Collective acceleration of light and heavy ions
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1981-06Author
Destler, William
Floyd, L.
Cremer, J.
Parsons, C.
Reiser, M.
Rudmin, J.
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The collective acceleration of ions
(H, D, He, C, N, Ne, Al, Ar, Fe, Cu, Xe) from a well
localized plasma immediately downstream of a relativistic
electron beam diode is experimentally investigated.
The ions are produced either by electron impact
on a well confined gas cloud from a fast rise
puff valve or by a high power (1OJ, 15ns), Q-switched
ruby laser pulse incident on solid material. Peak ion
energies up to 5 MeV/nucleon were observed using a 1.5
MeV, 35 kA, 30 ns electron beam pulse. Ion energy
diagnostics include nuclear activation, range-energy/
track etching, and time of flight measurements. The
effect of a strong applied axial magnetic field (1-10
kilogauss) on the acceleration process has also been
studied.
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