Published September 21, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Highly charged ion X-rays from Electron-Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources

  • 1. Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Ecole Normale Superieure, CNRS et Universite Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Case 74, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris (France)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Coimbra University, P-3000 Coimbra (Portugal)
  • 3. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Juelich, D-52425 Juelich (Germany)
  • 4. Institut fuer Mittelenergiephysik, Austrian Academy of Science, Vienna (Austria)
  • 5. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, CH5232 Villigen (Switzerland)

Description

Radiation from the highly charged ions contained in the plasma of Electron-Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources (ECRISs) constitutes a very bright source of X-rays. Because the ions have a relatively low kinetic energy (∼1eV) transitions can be very narrow, containing only a small Doppler broadening. We describe preliminary accurate measurements of two and three-electron ions with Z=16-18. We show how these measurement can test sensitively many-body relativistic calculations or can be used as X-ray standards for precise measurements of X-ray transitions in exotic atoms

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.011

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.011;
arXiv
arXiv:physics/0610264v1;
PII
S0168-9002(07)00849-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
580
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 8-13
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
10. international symposium on radiation physics
Acronym
ISRP 10
Dates
17-22 Sep 2006
Place
Coimbra (Portugal)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39061028
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DOPPLER BROADENING; ECR ION SOURCES; ELECTRONS; HADRONIC ATOMS; IONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MANY-BODY PROBLEM; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; X RADIATION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
Descriptors DEC
ATOMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; ION SOURCES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; LINE BROADENING; RADIATIONS; SPECTROSCOPY

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