Author: Drumm, B.S.
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MOPFI063 Progress on Designs for 180 MeV Injection into the ISIS Synchrotron 428
 
  • B. Jones, D.J. Adams, B.S. Drumm, M.C. Hughes, A.J. McFarland, C.M. Warsop
    STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
 
  The ISIS Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK produces intense neutron and muon beams for condensed matter research. It operates at 50Hz accelerating beam via a 70 MeV H linac and an 800 MeV proton synchrotron, delivering a mean beam power of 0.2 MW. As an initial step towards megawatt operations at ISIS, a study of replacement of the existing injector with a new 180 MeV H linac has recently been completed. This could enable an increase in beam power to approximately 0.5 MW. The ISIS Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK produces intense neutron and muon beams for condensed matter research. It accelerates 3×1013 protons per pulse (ppp) at 50 Hz through a 70 MeV H− linac and an 800 MeV proton synchrotron, delivering a mean beam power of ~0.2 MW. A favoured first step to upgrade ISIS towards the megawatt regime is replacement of the linac with a new 180 MeV injector described in [1]. Studies of this upgrade, which aims to increase mean beam power up to 0.5 MW are outlined in [2]. This paper reports on recent development of the designs including the injection septum, dipole power supplies and detailed tracking of partially stripped foil products.  
 
WEPEA073 A 180 MeV Injection Upgrade Design for the ISIS Synchrotron 2678
 
  • J.W.G. Thomason, D.J. Adams, B.S. Drumm, D.J.S. Findlay, I.S.K. Gardner, M.C. Hughes, S.J.S. Jago, B. Jones, R.J. Mathieson, S.J. Payne, B.G. Pine, A. Seville, H. V. Smith, C.M. Warsop, R.E. Williamson
    STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
  • J. Pasternak
    STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
  • D.C. Plostinar, C.R. Prior, G.H. Rees
    STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
 
  ISIS is the spallation neutron source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK. Obsolescence and reliability issues are motivating plans to replace the present 70 MeV H minus linac, and this paper presents an overview of a design to allow injection of beam into the present ISIS ring at 180 MeV, which would increase intensity as a result of reduced space charge and optimised injection. The key topics addressed are design of the injection straight, injection painting and dynamics, foil specifications, acceleration dynamics, transverse space charge, instabilities, RF beam loading and activation.