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Operating characteristics of the low energy accelerator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2001

M.M. ABD EL-BAKI  and
M.M. ABD EL-RAHMAN
M.M. ABD EL-BAKI
Affiliation:
Accelerators & Ion Sources Department, N.R.C., Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
M.M. ABD EL-RAHMAN
Affiliation:
Accelerators & Ion Sources Department, N.R.C., Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
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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.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 347 - 352
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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