title: High-intensity carbon ion injector.
abstract: An injector of intense beams of carbon ions is described. The device uses an array of carbon plasma guns to inject ions directly into a magnetically insulated acceleration gap. Ion currents exceed 3 kA with beam energies between 100 and 300 keV (for C+) and 200 and 600 keV (for C+ +) over a 700-ns pulselength.
authors.affiliation: Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Humphries
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Mendel
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kuswa
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Goldstein