IPAC2012 - List of Authors (Piller, C.)

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MOPPD047	Progress of Surface Plasma H⁻ Ion Source with Saddle RF Antenna Plasma Generator	469
	V.G. Dudnikov, R.P. Johnson Muons, Inc, Batavia, USA S.N. Murray, T.R. Pennisi, C. Piller, M. Santana, M.P. Stockli, R.F. Welton ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
	Funding: Supported in part by SBIR Grant 4729 · 09SC02690. Progress in development of RF H⁻ surface plasma source (SPS) with saddle (SA) RF antenna which will provide better power efficiency for high pulsed and average current, higher brightness with longer lifetime and higher reliability will be considered. Several versions of new plasma generators with a small Al2O3chamber and different antennas and magnetic field configurations were tested in the SNS small Test Stand. A prototype SA SPS was installed in the Test Stand with a larger, normal-sized SNS AlN chamber that achieved unanalyzed peak currents of up to 67 mA with an apparent efficiency of 1.6 mA/kW. Control experiments with H⁻ beam produced by SNS SPS with internal and external antennas in the similar conditions were conducted. A new version of the RF triggering plasma source (TPS) has been designed and fabricated. A Saddle antenna SPS with water cooling is being fabricated for high duty factor testing

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Progress of Surface Plasma H⁻ Ion Source with Saddle RF Antenna Plasma Generator

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V.G. Dudnikov, R.P. Johnson
Muons, Inc, Batavia, USA
S.N. Murray, T.R. Pennisi, C. Piller, M. Santana, M.P. Stockli, R.F. Welton
ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Funding: Supported in part by SBIR Grant 4729 · 09SC02690.
Progress in development of RF H⁻ surface plasma source (SPS) with saddle (SA) RF antenna which will provide better power efficiency for high pulsed and average current, higher brightness with longer lifetime and higher reliability will be considered. Several versions of new plasma generators with a small Al2O3chamber and different antennas and magnetic field configurations were tested in the SNS small Test Stand. A prototype SA SPS was installed in the Test Stand with a larger, normal-sized SNS AlN chamber that achieved unanalyzed peak currents of up to 67 mA with an apparent efficiency of 1.6 mA/kW. Control experiments with H⁻ beam produced by SNS SPS with internal and external antennas in the similar conditions were conducted. A new version of the RF triggering plasma source (TPS) has been designed and fabricated. A Saddle antenna SPS with water cooling is being fabricated for high duty factor testing