Simulation of charge breeding for trapped ions

Abstract

The well established program SUK (Sukzessive Ionisierung) for the evaluation and graphical presentation of charge state evolution has been improved by including RR (radiative recombination) and CX (charge exchange). It has options for continuous or pulsed feed of single charged ions, ion heating by Coulomb collisions of electrons limited by loss, residual gas pressure and plotting controls. SUK recently has been renamed to CBSIM (charge breeding simulation) and is run from a GUI (graphical user interface). Future developments are intended to make the program universal for any charge breeding simulation, including ECRs. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd.