ECRIS-2014 - List of Keywords (ECR)

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MOOBMH03	Frequency Tuning Effect On The Bremsstrahlung Spectra, Beam Intensity And Shape In An ECR Ion Source	electron, cavity, plasma, ion	15
	G.O. Rodrigues, D. Kanjilal, N. Kumar, K. Mal, Y. Mathur IUAC, New Delhi, India A. Roy VECC, Kolkata, India
	The effect of the frequency tuning on bremsstrahlung spectra, beam intensity and shape in the 10 GHz, Nanogan ECR ion source have been investigated. The main aim of this work was to study the effect on a lower frequency type of ECR source where the separation between various modes in the cavity is much larger. The warm and cold components of the electrons were observed to be directly correlated with the beam intensity enhancement in the case of Ar⁹⁺ but not so for O⁵⁺. However, the warm electron component was much smaller than the cold component. The beam shapes of O⁵⁺ measured as a function of frequency showed a strong variation without hollow beam formation. Due to the use of an octupole magnetic structure in the Nanogan ECR source, the quadrupolar structure of the ECR surface is modified with the frequency tuning. In general, we have observed a strong absorption of microwave power at various frequencies whenever the reflection co-efficient showed a minimum value and the effect was seen stronger for the higher charge states. Details of the measurements carried out on the bremsstrahlung spectra, beam intensity and shape are presented together with the results of simulations. * Effect of frequency tuning on bremsstrahlung spectra, beam intensity, and shape in the 10 GHz NANOGAN electron cyclotron resonance ion source, Rev. Sci.Instrum. 85,02A944 (2014)
	Slides MOOBMH03 [23.075 MB]

MOOBMH04	Emission Spectroscopy Diagnostic of Plasma Inside 2.45 GHz ECR Ion Source at PKU	plasma, electron, ion, ion-source	20
	Y. Xu, J. Chen, J.E. Chen, Z.Y. Guo, S.X. Peng, H.T. Ren, J.F. Zhang, T. Zhang, J. Zhao PKU, Beijing, People's Republic of China A.L. Zhang Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
	Funding: This work is supported by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11175009 and 91126004). The 2.45 GHz permanent magnet electron cyclotron resonance ion source (PMECR) at Peking University (PKU) can produce 100 mA H⁺, 40 mA H²⁺ and 20 mA H³⁺ under different conditions, but the physics processes and plasma characteristics within the discharge chamber are not very clear until now. Langmuir probe, laser detachment, absorption spectroscopy and optical emission spectroscopy are common approaches for diagnosing the plasma. Among those methods, optical emission spectroscopy is a simple in situ one without disturbing the plasma. To better understand the plasma producing processes, a new ion source with transparent quartz discharge chamber was designed at PKU so that plasma diagnostic can be performed through directly detecting the light generated within ECR zone by fiber optics. Collisional radiative (CR) model is utilized to calculate plasma parameters like electron density ne and electron temperature Te for non-equilibrium plasma in ECR ion source. The spectroscopy diagnosis platform has been constructed, and preliminary results will be presented in this paper. *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: sxpeng@pku.edu.cn.
	Slides MOOBMH04 [2.330 MB]

MOPPH002	Production Of Metallic Stable Ion Beams For GANIL And SPIRAL2	ion, ion-source, experiment, injection	45
	F. Lemagnen, C. Barue, C. Canet, J.L. Flambard, R. Frigot, P. Jardin, L. Maunoury, O. Osmond, J. Piot GANIL, Caen, France B.J.P. Gall IPHC, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France T. Lamy, P. Sole, T. Thuillier LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France C. Peaucelle IN2P3 IPNL, Villeurbanne, France
	GANIL has been producing many stable beams for nearly 30 years. Constant progress have been obtained in terms of intensity, stability and reliability. The presentation highlights recent results obtained for 50Ti beam production from an organo-metallic compound using the MIVOC (Metallic Ions from Volatile Compounds) method with the ECR4 ion source. The synthesis of this compound has been studied and realized by the IPHC-Strasbourg team from isotopically enriched titanium metal. Preliminary tests using natural titanocene were performed to validate the production method in terms of beam intensity, stability and reliability. Results obtained allowed us to program a physics experiment in September 2013. A 50Ti¹⁰⁺ beam was maintained stable for 300 h with a mean intensity of 20 μA. Q/A=1/3 ion source of SPIRAL 2 facility, whom commissioning will be led by end of 2014, is Phoenix V2 ion source which has been developed by LPSC-Grenoble. Results obtained for nickel (58Ni¹⁹⁺) and calcium (40Ca¹⁶⁺) in collaboration with LPSC Grenoble will be presented in this report. CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique. 3, rue Michel-Ange 75794 Paris cedex 16 - France CEA, Commissariat à L'Energie Atomique Bâtiment Le ponant D - 25 rue Leblanc 75015 PARIS

MOPPH004	Status Report at the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy (HIT) Ion Sources and the Testbench	ion, ion-source, operation, rfq	49
	T.W. Winkelmann, R. Cee, Th. Haberer, B. Naas, A. Peters, J. Schreiner HIT, Heidelberg, Germany E. Ritter DREEBIT GmbH, Dresden, Germany
	Since October 2009 more than 2000 patients were treated at HIT. In a 24/7 operation scheme two 14.5 GHz electron cyclotron resonance ion sources are routinely used to produce protons and carbon ions. The integration of a third ion source into the production facility was done in summer 2013 to produce a helium beam. This paper will give a status report of the ion source operating experience and statistics and will summarize the enhancement activities, which were undertaken at an in-house ion source testbench.

