Estudos da emissão, aceleração, focalização e detecção de um feixe de íons positivos emitidos por uma mistura de Li2CO3, SiO2 e Al2O3

Abstract

The construction of a low energy particle accelerator at the Physics Department of Federal University of Juiz de Fora has the aim of establishing at this department an experimental research line on atomic collisions and surface physics, increasing the theoretical and experimental investigation spectrum because it will enable the implantation of techniques in analysis of surface by impact of ions and the ion/atom/molecule study through mass spectroscopy. A machine like this one is basically composed by an ion source, an acceleration stage and another stage of beam focusing. During these stages, the ions are subjected to different potentials, that accelerates them towards the detection chamber, through a set of electrostatic lenses to focus the beam, optimizing the number of ions that are detected. These detected ions will be later used in studies of cross-sections and surface analysis studies.