Design and operation of a warm electron beam ion trap (WEBIT)
Creators
- 1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (United States)
Description
This contribution describes the operating principles and capabilities of a Non-Cryogenic or Warm Electron Beam Ion Trap (WEBIT). WEBIT is designed as a table top device capable of producing intermediately charged ions up to about Xe40+ at a rate of about 105 ions per second. WEBIT consists of an energetic electron beam that is compressed in a strong magnetic field, a potential trap and an ion extraction system. The electron beam ionizes the low-charge state ions via repeated collisions while its space charge confines the ions radially. The potential trap is such that the ions are trapped longitudinally within a potential well formed by the drift tubes. The ion extraction system consists of a focusing Einsel lens and a magnetic analyzer to momentum analyze the ions. Preliminary results for the production of highly charged ions are discussed
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Bulletin of the American Physical Society
- Journal Volume
- 38
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1162.WE91.
- ISSN
- 0003-0503
- CODEN
- BAPSA6
Conference
- Title
- 1993 American Physical Society annual meeting on atomic, molecular, and topical physics.
- Dates
- 16-19 May 1993.
- Place
- Reno, NV (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 27076522
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- DESIGN; ELECTRON BEAM ION SOURCES; MULTICHARGED IONS; OPERATION; TRAPPING; XENON IONS
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLES; ION SOURCES; IONS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-9305421--.