Multiply charged heavy ions produced by energetic plasmas
Abstract
Intense multiply charged heavy ion beams may be produced through single-impact ionization with subsequent shakeoff of electrons when heavy elements are introduced into presently available mirror-contained contained energetic electron plasmas. Uniform steady-state currents of 6 mA of Xe 12+ over a 300 cm 2 area appear likely.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- February 1970
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0375-9601(70)90921-7
- Bibcode:
- 1970PhLA...31..196P