertial fusion requires short ion beam pulses with high current and high brightness. Depending on the beam current and the number of beams in the driver system, the injector can use a large diameter surface ionization source or merge an array of small beamlets from a plasma source. In this paper, we review the scaling laws that govern the injector design and the various ion source options including the contact ionizer, the aluminosilicate source, the multicusp plasma source, and the MEVVA source.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
840336
Report Number(s):
LBNL-57237; HIFAN 1411; R&D Project: Z41001; TRN: US200510%%88
Resource Relation:
Conference: IEEE Region 5 Leadership Workshop and TPS 2005, Boulder, CO (US), 04/07/2005--04/10/2005; Other Information: PBD: 15 Feb 2005
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English