• DocumentCode
    2653816
  • Title

    H- ion source development for the National Spallation Neutron Source

  • Author

    Leitner, M.A. ; Gough, R.A. ; Leung, K.N. ; Rickard, M.L. ; Wengrow, A.B. ; Williams, M.D. ; Wutte, D.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Ernest Orlando Berkely Nat. Lab., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    12-16 May 1997
  • Firstpage
    2758
  • Abstract
    The ion source for the 1 MW National Spallation Neutron Source (NSNS) is required to provide 35 mA of H- beam current (1 ms pulses at 60 Hz) at 65 keV with a normalized RMS emittance of less than 0.2 pi mm mrad. The same ion source should be able to produce 70 mA of H - at 6% duty factor when the NSNS is upgraded to 2 MW of power. For this application, a radio-frequency driven, magnetically filtered multicusp source is now being developed at LBNL. In preliminary experiments with an existing ion source developed for the Superconducting Super Collider, 15 mA of H- ions were extracted at an accelerated voltage of 10 kV and an RF output power of 20 kW without cesium. The design of a new source equipped with a cesium dispenser collar, a fast ion beam pre-chopper (rise times <100 ns) and a strong permanent-magnet insert for electron deflection will be presented
  • Keywords
    beam choppers; hydrogen ions; ion sources; negative ions; neutron sources; permanent magnets; 1 MW; 10 kV; 15 mA; 2 MW; 20 kW; 35 mA; 60 Hz; 65 keV; 70 mA; H; H- ion source; NSNS; National Spallation Neutron Source; electron deflection; fast ion beam prechopper; magnetically filtered multicusp source; permanent-magnet insert; Acceleration; Ion beams; Ion sources; Magnetic separation; Neutrons; Power generation; Radio frequency; Superconducting filters; Superconducting magnets; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4376-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.1997.752756
  • Filename
    752756