Diagnostics of the cesium amount in an RF negative ion source and the correlation with the extracted current density

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 299-303

  Fantz, U ^a   Falter, H D ^a   Franzen, P ^a   Bandyopadhyay, M ^a   Heinemann, B ^a   Kraus, W ^a   McNeely, P ^a   Riedl, R ^a   Speth, E ^a   Tanga, A ^a   Wilhelm, R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cesium; Current density; RF discharge

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EVAPORATION; NEGATIVE IONS; NEUTRON SOURCES; PLASMA SOURCES;

CESIUM EVAPORATION; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE DENSITY; RF DISCHARGE;

CESIUM;

EID: 27844607458     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.06.184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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