03.10.2023

New paper by Alina Weiser et. al.!

A recent paper describing the development of a low energy proton source for the ASACUSA Cusp experiment by A. Weiser et al., was published in the Review of Scientific Instruments - AIP Publishing. Congratulations!

Paper Link: doi.org/10.1063/5.0162339

 

A low energy proton source for non-neutral plasma experiments was developed. Electrons from a hot filament ionize H2 gas inside a geometrically compensated Penning trap to produce protons via dissociative ionization. A rotating wall electric field destabilizes the unwanted H2+ and H3+ generated in the process while concentrating protons at the center of the trap. The source produces bunches of protons with relatively low ion contamination (5.5% H2+ and 15.5% H3+) with energy tunable from 35 to 300 eV.