MOPPH006	Direct Injection of Intense Heavy Ion Beams from a High Field ECR Ion Source into an RFQ	rfq, ion, ion-source, extraction	52
	G.O. Rodrigues, D. Kanjilal IUAC, New Delhi, India R. Becker IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany R.W. Hamm R&M Technical Enterprises, Pleasanton, California, USA
	Beam intensities achievable from high performance ECR sources for highly charged ions are limited by the high space charge. For high performance ECR sources, the stray magnetic field of the source can provide focusing against the space charge blow-up of the beam in addition to the Direct Plasma Injection Scheme (DPIS) adapted from laser ion sources. A combined extraction/matching system* has been designed for direct injection into a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator, allowing a total beam current of 10 mA for the production of highly charged 238U⁴⁰⁺ (1.33 mA) to be injected at an ion source voltage of 60 kV. In this design, the features of IGUN have been used to take into account the rf-focusing of an RFQ channel (without modulation), the electrostatic field between ion source extraction and the RFQ vanes, the magnetic stray field of the ECR superconducting solenoid, and the defocusing space charge of an ion beam. The RFQ has been designed to suppress neighbouring charge states and to work as a filter for the desired 238U⁴⁰⁺. This reduces the transport problem for the beam line as well as it reduces the emittance for the selected charge state. * R. Becker et al., PROC. EPAC-2004, TUPLT024 ** G.Rodrigues et al., Rev. Sci.Instrum. 85,02A740 (2014)

MOPPH011	Development of Interface and Diagnostic System for ECR Ion Source At KBSI	diagnostics, ion, simulation, ion-source	61
	B.S. Lee, S. Choi, J.G. Hong, S.J. Kim, J.W. Ok, J.Y. Park, C.S. Shin, M. Won, J.H. Yoon Korea Basic Science Institute, Busan, Republic of Korea J. Bahng Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea E.-S. Kim KNU, Deagu, Republic of Korea
	A 28 GHz superconducting ECR (electron cyclotron resonance) ion source was recently developed at KBSI (Korea Basic Science Institute) to produce the high current and high charge state ions. The condition of the ion beam extracted from the ion source should be analyzed by a diagnosis tool after accelerating and focusing process. For this, we developed an ion beam diagnostic system composed of a slit, a wire scanner, a view screen and a faraday cup. The interface of the diagnostic system was designed so as to achieve stable operation of the ECR ion source. The information obtained from the diagnostic system can be used as a reference in studies of the optimum beam conditions needed to adjust the extraction parameters. The details of the diagnostic system and initial test results will be reported.

MOPPH015	Production and Acceleration of Titanium-50 Ion Beam at the U-400 Cyclotron	ion, experiment, cyclotron, ion-source	64
	S.L. Bogomolov, A.E. Bondarchenko, I.V. Kalagin, K.I. Kuzmenkov, N. Lebedev, V.Ya. Lebedev, V.N. Loginov, R.E. Vaganov JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia Z. Asfari, H. Faure, M. Filliger, B.J.P. Gall IPHC, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
	Funding: *Work supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant number 13-02-12011 The production of Ti-50 ion beam with ECR ion source using MIVOC method is described. The experiments were performed at the test bench with the natural and enriched compounds of titanium (CH3)5C5Ti(CH3)3. The compounds were synthesized in collaboration with IPHC (Strasbourg) group. In the experiments at the test bench the beam currents of Ti⁵⁺ - 80 mkA and Ti¹¹⁺ - 70 mkA were achieved at different settings of the source. After successful tests two 3 weeks runs with Ti-50 beam were performed at the U-400 cyclotron for the experiments on spectroscopy of super heavy elements. The intensity of the injected beam of 50Ti⁵⁺ was about of 50-60 μA, during experiment the source have shown stable operation. The compound consumption rate was determined to be about of 2.4 mg/h, corresponding to 50Ti consumption of 0.52 mg/h.

MOPPH017	LEGIS Facility for Study of Reactor Steels Radiation Resistance	ion, target, neutron, ion-source	71
	T. Kulevoy, A.A. Aleev, S.L. Andrianov, B.B. Chalykh, R.P. Kuibeda, A.A. Nikitin, S.V. Rogozhkin ITEP, Moscow, Russia M. Comunian, A. Galatà INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
	Considerable efforts have been drawn to adapt heavy ion beams imitation experiments for investigation of radiation stability of materials in nuclear industry, mainly structural materials - steels. Formation of defect structure in the steel using the neutron flow from the nuclear reactors is fraught with many difficulties such as a long-term session of exposure and induced radioactivity in the irradiated samples. Whereas, heavy ions could provide a versatile tool to induce a precise damage in material under controlled condition. The LEGnaro ECR Ion Source (LEGIS) installed at the high voltage (up to 300 kV) platform enables the unique possibility for wide range program of reactor steels investigation by heavy ion beams. The sample irradiation up to hundreds of dpa (displacement-per-atom) in less than an operation day can be provided by beams of different ions ranging from hydrogen to the iron with different energy. The investigation program and details of experimental facility are presented and discussed.

