Increased interest in the development of negative ions sources is related to the emergence
of important applications of negative-ion beams. These are, first of all, tandem accelerators …

Increased interest in negative ion sources in recent years is strongly associated with the
growing importance of negative ion beams for a range of scientific applications, including for …

Abstract The Front End Test Stand (FETS) under construction at RAL is a demonstrator of
front end systems for future high power proton linacs. Possible applications include a linac …

A miniaturized Penning ion source, capable of generating a milliampere H+ beam with low
anode power supply and low gas consumption, was produced and tested for neutron tubes …

The aim of the front end test stand (FETS) project is to demonstrate that chopped low energy
beams of high quality can be produced. FETS consists of a 60 mA Penning Surface Plasma …

LBNL designed and built the Frontend for the Spallation Neutron Source, including its H−
source and Low‐Energy Beam Transport (LEBT). This paper discusses the performance of …

In order to reduce the emittance and increase the transported beam current from the ISIS
Penning-type H− ion source, improvements to the extraction system are required. This ion …

Internal Penning ion source for the production of negative hydrogen ions is commonly used
in various compact cyclotrons. The ion source generally operates at high power DC …

This paper lays out the fundamental working principles of a variety of high-current ion
sources for accelerators in a tutorial manner, and gives examples of specific source types …

A Penning surface H− ion source test stand has been developed for the China Spallation
Neutron Source (CSNS) at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP). H− beams with a …