Abstract
We present results for the production of highly charged ions in a rippled electron beam propagating in a multi-section drift tube with different electrostatic potentials in an axial magnetic focusing field. The inner-shell ionization of target atoms by electron impact occurs in local ion traps formed at the electron-beam crossovers. The utmost electron current density achieved is assessed at ~10 kA/cm2. The successive ionization of cathode materials and working substances such as xenon and bismuth was investigated as a function of the confinement time. The characteristic X-ray radiation from ions including Ir62+, Ce48+, Xe46+, and Bi60+ was detected. It is shown that it is possible to extract highly charged ions from local ion traps for a certain geometry of the drift tube structure and a certain distribution of the electric potentials.
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,Nuclear and High Energy Physics,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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