MOPPH019	Metallic Beam Development with an ECR Ion Source at Michigan State University (MSU)	ion, ion-source, plasma, cyclotron	79
	D.E. Neben, D.G. Cole, D. Leitner, G. Machicoane, L. Tobos NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
	Funding: Supported by Michigan State University, National Science Foundation: NSF Award Number PHY-1102511 Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion sources have been used at MSU to provide metal ion beams to the coupled cyclotron facility (CCF), and in the future, for The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). The challenges of metallic beam production with ECR are in production, efficiency, stability and contamination. Future facilities such as FRIB will add the challenge of intensity. We report development of two rare earth metals and the conversion from the oxidized state into metal. The enriched isotopes of 144 Sm, and 176 Yb are commonly available in the sesquioxide form which is unsuitable for use in our standard ovens. We report here results from the off-line chemical reduction of samarium, and ytterbium oxides into metal. We were able to demonstrate efficiencies of up to 90 % throughout the conversion process. The samples were then run on our ECR ion sources to confirm the products of the reduction. In addition we report the development of cadmium metal by passing vapor though over 3/4 m of heated stainless steel tubing and observed 4.3 euA of Cd 20+ with an average consumption of 1 mg/hr.

TUOMMH03	Status Report of SECRAL II Ion Source Development	ion, ion-source, plasma, sextupole	94
	L.T. Sun, M.Z. Guan, Q. Hu, W. Lu, L.Z. Ma, E.M. Mei, D.S. Ni, B.M. Wu, W. Wu, T.J. Yang, Y. Yang, W.H. Zhang, X.Z. Zhang, B. Zhao, H.W. Zhao, S.J. Zheng, L. Zhu IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China Y. Yang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
	Funding: Work supported by the 100 Talents Program of the CAS (No. Y214160BR0), NSF (contract No. 11221064) and MOST (contract No. 2014CB845500). For a new injector linac project launched at IMP, a superconducting ECR ion source SECRAL II is now under construction. This ion source is a duplicated one of SECRAL I which is operated routinely for HIRFL facility at the frequency of 18-24 GHz. SECRAL II is designed to be operated at the frequency of 28 GHz, which needs slightly higher radial field at the plasma chamber wall. The fabrication of the cold mass was started at early 2013, and it has been completed in May 2014. The engineering design of the whole superconducting magnet has also been finished and ready for fabrication. After a brief introduction of the recent results obtained with SECRAL I ion source, this paper will present the cold mass test results and the cryogenic system design of SECRAL II magnet. The test bench design will be also discussed.
	Slides TUOMMH03 [3.782 MB]

WEOMMH01	The Installation of the 28GHz Superconducting ECR Ion Source At KBSI	ion, plasma, ion-source, superconducting-magnet	104
	M. Won, S. Choi, J.G. Hong, S.J. Kim, B.S. Lee, J.W. Ok, J.Y. Park, C.S. Shin, J.H. Yoon Korea Basic Science Institute, Busan, Republic of Korea J.B. Bhang Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
	In 2009, a 28 GHz superconducting electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source was developed to produce high currents, diverse heavy ion charge state for the compact heavy ion linear accelerator at KBSI (Korea Basic Science Institute). The aim of this study was to generate a high current, and fast neutrons for interacting a heavy ion with the proton target. The fabrication of the key parts, which are the superconducting magnet system with the liquid helium re-condensed cryostat, the 10 kW high-power microwave considering for optimum operation at the 28 GHz ECR Ion Source, were completed in 2013. The waveguide components were connected with a plasma chamber including a gas supply system. The plasma chamber and ion beam extraction were inserted into the warm bore of superconducting magnet. In this paper, we present the current status of the installation of an ECR ion source and report on the test results for ECR plasma ignition.
	Slides WEOMMH01 [5.460 MB]

WEOMMH02	First Commissioning Results of An Evaporative Cooling Magnet ECRIS-LECR4	ion, ion-source, extraction, rfq	107
	W. Lu, Y.C. Feng, S.Q. Guo, B.H. Ma, H.Y. Ma, L.T. Sun, X.Z. Zhang, H.W. Zhao IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China L. Ruan, B. Xiong IEE, Beijing, People's Republic of China
	LECR4 (Lanzhou ECR ion source No.4) is a room temperature ECR ion source, designed to produce high current, multiple charge state ions for SSC-linac project at IMP. The ion source has been optimized to be operated at 18 GHz. A unique feature of LECR4 is that all its solenoid coils are fully immersed in a special medium and cooled by evaporative cooling technology when excited. At design current, the coils can produce peak mirror fields on axis 2.3 Tesla at injection, 1.3 Tesla at extraction and 0.5 Tesla at minimum-B. The nominal radial magnetic field is 1.1 Tesla at plasma chamber wall, which is produced by a Halbach structure 36-segment hexapole. Recently, the project has made significant progress. In January 2014, the first plasma at 18 GHz was ignited. During the ongoing commissioning phase with a stainless steel chamber, tests with gaseous ion beams have been conducted. Some intense ion beams have been produced with microwave power less than 1.5 kW, such as 1.97 emA of O⁶⁺, 1.7 emA of Ar⁸⁺, 1.07 emA of Ar⁹⁺, 290 euA of Xe²⁰⁺ and so on. In this paper, the design of LECR4 ion source will be presented, and the latest test results will also be given.
	Slides WEOMMH02 [3.543 MB]

