Detailed Electrical Characterization of the TARA Neutral Beam Injector System

摘要

Extensive use of modern automatic control, data acquisition and state of the art power supply technology has enabled detailed electrical characterization and optimization of the TARA ion source operating point. The TARA ion sources and power supplies are parameterized empirically and/or modeled theoretically. The sources are characterized in the basic three dimensional space: filament power, arc power, and gas pressure. Filament warm-up rate, arc voltage to current ratio, arc and filament power supply ripple, and beam current parameter subspace are also investigated. Characterization is done in terms of small and large signals, frequency response, hysteresis and linearity to enable optimal source stability in a fully regulated environment. Discharge density regulation with the filament power highly regulated has been achieved through power supply feedback on the arc current or a Langmuir probe in the discharge. Dynamic divergence correction by feedback from secondary emission detectors in the source beamline is discussed. 4 refs., 36 figs. (ERA citation 11:018844)