Cetinkaya, HakanAlgin, EmelTuremen, GorkemDogan, UmitSahin, Latife2025-01-062025-01-0620200093-38131939-937510.1109/TPS.2020.2986416https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2020.2986416https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/2882Turkish Accelerator Center (TAC) Proton Accelerator Facility (PAF) is a project proposal that aims to build a megawatt (MW) power proton accelerator in Turkey. The proton source of this project was chosen as a microwave discharge ion source due to its long life time, its high current, and its lower maintenance requirements when compared with other ion source types. A microwave discharge ion source test stand was built to gain experience for TAC PAF and for similar projects requiring high beam current in Turkey. A magnetron with 2.45-GHz frequency, 50-Hz repetition rate, and 150-W fixed power was used to create the hydrogen plasma. Two different electrode systems were experimented: the first design consists of 2-mm radius plasma electrode that extracts beam currents up to 0.75 mA and the second design consists of 4-mm radius plasma electrode that extracts beam currents up to 5.2 mA.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessPlasmasElectrodesParticle beamsIon sourcesProtonsPrototypesIon sourcesprotonssolenoidsArticle21376213248WOS:000542980600014Q4