WEOBMH01	Experimental Activities with the LPSC Charge Breeder in the European Context	ion, plasma, injection, ECRIS	120
	T. Lamy, J. Angot, T. Thuillier LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France J. Choinski, L. Standylo HIL, Warsaw, Poland P. Delahaye, L. Maunoury GANIL, Caen, France A. Galatà INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy H. A. Koivisto, O.A. Tarvainen JYFL, Jyväskylä, Finland G. Patti INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy
	Funding: NuPNET project (Enhanced Multi-Ionization of short-Lived Isotopes at EURISOL) One of the Work Packages of the "Enhanced Multi-Ionization of short-Lived Isotopes at EURISOL" NuPNET project focuses on the ECR charge breeding. The LPSC charge breeder is used for experimental studies in order to better understand the fundamental processes involved in the 1+ beam capture by a 14 GHz ECR plasma. Some improvements, like symmetrisation of the magnetic field at the injection side and higher pumping speed, have been carried out on the PHOENIX charge breeder. The impact of these modifications on the efficiencies and charge breeding times are presented. In the same time, the new LPSC 1+ source developments performed in order to ease the efficiency measurements with various elements are presented.
	Slides WEOBMH01 [4.982 MB]

WEOBMH03	Investigation on the Origin of High Energy X-Rays Observed in 3rd Generation ECRIS	electron, cavity, ion, ion-source	127
	T. Thuillier LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France
	The operation of third generation ECR ion source heated with 24 or 28 GHz microwave frequency shows a high energy x-ray spectrum with a characteristic temperature much higher than the one observed at the usual heating frequencies (14-18 GHz). The behaviour of the x-ray spectrum is studied based on the review of a set of data previously done at LBNL [1]. The data reviewed shows that the hot x-ray temperature scales with the ECR frequency. The experimental data is compared with the prediction of a simple model of ECR heating developed for this purpose. A formula to estimate the ECR resonance thickness is calculated. The model explains nicely the experimental x-ray temperature variation when the central magnetic field of the ECRIS is changed. It demonstrates that such a magnetic field variation does not change the electron confinement time and that the change of the x-ray spectrum temperature is due to the change of the ECR zone thickness. The only way for the model to reproduce the fact that the x-ray temperature scales with the ECR frequency is to assume that the electron confinement time scales (at least) with the ECR frequency. This result brings new credit to the theoretical prediction that the hot electron RF scattering is decreasing when the ECR frequency increases.[2,3] The spatial gyrac effect, which can be considered as another possible origin of the very hot x-ray produced in ECRIS is recalled for convenience in this paper.
	Slides WEOBMH03 [1.214 MB]

THOMMH01	Boron Ion Beam Production with the Supernanogan ECR Ion Source for the CERN BIO-LEIR Facility	ion, ion-source, plasma, operation	132
	J.T. Stafford-Haworth, D. Küchler, V. Toivanen CERN, Geneva, Switzerland J. Röhrich HZB, Berlin, Germany
	To deliver B³⁺ ions for medical research the compounds decaborane and m-carborane were tested using the metal ions from volatile compounds (MIVOC) method with the Supernanogan 14.5 GHz ECR ion source. Using decaborane the source delivered less than 10 uA intensity of B³⁺ and after operation large deposits of material were found inside the source. Using m-carborane 50 uA of B³⁺ were delivered without support gas. For both compounds Helium and Oxygen support gasses were also tested, and the effects of different source tuning parameters are discussed. The average consumption of m-Carborane was 0.1 mg/uAh over all operation.
	Slides THOMMH01 [2.223 MB]

THOMMH02	Application of an ECR Ion Source for Ionic Functionalization of Implant Materials on the Nanoscale	ion, plasma, ion-source, target	135
	R. Rácz, S. Biri, A. Csik, P. Hajdu, K. Vad ATOMKI, Debrecen, Hungary J. Bakó, I. Csarnovics, Cs. Hegedűs, V. Hegedűs, S. Kokenyesi, J. Pálinkás, T. Radics University Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
	Surface modification by variously charged heavy ions plays an increasingly important role since functionalization of surfaces and/or deeper layers at micro- and nanoscopic scale can be biologically useful for materials of medical implants. The functionalized surfaces have a huge potential in the field of nanotechnology, sensor devices as well. Our group explores the physical and biological effect of such treatments. In the recent phase of the research work the implantation of titanium and zirconium-dioxide samples by calcium, gold and silicon ions is required. The 14.5 GHz Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS) of Atomki - a classical room-temperature ion source - was used in this study as an ion implanter to deliver low energy particles from wide range of elements. A new vacuum chamber and a sample holder for effective irradiation and the production of the beam itself were developed. The technical details of the irradiation and the first result of the physical investigations are described in this paper.
	Slides THOMMH02 [1.769 MB]

THOBMH01	Closing Remarks for ECRIS'14	ion, ECRIS, ion-source, plasma	144
	T. Thuillier LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France
	A scientific overview of the ECRIS14 workshop is proposed in this paper. The workshop content demonstrated that the ECR community is still very active and that research is of high interest for future accelerator projects. A selection of new results and development presented during the workshop is proposed.

