Production of U beam from RIKEN 18 GHz electron cyclotron resonance ion source

Y Higurashi; T Nakagawa; M Kidera; H Haba; T Aihara; M Kase; A Goto; Y Yano

doi:10.1063/1.2830234

Production of U beam from RIKEN 18 GHz electron cyclotron resonance ion source

Rev Sci Instrum. 2008 Feb;79(2 Pt 2):02C714. doi: 10.1063/1.2830234.

Authors

Y Higurashi¹, T Nakagawa, M Kidera, H Haba, T Aihara, M Kase, A Goto, Y Yano

Affiliation

¹ Nishina Center, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan.

PMID: 18315267
DOI: 10.1063/1.2830234

Abstract

For the RIKEN radio isotope factory (RIBF) project, we produced the multicharged uranium beam with two methods. To produce lower charge state U ion beams (14+-20+) we used the UF(6) gas as an ionized gas. The typical beam intensity of U(14+-20+) was 2-1 particle microA at the extraction voltage of 14 kV. To produce higher charge state U ion beam (U(35+)), we chose the sputtering method. The beam intensity was 70 particle nA at the extraction voltage of 5.4 kV. Using this method, we successfully produced multicharged U beam continuously for one month without break for RIBF commissioning.