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MOOMMH03 | First Results At 24 GHz With The Superconducting Source For Ions (SuSI) | ion, injection, plasma, operation | 1 |
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The superconducting ECR ion source SuSI at Michigan State University was designed to operate primarily at 18GHz and has demonstrated very good performance at this frequency especially when coupling two klystrons to the plasma [1]. Following a period of training, SuSI has been able to reach the magnetic field needed for operation in the high-B mode at 24 GHz. SuSI has several interesting features. First the axial magnetic profile is defined using 6 solenoids which provide some flexibility to adjust parameters such as field gradient at the resonance, Bminimum or plasma length. Second with a diameter of only 101mm, SuSI plasma chamber has a nominal volume of about 3.5 l. Therefore, power density in excess of 2kW/l could be reach and lead potentially to new insight on the maximum performance achievable with an ECR. In January 2014, a 10 kW 24 GHz Gyrotron obtained from the Russian company GYCOM was commissioned at MSU on a dummy load and then connected to SuSI. We report here on the first measurements done with SuSI at 24 GHz.
* L.T. Sun, J. Brandon, D.G. Cole, M. Doleans, G. Machicoane, D. Morris, T. Ropponen, L. Tobos., ECRIS 2010 (MOCOAK02) |
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MOOBMH02 | Emittance Measurements For RIKEN 28 GHz SC-ECRIS | ion, emittance, extraction, experiment | 10 |
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In 2013, the intense beams of highly charged uranium ion (180euA of U35+, 230euA of U33+) were extracted from RIKEN SC-ECRIS. Following the success, intense beam of U35+ ions was used for the RIBF experiment for 24 days without break. It is obvious that production of high-quality beam (smaller emittacne and good stability etc) is also important for RIKEN radio isotope beam factory (RIBF) project. For this reason, in 2014, we systematically measured the emittance and beam intensity of the highly charged uranium ions under various conditions (magnetic field configuration, extracted beam intensity, beam stability etc) to search the optimum condition. In these experiments, we observed that the emittnce size is strongly dependent on the magnetic field configuration, especially Bext. In this contribution, we present the effect of the various parameters (magnetic field configuration, extracted beam intensity, beam stability etc) of the SC-ECRIS on the beam intensity and emittance. We also discuss its mechanism in detail. | |||
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MOOBMH04 | Emission Spectroscopy Diagnostic of Plasma Inside 2.45 GHz ECR Ion Source at PKU | plasma, electron, ion, ECR | 20 |
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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. |
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MOOAMH01 | Simulation Of The CERN GTS-LHC ECR Ion Source Extraction System With Lead And Argon Ion Beams | ion, extraction, simulation, linac | 23 |
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A comprehensive study of beam formation and beam transport has been initiated in order to improve the performance of the CERN heavy ion injector, Linac3. As part of this study, the ion beam extraction system of the CERN GTS-LHC 14.5 GHz Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS) has been modelled with the ion optical code IBSimu. The simulations predict self-consistently the triangular and hollow beam structures which are often observed experimentally with ECRIS ion beams. The model is used to investigate the performance of the current extraction system and provides a basis for possible future improvements. In addition, the extraction simulation provides a more realistic representation of the initial beam properties for the beam transport simulations, which aim to identify the performance bottle necks along the Linac3 low energy beam transport. The results of beam extraction simulations with Pb and Ar ion beams from the GTS-LHC will be presented and compared with experimental observations. | |||
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MOPPH002 | Production Of Metallic Stable Ion Beams For GANIL And SPIRAL2 | ion, ECR, experiment, injection | 45 |
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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 |
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MOPPH004 | Status Report at the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy (HIT) Ion Sources and the Testbench | ion, operation, rfq, ECR | 49 |
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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, ECR, extraction | 52 |
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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) |
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MOPPH007 | Current Developments for Increasing the Beam Intensities of the RIKEN 18-GHz Superconductiong ECR Ion Source | ion, emittance, ECRIS, cyclotron | 57 |
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Providing intense and highly charged heavy ion beams is one of the most essential and fundamental technologies to explore a trackless frontier so-called “Island of Stability” where relatively stable super heavy elements are considered to exist. Towards this goal, the development of an ion source that can provide a highly charged heavy ion beam with high intensity and low emittance is necessary. In order to provide the desired high intensity ion beam, the beam-radius expansion induced by space charge effects cannot be ignored, and it can cause considerable degradation of the beam emittance. To suppress such effects at the output of an ion source is one of the top priorities in the direction of improving both the quality and intensity of the beam. At first, we plan to examine the space charge effects with a high-intensity beam provided by the 18-GHz Superconducting ECR Ion Source at RIKEN Nishina Center. To measure the degradation of the beam emittance as function of the beam’s intensity, an in-situ emittance monitor system based on the pepperpot technique and applicable to a wide range of beam intensities is being developed. A report on the current status will be presented. | |||
MOPPH011 | Development of Interface and Diagnostic System for ECR Ion Source At KBSI | diagnostics, ion, simulation, ECR | 61 |
