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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Volume 89, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.5036758
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- U.S. DoE [DE-AC52-07NA27344]
- NASA H-TIDeS [NNX16AF10G]
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In an electron beam ion trap (EBIT), the ions are not confined to the electron beam, but rather oscillate in and out of the beam. As a result, the ions do not continuously experience the full density of the electron beam. To determine the effective electron density, n(e,eff), experienced by the ions, the electron beam size, the nominal electron density n(e), and the ion distribution around the beam, i.e., the so-called ion cloud, must be measured. We use imaging techniques in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and optical to determine these. The electron beam width is measured using 3d -> 3p emission from Fe XII and XIII between 185 and 205 angstrom. These transitions are fast and the EUV emission occurs only within the electron beam. The measured spatial emission profile and variable electron current yield a nominal electron density range of n(e) similar to 10(11)-10(13) cm(-3). We determine the size of the ion cloud using optical emission from metastable levels of ions with radiative lifetimes longer than the ion orbital periods. The resulting emission maps out the spatial distribution of the ion cloud. We find a typical electron beam radius of similar to 60 mu m and an ion cloud radius of similar to 300 mu m. These yield a spatially averaged effective electron density, ne, eff, experienced by the ions in EBIT spanning similar to 5 x 10(9)-5 x 10(11) cm(-3). Published by AIP Publishing.
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