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Area of Science:

  • Plasma Physics
  • Ion Source Technology
  • Particle Accelerators

Background:

  • Microwave Discharge Ion Sources (MDIS) are crucial for particle accelerators.
  • Optimizing beam stability and emittance is a key challenge in ion source development.
  • The European Spallation Source (PS-ESS) requires highly stable and reliable proton sources.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate a novel plasma heating mechanism in MDIS.
  • To characterize the beam stability and emittance of a newly identified operational mode.
  • To assess the potential for improving existing MDIS technologies.

Main Methods:

  • Extensive testing of thousands of source configurations during PS-ESS commissioning.
  • Utilizing a custom software tool for data acquisition and analysis.
  • Performing plasma simulations to understand the underlying physical mechanisms.

Main Results:

  • Discovery of a new plasma heating schema triggered by a specific magnetic field configuration.
  • Observation of unprecedented beam stability in the High Stability Microwave Discharge Ion Source (HSMDIS) configuration.
  • Achieved lower beam emittance and high linearity between power and beam current compared to standard MDIS.

Conclusions:

  • The identified HSMDIS operational mode offers superior beam stability and quality.
  • This new heating mechanism can be readily integrated into existing MDIS.
  • The findings have significant implications for advancing ion source performance in scientific applications.