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A new high voltage platform has been installed at the ORNL Multicharged Ion Research Facility (MIRF) to extend the energy range of multicharged ions available for experiments studying their collisional interactions with electrons, atoms, molecules, and solid surfaces. For the production of the multiply charged ions, a new all-permanent magnet ECRIS has been designed and fabricated at CEA/Grenoble. After a brief overview of the basic features of the new platform, and associated beam transporta detailed description of the new ion source design and performance is provided, together with some typical Ar, Xe, and O beam intensities obtained during source commissioning prior to shipment to ORNL. © 2005 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ion injector chain for the LHC has to be adapted and modified to reach the design beam parameters. Up to now an ECR4 delivered the ion beam for the SPS fixed target physics programme. This source will be replaced by a higher intensity source to produce the Pb27+ ion current required to fill the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR). The new ion source will be based on the Grenoble Test Source which was itself based on empirical scaling laws derived from the Framework 5 “Innovative ECRIS” collaboration. This paper will describe the design principle, the commissioning timetable and the present status of the source development. © 2005 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new ion source to be installed on a compact high voltage platform is under study. The purpose of this machine is to deliver very high charge states, which requires long ion lifetimes and then a large plasma volume. On the other hand, to deliver intense beams, the highest frequency compatible with the magnetic confinement has been chosen. Due to the room available for this source, the magnetic system is chosen hybrid: radial field is created by permanent magnets, while axial field is produced by 4K superconducting coils placed in a cryostat filled with LHe. This article gives the major parameters of this ion source, with a special emphasis on the magnetic system and its cryogenic features. © 2005 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]