Fundamental principles, measurement techniques and analysis of ion accelerator data

Abstract

The present work is intended to be a general reference for students and professionals interested in the field. Here. we present an introduction to the analysis techniques and fundamental principles for data processing and operation of a typical ion accelerator that operates in the low energy range. We also present a detailed description of the apparatus and propose new analysis methods for the results. In addition, we introduce illustrative simulations of the ion's trajectories in the different components of the apparatus performed with specialized software and, a new computer data acquisition and control interface.