Ion Bunching at High Energies

Light ions offer several advantages over an electron beam or lasers as the driver for pellet fusion. This research deals with demonstrating that the electrostatic space charge fields produced by a reflex triode can be used to extract, accelerate, focus and bunch ions onto a target. The source of ions used in this experiment was a preformed plasma produced by a hollow cathode discharge.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Johnson, Gary Burton

• Physics, Fluid and Plasma
• Energy

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8026531

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/66232