Publications by authors named "Lhersonneau G"
Rev Sci Instrum
February 2008
Article Synopsis
- A new system for producing multicharged alkali ions has been developed at GANIL/SPIRAL I using a method called "direct 1+/N+," which combines a surface ionization source with an electron-cyclotron-resonance ion source.
- The system was tested with a primary beam of (48)Ca at 60.3 A MeV, and the direct 1+/N+ process showed experimental evidence with a potential difference of 11 V.
- The charge breeding efficiency for (47)K(5+) was 0.04%, significantly lower than the standard 1+/N+ method's efficiency of 6% for stable potassium ions, with possible reasons discussed in the text.
