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Funnel cone for focusing intense ion beams on a target

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2010

F.M. Bieniosek*
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Heavy Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
E. Henestroza
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Heavy Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
P. Ni
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Heavy Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: F.M. Bieniosek, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Heavy Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720. E-mail: fmbieniosek@lbl.gov

Abstract

We describe a funnel cone for concentrating an ion beam on a target. The cone utilizes the reflection characteristic of ion beams on solid walls to focus the incident beam and increase beam intensity on target. The cone has been modeled with the TRIM code. A prototype has been tested and installed for use in the 350-keV K+ NDCX target chamber.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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