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MOOBMH03

Frequency Tuning Effect On The Bremsstrahlung Spectra, Beam Intensity And Shape In An ECR Ion Source

electron, cavity, plasma, ion

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G.O. Rodrigues, D. Kanjilal, N. Kumar, K. Mal, Y. Mathur
IUAC, New Delhi, India
A. Roy
VECC, Kolkata, India

The effect of the frequency tuning on bremsstrahlung spectra, beam intensity and shape in the 10 GHz, Nanogan ECR ion source have been investigated. The main aim of this work was to study the effect on a lower frequency type of ECR source where the separation between various modes in the cavity is much larger. The warm and cold components of the electrons were observed to be directly correlated with the beam intensity enhancement in the case of Ar⁹⁺ but not so for O⁵⁺. However, the warm electron component was much smaller than the cold component. The beam shapes of O⁵⁺ measured as a function of frequency showed a strong variation without hollow beam formation. Due to the use of an octupole magnetic structure in the Nanogan ECR source, the quadrupolar structure of the ECR surface is modified with the frequency tuning. In general, we have observed a strong absorption of microwave power at various frequencies whenever the reflection co-efficient showed a minimum value and the effect was seen stronger for the higher charge states. Details of the measurements carried out on the bremsstrahlung spectra, beam intensity and shape are presented together with the results of simulations.
* Effect of frequency tuning on bremsstrahlung spectra, beam intensity, and shape in the 10 GHz NANOGAN electron cyclotron resonance ion source, Rev. Sci.Instrum. 85,02A944 (2014)

Slides MOOBMH03 [23.075 MB]

MOOBMH04

Emission Spectroscopy Diagnostic of Plasma Inside 2.45 GHz ECR Ion Source at PKU

plasma, electron, ion, ion-source

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Y. Xu, J. Chen, J.E. Chen, Z.Y. Guo, S.X. Peng, H.T. Ren, J.F. Zhang, T. Zhang, J. Zhao
PKU, Beijing, People's Republic of China
A.L. Zhang
Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Funding: This work is supported by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11175009 and 91126004).
The 2.45 GHz permanent magnet electron cyclotron resonance ion source (PMECR) at Peking University (PKU) can produce 100 mA H⁺, 40 mA H²⁺ and 20 mA H³⁺ under different conditions, but the physics processes and plasma characteristics within the discharge chamber are not very clear until now. Langmuir probe, laser detachment, absorption spectroscopy and optical emission spectroscopy are common approaches for diagnosing the plasma. Among those methods, optical emission spectroscopy is a simple in situ one without disturbing the plasma. To better understand the plasma producing processes, a new ion source with transparent quartz discharge chamber was designed at PKU so that plasma diagnostic can be performed through directly detecting the light generated within ECR zone by fiber optics. Collisional radiative (CR) model is utilized to calculate plasma parameters like electron density ne and electron temperature Te for non-equilibrium plasma in ECR ion source. The spectroscopy diagnosis platform has been constructed, and preliminary results will be presented in this paper.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail:
sxpeng@pku.edu.cn.

Slides MOOBMH04 [2.330 MB]

MOPPH002

Production Of Metallic Stable Ion Beams For GANIL And SPIRAL2

ion, ion-source, experiment, injection

45

F. Lemagnen, C. Barue, C. Canet, J.L. Flambard, R. Frigot, P. Jardin, L. Maunoury, O. Osmond, J. Piot
GANIL, Caen, France
B.J.P. Gall
IPHC, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
T. Lamy, P. Sole, T. Thuillier
LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France
C. Peaucelle
IN2P3 IPNL, Villeurbanne, France

GANIL has been producing many stable beams for nearly 30 years. Constant progress have been obtained in terms of intensity, stability and reliability. The presentation highlights recent results obtained for 50Ti beam production from an organo-metallic compound using the MIVOC (Metallic Ions from Volatile Compounds) method with the ECR4 ion source. The synthesis of this compound has been studied and realized by the IPHC-Strasbourg team from isotopically enriched titanium metal. Preliminary tests using natural titanocene were performed to validate the production method in terms of beam intensity, stability and reliability. Results obtained allowed us to program a physics experiment in September 2013. A 50Ti¹⁰⁺ beam was maintained stable for 300 h with a mean intensity of 20 μA. Q/A=1/3 ion source of SPIRAL 2 facility, whom commissioning will be led by end of 2014, is Phoenix V2 ion source which has been developed by LPSC-Grenoble. Results obtained for nickel (58Ni¹⁹⁺) and calcium (40Ca¹⁶⁺) in collaboration with LPSC Grenoble will be presented in this report.
CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique. 3, rue Michel-Ange
75794 Paris cedex 16 - France
CEA, Commissariat à L'Energie Atomique Bâtiment Le ponant D - 25 rue Leblanc
75015 PARIS

MOPPH004

Status Report at the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy (HIT) Ion Sources and the Testbench

ion, ion-source, operation, rfq

49

T.W. Winkelmann, R. Cee, Th. Haberer, B. Naas, A. Peters, J. Schreiner
HIT, Heidelberg, Germany
E. Ritter
DREEBIT GmbH, Dresden, Germany

Since October 2009 more than 2000 patients were treated at HIT. In a 24/7 operation scheme two 14.5 GHz electron cyclotron resonance ion sources are routinely used to produce protons and carbon ions. The integration of a third ion source into the production facility was done in summer 2013 to produce a helium beam. This paper will give a status report of the ion source operating experience and statistics and will summarize the enhancement activities, which were undertaken at an in-house ion source testbench.

