The ORNL Multicharged Ion Research Facility (MIRF) High Voltage Platform Project

A new 250 kV high voltage platform has been installed at the ORNL Multicharged Ion Research Facility (MIRF) to extend the energy range of multicharged ions available for experimental investigations of their collisional interactions with electrons, atoms, molecules, and solid surfaces. A new all-permanent magnet Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source, designed and fabricated at CEA-Grenoble, was installed on the platform to produce the ion beams of interest. Design details of the new platform and beamlines, and their associated beam transport, are presented below.