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Operating characteristics of the low energy accelerator
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 March 2001
Abstract
The main purpose of this work is to describe the construction and operation of the low energy accelerator with energy in the range from (zero to 100 KeV). This accelerator includes an ion source of the cold cathode Penning type (with pierce geometry for ion beam extraction), an accelerating tube (with 8 electrodes) and Faraday cup (FC) for measuring ion current. A vacuum system which gives vacuum of the order 3.0 × 10−8 Torr is used. A palladium tube is used to supply the source with pure hydrogen atoms. It was possible to operate this accelerator with an energy 50 KeV at minimum hydrogen pressure, 6.3 × 10−6 Torr. The total resistance applied between the accelerating electrodes RT = 31.5 MΩ. These data include the influence of the pressure in the accelerating tube, the magnetic field of the ion source, the extraction potential and the accelerating potential on the collector ion current. It was possible to accelerate protons with an energy 50 KeV with current about 100 μA at pressure 6.3 × 10−6 Torr, the source magnetic field = 110 G (IB = 2 A), the arc current = 0.4 A and the extraction potential = 10 KV.
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