MOPPH006

Direct Injection of Intense Heavy Ion Beams from a High Field ECR Ion Source into an RFQ

rfq, ion, ion-source, extraction

52

G.O. Rodrigues, D. Kanjilal
IUAC, New Delhi, India
R. Becker
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
R.W. Hamm
R&M Technical Enterprises, Pleasanton, California, USA

Beam intensities achievable from high performance ECR sources for highly charged ions are limited by the high space charge. For high performance ECR sources, the stray magnetic field of the source can provide focusing against the space charge blow-up of the beam in addition to the Direct Plasma Injection Scheme (DPIS) adapted from laser ion sources*. A combined extraction/matching system** has been designed for direct injection into a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator, allowing a total beam current of 10 mA for the production of highly charged 238U⁴⁰⁺ (1.33 mA) to be injected at an ion source voltage of 60 kV. In this design, the features of IGUN have been used to take into account the rf-focusing of an RFQ channel (without modulation), the electrostatic field between ion source extraction and the RFQ vanes, the magnetic stray field of the ECR superconducting solenoid, and the defocusing space charge of an ion beam. The RFQ has been designed to suppress neighbouring charge states and to work as a filter for the desired 238U⁴⁰⁺. This reduces the transport problem for the beam line as well as it reduces the emittance for the selected charge state.
* R. Becker et al., PROC. EPAC-2004, TUPLT024
** G.Rodrigues et al., Rev. Sci.Instrum. 85,02A740 (2014)

MOPPH011

Development of Interface and Diagnostic System for ECR Ion Source At KBSI

diagnostics, ion, simulation, ion-source

61

B.S. Lee, S. Choi, J.G. Hong, S.J. Kim, J.W. Ok, J.Y. Park, C.S. Shin, M. Won, J.H. Yoon
Korea Basic Science Institute, Busan, Republic of Korea
J. Bahng
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
E.-S. Kim
KNU, Deagu, Republic of Korea

A 28 GHz superconducting ECR (electron cyclotron resonance) ion source was recently developed at KBSI (Korea Basic Science Institute) to produce the high current and high charge state ions. The condition of the ion beam extracted from the ion source should be analyzed by a diagnosis tool after accelerating and focusing process. For this, we developed an ion beam diagnostic system composed of a slit, a wire scanner, a view screen and a faraday cup. The interface of the diagnostic system was designed so as to achieve stable operation of the ECR ion source. The information obtained from the diagnostic system can be used as a reference in studies of the optimum beam conditions needed to adjust the extraction parameters. The details of the diagnostic system and initial test results will be reported.

MOPPH015

Production and Acceleration of Titanium-50 Ion Beam at the U-400 Cyclotron

ion, experiment, cyclotron, ion-source

64

S.L. Bogomolov, A.E. Bondarchenko, I.V. Kalagin, K.I. Kuzmenkov, N. Lebedev, V.Ya. Lebedev, V.N. Loginov, R.E. Vaganov
JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
Z. Asfari, H. Faure, M. Filliger, B.J.P. Gall
IPHC, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France

Funding: *Work supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant number 13-02-12011
The production of Ti-50 ion beam with ECR ion source using MIVOC method is described. The experiments were performed at the test bench with the natural and enriched compounds of titanium (CH3)5C5Ti(CH3)3. The compounds were synthesized in collaboration with IPHC (Strasbourg) group. In the experiments at the test bench the beam currents of Ti⁵⁺ - 80 mkA and Ti¹¹⁺ - 70 mkA were achieved at different settings of the source. After successful tests two 3 weeks runs with Ti-50 beam were performed at the U-400 cyclotron for the experiments on spectroscopy of super heavy elements. The intensity of the injected beam of 50Ti⁵⁺ was about of 50-60 μA, during experiment the source have shown stable operation. The compound consumption rate was determined to be about of 2.4 mg/h, corresponding to 50Ti consumption of 0.52 mg/h.

MOPPH017

LEGIS Facility for Study of Reactor Steels Radiation Resistance

ion, target, neutron, ion-source

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T. Kulevoy, A.A. Aleev, S.L. Andrianov, B.B. Chalykh, R.P. Kuibeda, A.A. Nikitin, S.V. Rogozhkin
ITEP, Moscow, Russia
M. Comunian, A. Galatà
INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy

Considerable efforts have been drawn to adapt heavy ion beams imitation experiments for investigation of radiation stability of materials in nuclear industry, mainly structural materials - steels. Formation of defect structure in the steel using the neutron flow from the nuclear reactors is fraught with many difficulties such as a long-term session of exposure and induced radioactivity in the irradiated samples. Whereas, heavy ions could provide a versatile tool to induce a precise damage in material under controlled condition. The LEGnaro ECR Ion Source (LEGIS) installed at the high voltage (up to 300 kV) platform enables the unique possibility for wide range program of reactor steels investigation by heavy ion beams. The sample irradiation up to hundreds of dpa (displacement-per-atom) in less than an operation day can be provided by beams of different ions ranging from hydrogen to the iron with different energy. The investigation program and details of experimental facility are presented and discussed.

