The Buckley Systems / D-Pace Ion Source Test Facility (ISTF) is currently being used to research C^- , H^- and D^- ions. The research has resulted in two papers presented at IPAC 2016 and one paper presented at NIBS 2016

Experiments have been undertaken using a TRIUMF licensed, filament-powered, volume-cusp ion source and an extensively modified, RF powered ion source licensed from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The filament cusp ion source was able to produce 400 µA of C₂^- using acetylene. With further development, it is hoped to progress the output towards 0.5 mA. The filament source also produced 18 mA of H^- and 6 mA of D^- . Experiments with the RF source have produced 10 mA of H^- and 3.5 mA of D^- . Copies of the white papers are available online at: www.d-pace.com/about/publications.

The image below shows x-x’ phase space scans obtained with the RF ion source for the 6.1 mA H^- beam tune. The normalized 4-RMS emittance is 0.41 mm·mrad and contained 85% of the beam.

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