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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, ECR | 64 |
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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. |
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MOPPH016 | Modernization of the mVINIS Ion Source | ion, plasma, injection, extraction | 68 |
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The mVINIS ECR ion source was designed and constructed jointly by the team of specialists from FLNR JINR, Dubna and Laboratory of Physics, Vinča Institute, Belgrade. It was commissioned and put in operation in 1998. From that time it was widely used in the field of modification of materials by different kinds of multiply charged ions. Recently we decided to modernize mVINIS in order to improve its operation reliability. Our main goal was to refurbish its major components (vacuum pumps, microwave generator, control system etc.). Besides, we decided to enhance basic construction of the ECR ion source in order to improve the production of multiply charged ion beams from gaseous and solid elements. We changed the shape of the plasma chamber and consequently reconstructed the magnetic structure. Also we improved the construction of the injection chamber. All these improvements resulted in substantial increase of ion beam intensities, especially in the case of high charge state ions. | |||
MOPPH017 | LEGIS Facility for Study of Reactor Steels Radiation Resistance | ion, target, ECR, neutron | 71 |
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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, ECR, plasma, cyclotron | 79 |
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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. |
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TUOMMH02 | ECR Ion Source Developments at INFN-LNS | ion, plasma, proton, cyclotron | 87 |
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At INFN-LNS, ECRIS development during the ‘90s boosted the K-800 Cyclotron performances: SERSE and CAESAR have then well supported Nuclear Physics research. For the new needs of the laboratory, further improvements are required and here described. Activities recently started aimed to the production of multicharged ion beams and to the production of intense light ion beams. Technological developments led the AISHa source design, now under construction, in order to adapt a high performance ECR ion source to hospital facilities needing multiply charged ion production with high reliability and brightness, easy operations and maintenance. The realization of the 75kV-70mA proton source, called PS-ESS, and of its LEBT for the forthcoming European Spallation Source in Sweden is one of the major engagements of the INFN-LNS. Other activities are ongoing on high charge state and high intensity beam production: a major update is going to be finalized on SERSE cryogenic system; at Vancouver, the VIS source is used for producing multi-mA beams of H2+ for a high-current cyclotron; a new flexible plasma trap is under test for fundamental research about innovative plasma heating methods. | |||
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TUOMMH03 | Status Report of SECRAL II Ion Source Development | ion, plasma, sextupole, ECR | 94 |
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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. |
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TUOMMH05 | HIISI, New 18 GHz ECRIS for the JYFL Accelerator Laboratory | sextupole, plasma, permanent-magnet, ion | 99 |
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At the end of 2013 the Academy of Finland granted an infrastructure funding for the JYFL Accelerator Laboratory in order to increase beam intensities for the international user community. The primary objective is to construct a new high performance ECR ion source, HIISI (Heavy Ion Ion Source Injector), for the K130 cyclotron. Using room temperature magnets the HIISI has been designed to produce about the same magnetic field configuration as the superconducting ECRIS SUSI at NSCL/MSU for 18 GHz operation. An innovative structure will be used to maximize the radial confinement and safety of the permanent magnets. The sextupole magnets are separated and insulated from the plasma chamber providing two advantages: 1) the permanent magnets can be cooled down to -20˚C, which increases especially their coercivity and 2) makes it possible to reach higher radial field at the inner surface of plasma chamber. Comprehensive simulations were performed with microwave power up to 6 kW to analyse and address all the heat loads and temperature distribution on the permanent magnet. In this article the magnetic field design and detailed innovative scheme for sextupole magnet will be presented. | |||
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WEOMMH01 | The Installation of the 28GHz Superconducting ECR Ion Source At KBSI | ion, plasma, ECR, superconducting-magnet | 104 |
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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. | |||
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WEOMMH02 | First Commissioning Results of An Evaporative Cooling Magnet ECRIS-LECR4 | ion, ECR, extraction, rfq | 107 |
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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. | |||
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WEOBMH03 | Investigation on the Origin of High Energy X-Rays Observed in 3rd Generation ECRIS | ECR, electron, cavity, ion | 127 |
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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. | |||
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THOMMH01 | Boron Ion Beam Production with the Supernanogan ECR Ion Source for the CERN BIO-LEIR Facility | ion, ECR, plasma, operation | 132 |
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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. | |||
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THOMMH02 | Application of an ECR Ion Source for Ionic Functionalization of Implant Materials on the Nanoscale | ion, plasma, ECR, target | 135 |
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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. | |||
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THOBMH01 | Closing Remarks for ECRIS'14 | ion, ECRIS, ECR, plasma | 144 |
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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. | |||