Author: Kucera, M.J.
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THPMF024 Commissioning and Operation of FAST Electron Linac at Fermilab 4096
 
  • A.L. Romanov, C.M. Baffes, D.R. Broemmelsiek, K. Carlson, D.J. Crawford, N. Eddy, D.R. Edstrom, E.R. Harms, J. Hurd, M.J. Kucera, J.R. Leibfritz, I.L. Rakhno, J. Reid, J. Ruan, J.K. Santucci, V.D. Shiltsev, G. Stancari, R.M. Thurman-Keup, A. Valishev, A. Warner
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
 
  We report results of the beam commissioning and first operation of the 1.3 GHz superconducting RF electron linear accelerator at Fermilab Accelerator Science and Technology (FAST) facility. Construction of the linac was completed and the machine was commissioned with beam in 2017. The maximum total beam energy of about 300 MeV was achieved with the record energy gain of 250 MeV in the ILC-type SRF cryomodule. The pho-toinjector was tuned to produce trains of 200 pC bunches with a frequency of 3 MHz at a repetition rate of 1 Hz. This report describes the aspects of machine commission-ing such as tuning of the SRF cryomodule and beam optics optimization. We also present highlights of an experimental program carried out parasitically during the two-month run, including studies of wake-fields, and advanced beam phase space manipulation.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-THPMF024  
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