Collective Acceleration of Light and Heavy Ions

The collective acceleration of ions (H, D, He, C, N, Ne, Al, Ar, Fe, Cu, Xe) from a well localized plasma immediately downstream of a relativistic electron beam diode is experimentally investigated. The ions are produced either by electron impact on a well confined gas cloud from a fast rise puff va...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on nuclear science 1981-06, Vol.28 (3), p.3404-3406
Main Authors: Destler, W. W., Floyd, L. E., Cremer, J. T., Parsons, C. R., Reiser, M., Rudmin, J. W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceleration
Argon
Electron beams
Helium
Iron
Magnetic field measurement
Plasma accelerators
Plasma applications
Plasma confinement
Plasma materials processing
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Summary:The collective acceleration of ions (H, D, He, C, N, Ne, Al, Ar, Fe, Cu, Xe) from a well localized plasma immediately downstream of a relativistic electron beam diode is experimentally investigated. The ions are produced either by electron impact on a well confined gas cloud from a fast rise puff valve or by a high power (1OJ, 15ns), Q-switched ruby laser pulse incident on solid material. Peak ion energies up to 5 MeV/nucleon were observed using a 1.5 MeV, 35 kA, 30 ns electron beam pulse. Ion energy diagnostics include nuclear activation, range-energy/ track etching, and time of flight measurements. The effect of a strong applied axial magnetic field (1-10 kilogauss) on the acceleration process has also been studied.
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/TNS.1981.4332118