KEKCB; ECR charge breeder at TRIAC

Imai, Nobuaki*; Jeong, S.-C.*; Oyaizu, Mitsuhiro*; Arai, Shigeaki*; Fuchi, Yoshihide*; Hirayama, Yoshikazu*; Ishiyama, Hironobu*; Miyatake, Hiroari; Tanaka, Masahiko*; Okada, Masayuki*; Watanabe, Yutaka*; Ichikawa, Shinichi; Kabumoto, Hiroshi  ; Osa, Akihiko  ; Otokawa, Yoshinori  ; Sato, Tetsuya   

The KEKCB is an ECR ion source for converting singly charged ions to multi-charged ones at Tokai Radioactive Ion Accelerator Complex. By using the KEKCB, singly charged gaseous and non-gaseous ions were successfully converted to the multi-charged ones of A/q 7 with the efficiencies of 7% and 2% respectively. The efficiency was found to be independent of the lifetime of the radioactive nuclei with an order of second. Three collimators placed at the entrance and the exit of the KEKCB defined the beam axis and enabled us to easily handle the beam injection to the KEKCB. Griding and washing the surfaces of aluminum electrode and plasma chamber dramatically reduced the impurity originated from the ECR plasma of the KEKCB.