MeV cluster ions from the Erlangen tandem accelerator

Polyatomic ions (cluster ions) can be accelerated to MeV energies using tandem accelerators. It is reported how cluster ions with greatly varying features (total mass, mass of the cluster constituents, number of cluster constituents, different ratios of nuclear and electronic energy losses) are prod...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 1996-08, Vol.117 (1), p.199-204
Main Authors: Tomaschko, Ch, Kügler, R., Schurr, M., Voit, H.
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Language:English
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Summary:Polyatomic ions (cluster ions) can be accelerated to MeV energies using tandem accelerators. It is reported how cluster ions with greatly varying features (total mass, mass of the cluster constituents, number of cluster constituents, different ratios of nuclear and electronic energy losses) are produced and accelerated at the Erlangen tandem accelerator. Cluster ions available with energies up to 15 MeV are C n ( n = 2–10, 60) Al n ( n = 2–7) Ag n ( n = 2–7), Au n ( n = 2–5). The cluster ion intensities exceed 10 5 cm −2 s −1 in most cases allowing irradiation experiments where fluences of the order of 10 10–10 11 cm −2 are needed.
ISSN:0168-583X
1872-9584
DOI:10.1016/0168-583X(96)00290-X