The new injection beamline at VERA

摘要

VERA has been operated for 12 years with one 40-cathode SNICS ion source. Since the number of isotopes investigated at VERA increased steadily, we decided to install a second ion source. Due to space restrictions, a new injection line had to be built and merged into the existing one. The major task was to build an electrostatic analyzer assembly to accommodate injection from two ion sources.