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Method for estimating charge breeder ECR ion source plasma parameters with short pulse 1+ injection of metal ions

J Angot, M Luntinen, T Kalvas, H Koivisto, R Kronholm, L Maunoury, O Tarvainen, T Thuillier, V Toivanen

2020Plasma Sources Science and Technology15 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract A new method for determining plasma parameters from beam current transients resulting from short pulse 1+ injection of metal ions into a charge breeder electron cyclotron resonance ion source has been developed. The proposed method relies on few assumptions, and yields local values for the ionisation times <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" overflow="scroll"> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">e</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mfenced close="⟩" open="⟨"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>σ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>v</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>inz</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> , charge exchange times <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" overflow="scroll"> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mfenced close="⟩" open="⟨"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>σ</mml:mi> <mml:mi>v</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>cx</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> , the ion confinement times τ q , as well as estimates for the minimum plasma energy contents <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">e</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mfenced close="⟩" open="⟨"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">e</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> </mml:math> and the plasma triple products <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">e</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mfenced close="⟩" open="⟨"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">e</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>τ</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>q</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> . The method is based on fitting the current balance equation on the extracted beam currents of high charge state ions, and using the fitting coefficients to determine the postdictions for the plasma parameters via an optimisation routine. The method has been applied for the charge breeding of injected K + ions in helium plasma. It is shown that the confinement times of K q + charge states range from 2. <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn mathvariant="normal">6</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.4</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.8</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> ms to 16. <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn mathvariant="normal">4</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>6.8</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>18.3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msubsup> </mml:math> ms increasing with the charge state. The ionisation and charge exchange times for the high charge state ions are 2. <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" overflow="scroll"> <mml:msubsup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn mathvariant="normal">6</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.5</mml:mn> </mml:mrow>

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