Multiple ionization in plasma ion source of electromagnetic isotope separator

This paper discusses the ion beam production of multiply charged ions in th e electromagnetic isotope separator. The paper is divided into five section s, in which the ion source construction is described and a phenomenological model describing the formation of multiply charged ion beams is proposed. An analysis of the experiment data within the framework of the proposed mod el has been carried out, and as a result of this the rate constants for the ion production and destruction processes have been determined. (C) 2000 El sevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.