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Rev Sci Instrum
; 79(2 Pt 2): 02C710, 2008 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18315263
RESUMO
The next generation, superconducting electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source VENUS (versatile ECR ion source for nuclear science) started operation with 28 GHz microwave heating in 2004. Since then it has produced world record ion beam intensities. For example, 2850 e microA of O(6+), 200 e microA of U(33+) or U(34+), and in respect to high charge state ions, 1 e microA of Ar(18+), 270 e microA of Ar(16+), 28 e microA of Xe(35+), and 4.9 e microA of U(47+) have been produced. A brief overview of the latest developments leading to these record intensities is given and the production of high intensity uranium beams is discussed in more detail.