title: Beam experiments with the Grenoble test electron cyclotron resonance ion source at iThemba LABS.
abstract: At iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (iThemba LABS) an electron cyclotron ion source was installed and commissioned. This source is a copy of the Grenoble Test Source (GTS) for the production of highly charged ions. The source is similar to the GTS-LHC at CERN and named GTS2. A collaboration between the Accelerators and Beam Physics Group of CERN and the Accelerator and Engineering Department of iThemba LABS was proposed in which the development of high intensity argon and xenon beams is envisaged. In this paper, we present beam experiments with the GTS2 at iThemba LABS, in which the results of continuous wave and afterglow operation of xenon ion beams with oxygen as supporting gases are presented.
authors.affiliation: iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West 7130, South Africa.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thomae
authors.affiliation: iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West 7130, South Africa.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Conradie
authors.affiliation: iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West 7130, South Africa.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fourie
authors.affiliation: iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West 7130, South Africa.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mira
authors.affiliation: iThemba LABS, P.O. Box 722, Somerset West 7130, South Africa.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nemulodi
authors.affiliation: CERN, BE/ABP/HSL, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kuechler
authors.affiliation: CERN, BE/ABP/HSL, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Toivanen
mesh_terms: D001128:Argon / Q000737:chemistry*; D017357:Cyclotrons; D004583:Electrons; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D014978:Xenon / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014978:Xenon; D001128:Argon; D010100:Oxygen