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TY - UNPB AU - Yamamoto, M. AU - Honda, Y. AU - Jin, X.J. AU - Kameta, Y. AU - Kawasaki, T. AU - Miyajima, T. AU - Nishimori, N. AU - Obina, T. ED - Ramberger, Suitbert ED - Draper, Mick ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - Identification of Ion Bombardment Area on the Photocathode After 900 µA CW Beam Operation at cERL J2 - Proc. of ERL2017, Geneva, Switzerland, June 18-23, 2017 C1 - Geneva, Switzerland T2 - ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop T3 - 59 LA - english AB - Compact-ERL (cERL) which is under development as an ERL demonstration machine at KEK succeeded in stable supply of CW beam exceeding 900 uA from a GaAs photocathode mounted on a DC-gun in March 2016. In the case of high current beam operation, the ions generated by collision of the beam and the residual molecules on the beam axis is increase and its flow back to the electron gun. As a result, the quantum efficiency (QE) of the photocathode decreases due to ion bombardment is the main factor of determining the cathode lifetime. After the CW operation of the accumulated extracted charge of ~10 Coulomb, steady decrease in QE due to ion bombardment has not yet been clearly confirmed. In order to analyze the area damaged by ion bombard, 2D QE distribution (QE map) measurement system was newly installed in the cathode preparation system. From QE map analysis before and after the CW operation, we confirmed two types of QE decrease. The area about 2 mm diameter near the center of the photocathode that the QE recovery is insufficient by the reactivation process is presumed the damage by ion bombardment. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland ER -