4He beam tuning for 10Bap experiment (Nov. 9 2020)
Nov 9, 2020 • pelletron
14:00
- Turn on RF source after fixing extractor entrance holder and gas bottle valve not open.
- Beam current stable at PRB VC=4.5 kV and EXT VC =5 kV but very low ~ 1.74 nA.
14:58
- Try increasing PRB VC to 6 kV and EXT VC to 5.8 kV -> Stable current at 12 nA : still too low but increasing.
- gas pressure at IGC 01-1 at 1.6e-6 T
- IM CC set at 7.03 A.
- See attachment 1 for beam condition
15:50
- Try decrease gas pressure at IGC 01-1 to 1.4e-6 T..Beam current at FC01-1 now ~12.6 nA
15:56
- Try increase OVN temperature. Now set OVN VC at 54 V.
- Beam current at FC01-1 suddenly increased t 200 nV and then decrease (see attachment 2). Now at ~60 nA.
14:06
- Beam continue to decrease
- Try increasing temperature. Now set OVN VC at 57 V.
- Beam condition: see attachment 3
16:35
- Beam condition see attachment 4: beam current at FC01-1 average at 38 nA, quite unstable but Ok for now.
16:45
- PRB current suddenly drop and beam current at FC01-1 becomes more stable.at 31 nA (see attachment 5)
16:47
- Beam current at FC01-1 is now about 38 nA.
- RF source shutdown