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Research undertaken by PhD students on the Buckley Systems, D-Pace Ion Source Test Facility (ISTF) resulted in two white papers being presented at IPAC’19. Improvements in RF Multicusp Negative Ion Source by Anand George* and Development of a Penning Ion Source Test Stand for Production of Alpha Particles by Nicolas Savard* were displayed at the poster session. The ISTF has been in service for over four years and has been instrumental in the commercial development of more than a dozen new products. It is available for hire for product verification and research projects. (*et al)
This piece was reprinted by D-Pace, Inc. from the Buckley Systems Spring 2018 technical bulletin with permission from Buckley Systems Ltd. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the source.
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