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THCOAK04 Modeling ECRIS Using a 1D Multifluid Code extraction, ion, ECR, ion-source 200
 
  • M. Stalder
    IEAP, Kiel, Germany
 
  We developed a one-dimensional (1D) multifluid code to simulate the production and the transport of multiple ion species in an electron cyclotron ion source (ECRIS). The ion species are assumed to be highly collisionally coupled. Each ion species is treated as a independent fluid. This allows us to study the influence of the ion temperature. The temperature is assumed to be equal for all charge states and in the whole ECRIS. As starting parameters we choose a hot magnetically trapped electron distribution, a cold electron distribution trapped by the plasma potential an the neutral density. Modeling the interaction of the different fluids led to a new understanding of the influence of the electrostatic potential that balances the pressure gradient of the ions species in the ECRIS. The highest charge states are not confined strongest as in the over barrier model but expelled in comparison to lower charge states. It can be shown that the relative velocity v of the treated fluids scales as v ~ T5/3 with the ion temperature. First results of the simulations are presented together with a discussion of the modeling approach for the multifluid case and its theoretical predictions. As a baseline for our simulations we mainly used the results of the 1D GEM ECRIS fluid simulations.  
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