First storage of ion beams in the Double Electrostatic Ion-Ring Experiment - DESIREE

Abstract

We report on the first storage of ion beams in the Double ElectroStatic Ion Ring ExpEriment; DESIREE, at Stockholm University. We have produced beams of atomic carbon anions and small carbon anion molecules (C${}_n^{-}$, $n=1,2,3,4$) in a sputter ion source. The ion beams were accelerated to 10 keV kinetic energy and stored in an electrostatic ion storage ring enclosed in a vacuum chamber at 13 K. For 10 keV C${}_2^{-}$ molecular anions we measure the residual-gas limited beam storage lifetime to be 448 s $\pm$ 18 s with two independent detector systems. Using the measured storage lifetimes we estimate that the residual gas pressure is in the 10${}^{-14}$ mbar range. When high current ion beams are injected, the number of stored particles does not follow a single exponential decay law as would be expected for stored particles lost solely due to electron detachment in collision with the residual-gas. Instead, we observe a faster initial decay rate, which we ascribe to the effect of the space charge of the ion beam on the storage capacity. %The latter effect becomes insignificant after longer storage times of typically 100-150 seconds and we then observe a constant decay rate due to residual-gas collisions.

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