DocumentCode
838839
Title
Tests of the Intense Neutron Source (INS) Prototype
Author
Armstrong, D.D. ; Emigh, C.R. ; Hyde, J.C. ; Meyer, E.A. ; Schneider, J.D.
Author_Institution
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Volume
26
Issue
3
fYear
1979
fDate
6/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
3055
Lastpage
3057
Abstract
A prototype of the INS accelerator system was constructed to produce an intense dc beam of protons at energies up to 200 keV. Using a Pierce geometry accelerating system, a 250-mA dc beam of hydrogen ions was extracted at an energy of 125 keV from an annular duoplasmatron. Of this beam, 100 mA of H+ ions were transported into a l-cm-diam supersonic jet target, with backstreaming gas minimized by differential pumping. Both the jet target and the differential pumping system functioned satisfactorily. No substantial increase in backstreaming of the nitrogen jet gas occurred for a beam power equivalent to 150 kW of tritons onto deuterium.
Keywords
Acceleration; Geometry; Hydrogen; Ion accelerators; Ion beams; Neutrons; Particle beams; Proton accelerators; Prototypes; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1979.4329938
Filename
4329938
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