MOPPH019

Metallic Beam Development with an ECR Ion Source at Michigan State University (MSU)

ion, ion-source, plasma, cyclotron

79

D.E. Neben, D.G. Cole, D. Leitner, G. Machicoane, L. Tobos
NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Funding: Supported by Michigan State University, National Science Foundation: NSF Award Number PHY-1102511
Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion sources have been used at MSU to provide metal ion beams to the coupled cyclotron facility (CCF), and in the future, for The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). The challenges of metallic beam production with ECR are in production, efficiency, stability and contamination. Future facilities such as FRIB will add the challenge of intensity. We report development of two rare earth metals and the conversion from the oxidized state into metal. The enriched isotopes of 144 Sm, and 176 Yb are commonly available in the sesquioxide form which is unsuitable for use in our standard ovens. We report here results from the off-line chemical reduction of samarium, and ytterbium oxides into metal. We were able to demonstrate efficiencies of up to 90 % throughout the conversion process. The samples were then run on our ECR ion sources to confirm the products of the reduction. In addition we report the development of cadmium metal by passing vapor though over 3/4 m of heated stainless steel tubing and observed 4.3 euA of Cd 20+ with an average consumption of 1 mg/hr.

TUOMMH03

Status Report of SECRAL II Ion Source Development

ion, ion-source, plasma, sextupole

94

L.T. Sun, M.Z. Guan, Q. Hu, W. Lu, L.Z. Ma, E.M. Mei, D.S. Ni, B.M. Wu, W. Wu, T.J. Yang, Y. Yang, W.H. Zhang, X.Z. Zhang, B. Zhao, H.W. Zhao, S.J. Zheng, L. Zhu
IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China
Y. Yang
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Funding: Work supported by the 100 Talents Program of the CAS (No. Y214160BR0), NSF (contract No. 11221064) and MOST (contract No. 2014CB845500).
For a new injector linac project launched at IMP, a superconducting ECR ion source SECRAL II is now under construction. This ion source is a duplicated one of SECRAL I which is operated routinely for HIRFL facility at the frequency of 18-24 GHz. SECRAL II is designed to be operated at the frequency of 28 GHz, which needs slightly higher radial field at the plasma chamber wall. The fabrication of the cold mass was started at early 2013, and it has been completed in May 2014. The engineering design of the whole superconducting magnet has also been finished and ready for fabrication. After a brief introduction of the recent results obtained with SECRAL I ion source, this paper will present the cold mass test results and the cryogenic system design of SECRAL II magnet. The test bench design will be also discussed.

Slides TUOMMH03 [3.782 MB]

WEOMMH01

The Installation of the 28GHz Superconducting ECR Ion Source At KBSI

ion, plasma, ion-source, superconducting-magnet

104

M. Won, S. Choi, J.G. Hong, S.J. Kim, B.S. Lee, J.W. Ok, J.Y. Park, C.S. Shin, J.H. Yoon
Korea Basic Science Institute, Busan, Republic of Korea
J.B. Bhang
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea

In 2009, a 28 GHz superconducting electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source was developed to produce high currents, diverse heavy ion charge state for the compact heavy ion linear accelerator at KBSI (Korea Basic Science Institute). The aim of this study was to generate a high current, and fast neutrons for interacting a heavy ion with the proton target. The fabrication of the key parts, which are the superconducting magnet system with the liquid helium re-condensed cryostat, the 10 kW high-power microwave considering for optimum operation at the 28 GHz ECR Ion Source, were completed in 2013. The waveguide components were connected with a plasma chamber including a gas supply system. The plasma chamber and ion beam extraction were inserted into the warm bore of superconducting magnet. In this paper, we present the current status of the installation of an ECR ion source and report on the test results for ECR plasma ignition.

Slides WEOMMH01 [5.460 MB]

WEOMMH02

First Commissioning Results of An Evaporative Cooling Magnet ECRIS-LECR4

ion, ion-source, extraction, rfq

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W. Lu, Y.C. Feng, S.Q. Guo, B.H. Ma, H.Y. Ma, L.T. Sun, X.Z. Zhang, H.W. Zhao
IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China
L. Ruan, B. Xiong
IEE, Beijing, People's Republic of China

LECR4 (Lanzhou ECR ion source No.4) is a room temperature ECR ion source, designed to produce high current, multiple charge state ions for SSC-linac project at IMP. The ion source has been optimized to be operated at 18 GHz. A unique feature of LECR4 is that all its solenoid coils are fully immersed in a special medium and cooled by evaporative cooling technology when excited. At design current, the coils can produce peak mirror fields on axis 2.3 Tesla at injection, 1.3 Tesla at extraction and 0.5 Tesla at minimum-B. The nominal radial magnetic field is 1.1 Tesla at plasma chamber wall, which is produced by a Halbach structure 36-segment hexapole. Recently, the project has made significant progress. In January 2014, the first plasma at 18 GHz was ignited. During the ongoing commissioning phase with a stainless steel chamber, tests with gaseous ion beams have been conducted. Some intense ion beams have been produced with microwave power less than 1.5 kW, such as 1.97 emA of O⁶⁺, 1.7 emA of Ar⁸⁺, 1.07 emA of Ar⁹⁺, 290 euA of Xe²⁰⁺ and so on. In this paper, the design of LECR4 ion source will be presented, and the latest test results will also be given.

