X-ray diagnostics of ECR ion sources-Techniques, results, and challenges.
Rev Sci Instrum
; 93(2): 021102, 2022 Feb 01.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-35232141
ABSTRACT
The high magnetic confinement provided by the minimum-B structure of electron cyclotron resonance ion sources (ECRIS) hosts a non-equilibrium plasma, composed of cold multi-charged ions and hot electrons whose energy can expand up to ≈1 MeV. With a very limited accessibility, the ECR plasma is difficult to study. The x-ray photons generated by the interaction of the warm and hot electron populations within the plasma, as well as the photons generated by electrons lost to the chamber wall, are a signal of great interest as it gives an insight to the properties of the ECR plasma. After an introduction presenting the mechanism generating the x rays in ECRIS, this Review presents the methodology to measure x rays both for volumetric measurements and plasma imaging. The main insights of those measurements are presented. Prospects of x-ray measurements to better understand the plasma dynamics are finally highlighted.
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Diagnostic_studies
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En
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Rev Sci Instrum
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2022
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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UNITED STATES
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USA