ION-ACCELERATION MECHANISMS IN VACUUM DIODES

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ADLER, RJ [1 ]
NATION, JA [1 ]
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[1] CORNELL UNIV,SCH ELECT ENGN,ITHACA,NY 14853
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10.1063/1.325584
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A study of proton acceleration in a Luce diode has been carried out. Measurements of beam-neutralization times, electron and ion energy distributions, and induced radioactivity have been made. These measurements show that the effective potential-well depth at the beam head is less than the electron-accelerating voltage. Also, the relative activity of Mylar and copper foils indicates that ion energy increases with mass for Z=1 particles. Both of these observations are consistent with ion acceleration resulting from a moving potential well.
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