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Microwave Discharge Ion Sources

Accelerator Physics 2014-11-04 v1

Abstract

This chapter describes the basic principles, design features and characteristics of microwave discharge ion sources. A suitable source for the production of intense beams for high-power accelerators must satisfy the requirements of high brightness, stability and reliability. The 2.45 GHz off-resonance microwave discharge sources are ideal devices to generate the required beams, as they produce multimilliampere beams of protons, deuterons and singly charged ions. A description of different technical designs will be given, analysing their performance, with particular attention being paid to the quality of the beam, especially in terms of its emittance.

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@article{arxiv.1411.0538,
  title  = {Microwave Discharge Ion Sources},
  author = {L. Celona},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.0538},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

21 pages, contribution to the CAS-CERN Accelerator School: Ion Sources, Senec, Slovakia, 29 May - 8 June 2012, edited by R. Bailey

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