title: Liquid metal ion source assembly for external ion injection into an electron string ion source (ESIS).
abstract: An assembly for a commercial Ga(+) liquid metal ion source in combination with an ion transportation and focusing system, a pulse high-voltage quadrupole deflector, and a beam diagnostics system has been constructed in the framework of the iThemba LABS (Cape Town, South Africa)-JINR (Dubna, Russia) collaboration. First, results on Ga(+) ion beam commissioning will be presented. Outlook of further experiments for measurements of charge breeding efficiency in the electron string ion source with the use of external injection of Ga(+) and Au(+) ion beams will be reported as well.
authors.affiliation: iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West 7130, South Africa.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Segal
authors.affiliation: iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West 7130, South Africa.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bark
authors.affiliation: iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West 7130, South Africa.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thomae
authors.affiliation: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joloit-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Donets
authors.affiliation: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joloit-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Donets
authors.affiliation: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joloit-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boytsov
authors.affiliation: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joloit-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ponkin
authors.affiliation: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joloit-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramsdorf