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Ion-pair Ionization in CO2-fed Cesium Sputter Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2019

John S Vogel*
Affiliation:
University of California (retired); 8300 Feliz Creek Dr., Ukiah, CA 95482, USA
Alexander M Stolz
Affiliation:
Institut für Kernphysik; Universität zu Köln; Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln DE, Germany
*
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected].

Abstract

A collision-radiation model of the solid sample cesium sputter ion source led to the rediscovery of anion production by ion-pair production. The model revealed physical processes that may produce high current outputs from such sources and suggested new ways of obtaining high outputs at lower heat and conductive stress to the source. Primary among these solutions is the electron excitation of primary Cs0 recycled from the sample to provide states that efficiently create chosen anions. Here we look at how the processes might apply to gas-fed ion sources.

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Conference Paper
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© 2019 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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Footnotes

Selected Papers from the 23rd International Radiocarbon Conference, Trondheim, Norway, 17–22 June, 2018

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