title: Experimental study for 15-20 mA dc H- multicusp source.
abstract: Recently, a new H- source and test stand was developed at CIAE. The design of this new source is based on the experience on our previous 10-15 mA H(-) ion source and the source at TRIUMF. Major efforts include the study of the virtual filter magnetic field, confining magnetic field, filament shape and location, the vacuum improvement on the extracting area, the extraction optics, new control and interlock system of the power supplies. More than 15 mA of H-beam was obtained for 36 h with stability of +/-0.5%. The normalized emittance of 0.48pi mm mrad (4 rms normalized emittance) were measured with approximately 8 mA dc beam. Further experimental studies are proceeding in an effort to reach 20 mA with reasonable emittance at this moment. More study plans are conducted, e.g., building a longer source body and using cesium injection to get better emittance, which will be presented as a separate paper at this conference.
authors.affiliation: China Institute of Atomic Energy, P.O. Box 275(3), Beijing 102413, People's Republic of China. tjzhang@ciae.ac.cn
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