Development and applications of negative ion sources Introduction Charge exchange technologies Methods of negative ion production Surface plasma production of negative ions Surface plasma negative ion sources Transport of high brightness negative ion beams General remarks on surface plasma sources. This book covers the development of sources of negative ions and their application in science and industry. It describes the physical foundations and implementation of the key methods of negative ion production and control such as charge exchange thermionic emission secondary emission (sputtering) and surface plasma sources as well as the history of their development. Following on from this essential foundational material the book goes on to explore transport of negative ion beams and beam plasma instabilities. With exposition accessible at the graduate level and a comprehensive bibliography this book will appeal to all students and researchers whose work concerns ion sources and their applications to accelerators beam physics storage rings cyclotrons and plasma traps