Slides WEOMMH02 [3.543 MB]

WEOBMH01

Experimental Activities with the LPSC Charge Breeder in the European Context

ion, plasma, injection, ECRIS

120

T. Lamy, J. Angot, T. Thuillier
LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France
J. Choinski, L. Standylo
HIL, Warsaw, Poland
P. Delahaye, L. Maunoury
GANIL, Caen, France
A. Galatà
INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
H. A. Koivisto, O.A. Tarvainen
JYFL, Jyväskylä, Finland
G. Patti
INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy

Funding: NuPNET project (Enhanced Multi-Ionization of short-Lived Isotopes at EURISOL)
One of the Work Packages of the "Enhanced Multi-Ionization of short-Lived Isotopes at EURISOL" NuPNET project focuses on the ECR charge breeding. The LPSC charge breeder is used for experimental studies in order to better understand the fundamental processes involved in the 1+ beam capture by a 14 GHz ECR plasma. Some improvements, like symmetrisation of the magnetic field at the injection side and higher pumping speed, have been carried out on the PHOENIX charge breeder. The impact of these modifications on the efficiencies and charge breeding times are presented. In the same time, the new LPSC 1+ source developments performed in order to ease the efficiency measurements with various elements are presented.

Slides WEOBMH01 [4.982 MB]

WEOBMH03

Investigation on the Origin of High Energy X-Rays Observed in 3rd Generation ECRIS

electron, cavity, ion, ion-source

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T. Thuillier
LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France

The operation of third generation ECR ion source heated with 24 or 28 GHz microwave frequency shows a high energy x-ray spectrum with a characteristic temperature much higher than the one observed at the usual heating frequencies (14-18 GHz). The behaviour of the x-ray spectrum is studied based on the review of a set of data previously done at LBNL [1]. The data reviewed shows that the hot x-ray temperature scales with the ECR frequency. The experimental data is compared with the prediction of a simple model of ECR heating developed for this purpose. A formula to estimate the ECR resonance thickness is calculated. The model explains nicely the experimental x-ray temperature variation when the central magnetic field of the ECRIS is changed. It demonstrates that such a magnetic field variation does not change the electron confinement time and that the change of the x-ray spectrum temperature is due to the change of the ECR zone thickness. The only way for the model to reproduce the fact that the x-ray temperature scales with the ECR frequency is to assume that the electron confinement time scales (at least) with the ECR frequency. This result brings new credit to the theoretical prediction that the hot electron RF scattering is decreasing when the ECR frequency increases.[2,3] The spatial gyrac effect, which can be considered as another possible origin of the very hot x-ray produced in ECRIS is recalled for convenience in this paper.

Slides WEOBMH03 [1.214 MB]

THOMMH01

Boron Ion Beam Production with the Supernanogan ECR Ion Source for the CERN BIO-LEIR Facility

ion, ion-source, plasma, operation

132

J.T. Stafford-Haworth, D. Küchler, V. Toivanen
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
J. Röhrich
HZB, Berlin, Germany

To deliver B³⁺ ions for medical research the compounds decaborane and m-carborane were tested using the metal ions from volatile compounds (MIVOC) method with the Supernanogan 14.5 GHz ECR ion source. Using decaborane the source delivered less than 10 uA intensity of B³⁺ and after operation large deposits of material were found inside the source. Using m-carborane 50 uA of B³⁺ were delivered without support gas. For both compounds Helium and Oxygen support gasses were also tested, and the effects of different source tuning parameters are discussed. The average consumption of m-Carborane was 0.1 mg/uAh over all operation.

Slides THOMMH01 [2.223 MB]

THOMMH02

Application of an ECR Ion Source for Ionic Functionalization of Implant Materials on the Nanoscale

ion, plasma, ion-source, target

135

R. Rácz, S. Biri, A. Csik, P. Hajdu, K. Vad
ATOMKI, Debrecen, Hungary
J. Bakó, I. Csarnovics, Cs. Hegedűs, V. Hegedűs, S. Kokenyesi, J. Pálinkás, T. Radics
University Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Surface modification by variously charged heavy ions plays an increasingly important role since functionalization of surfaces and/or deeper layers at micro- and nanoscopic scale can be biologically useful for materials of medical implants. The functionalized surfaces have a huge potential in the field of nanotechnology, sensor devices as well. Our group explores the physical and biological effect of such treatments. In the recent phase of the research work the implantation of titanium and zirconium-dioxide samples by calcium, gold and silicon ions is required. The 14.5 GHz Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS) of Atomki - a classical room-temperature ion source - was used in this study as an ion implanter to deliver low energy particles from wide range of elements. A new vacuum chamber and a sample holder for effective irradiation and the production of the beam itself were developed. The technical details of the irradiation and the first result of the physical investigations are described in this paper.

Slides THOMMH02 [1.769 MB]

THOBMH01

Closing Remarks for ECRIS'14

ion, ECRIS, ion-source, plasma

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T. Thuillier
LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France

A scientific overview of the ECRIS14 workshop is proposed in this paper. The workshop content demonstrated that the ECR community is still very active and that research is of high interest for future accelerator projects. A selection of new results and development presented during the workshop is proposed.