4-8 July 2016
Kramer Law building
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
<a href="http://events.saip.org.za/internalPage.py?pageId=10&confId=86">The Proceedings of SAIP2016</a> published on 24 December 2017

Production of ion beams with ECR ion sources and the pre-acceleration with injector cyclotrons at iThemba LABS

6 Jul 2016, 11:10
20m
LT3 (Kramer Law building)

LT3

Kramer Law building

UCT Middle Campus Cape Town
Oral Presentation Track B - Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics (1)

Speaker

Dr Joele Mira (iThemba LABS)

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Charged particle beams at iThemba LABS are produced with different ion sources before pre-accelerated with the Solid Pole Injector Cyclotrons (SPCs). From the injector cyclotrons the beam is transported and injected into the Separated Sector Cyclotron (SSC) for final acceleration to the required energy. For high intensity beam application an internal Penning Ion Gauge (PIG) source is used. For the production of heavy ions with high charge states, two Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion sources are being used. The two sources are as follows, a 14.5 GHz ECRIS4, originally built for the Hahn Meitner Institute (HMI) and a new ECRIS based on the design of the Grenoble Test Source (GTS). The GTS operates at room temperature and uses two microwave frequencies of 14 GHz and 18 GHz. The two ECR ion sources deliver highly charged ions of sufficient intensity for Nuclear Physics experiments. Principles and the performance of the different ion sources, as well as the transport, injection and pre-acceleration of charged particles with SPCs will be discussed.

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Primary author

Dr Joele Mira (iThemba LABS)

Co-authors

Mr Dirk Fourie (iThemba LABS) Ms Jaci Cloete (iThemba LABS) Dr John Garrett de Villiers (iThemba LABS) Dr Lowry Conradie (Member) Mr Muneer Sakildien (iThemba LABS) Dr Rainer Thomae (iThemba LABS) Dr fhumulani nemulodi (iThemba LABS)

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