Physics and Applications of Hydrogen Negative Ion Sources

Marthe Bacal received the degree of Docteur ès Sciences Physiques from the University of Paris, Orsay, France, in 1973 and joined Laboratoire de Physique des Milieux Ionisés, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, in 1971, as a Research Scientist and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), in 1981, while maintaining affiliation with Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France. In 1996 and 2000 she was an Invited Professor at the National Institue of Fusion Science, Toki, Japan. Her current research interests are physics of negative ion production, negative ion sources, ion thrusters, and plasma-surface interactions. She received the Foucault Prize of the French Physical Society in 1980 and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Chapter 1. Fundamental processes of hydrogen negative ion production in the ion source plasma volume.- Chapter 2. Fundamental aspect of surface production of hydrogen negative ions.- Chapter 3. Modelling of reaction dynamics in volume production negative hydrogen ion sources.- Chapter 4. Particle-In-Cell Modelling of Negative Ion Sources for fusion applications.- Chapter 5. Particle-In-Cell Modelling with Monte-Carlo Collision of Extraction and Acceleration in Radio-Frequency Negative Ion Sources.- Chapter 6. Plasma neutralisation of 500 keV H- ions.- Chapter 7. Advanced models for negative ion production in hydrogen discharges.- Chapter 8. The plasma sheath in negative ion sources.- Chapter 9. Helicon volume production of H- and D- using a resonant birdcage antenna on RAID.- Chapter 10. Plasma electrode for Caesium free negative hydrogen ion sources.- Chapter 11. Low temperature high density ion source plasma.- Chapter 12. Fundamental principles of ECR-driven negative ion sources operating with hydrogen and deuterium.- Chapter 13. Dissociative electron attachment to hydrogen and its use for vibrational spectroscopy of hydrogen molecule.- Chapter 14. Physics of surface-plasma H- ion sources.- Chapter 15. Hydrogen negative ion density diagnostic in plasma.- Chapter 16. RF Driven ion sources for Fusion NBI.- Chapter 17. Negative ion source technique and technology.- Chapter 18. Radiofrequency driven, Pulsed High-current H- Ion Sources on Advanced Accelerators.- Chapter 19. Development of High Current Negative-Ion based Beam Source at QST for JT-60U and ITER Neutral Beam Injectors.