title: A new H2 (+) source: Conceptual study and experimental test of an upgraded version of the VIS-Versatile ion source.
abstract: The versatile ion source is an off-resonance microwave discharge ion source which produces a slightly overdense plasma at 2.45 GHz of pumping wave frequency extracting more than 60 mA proton beams and 50 mA He(+) beams. DAEδALUS and IsoDAR experiments require high intensities for H2 (+) beams to be accelerated by high power cyclotrons for neutrinos generation. In order to fulfill the new requirements, a new plasma chamber and injection system has been designed and manufactured for increasing the H2 (+) beam intensity. In this paper the studies for the increasing of the H2 (+)/p ratio and for the design of the new plasma chamber and injection system will be shown and discussed together with the experimental tests carried out at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (INFN-LNS) and at Best Cyclotron Systems test-bench in Vancouver, Canada.
authors: INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Castro
authors: INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Torrisi
authors: INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Celona
authors: INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Mascali
authors: INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Neri
authors: INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Sorbello
authors: INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Leonardi
authors: INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Patti
authors: INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Castorina
authors: INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Gammino