Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Ion Sources, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2021

Abstract

The 19th International Conference on Ion Sources was hosted by TRIUMF in Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 20 to September 24, 2021.The biennial conference series covers the physics and technology of ion sources for scientific research and applications. With the conference being the main event within the ion sources community, it offers a forum for the exchange of ideas and the establishing of collaborations. New developments and advancements have been presented and discussed. As in previous conferences of this series, all aspects of ion sources have been covered in the categories• Fundamental processes in ion sources and plasmas• Production of high intensity ion beams• Production of highly charged ion beams• Negative ion sources• Ion sources for fusion• Radioactive ion sources, charge breeders and polarized beams• Beam formation, extraction, transport, and diagnostics• Applications of ion sources• Key technologies for ion sourcesDue to restrictions on traveling and meeting sizes caused by health regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held as a virtual conference. Talks have been presented via ZOOM and two poster sessions were held within the remote meeting platform “Gather town”, which was also open for discussions among participants outside the plenary sessions.The main session on electron beam ion sources was dedicated to the memory of Professor Dr. Evgeny Denisovich Donets who, to our great regret, passed away in June 2021. Professor Donets was the inventor of the electron beam ion source and one of the initiators of this conference series. He was a longtime member of the international advisory committee. His memory will be highly regarded within the ion source community.List of International advisory committee, Scientific program committee, Local organizing committee are available in this pdf.