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| WEPRO067 | Development of NICA Injection Complex | 2103 |
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| The new accelerator complex Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) is assumed to operate using two linear accelerators: the Alvarez-type linac LU-20 as injector for light ions, polarized protons and deuterons and a new linac HILac for heavy ions. The new Booster and existing Nuclotron superconducting rings are the main parts of the injection complex of the NICA collider. The status of ion sources, both linacs and rings is presented. | ||
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| MOPRI088 | Beam Transport Experiments Using Gabor Lenses | 818 |
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A prototype Gabor lens has successfully been tested at the GSI High Current Test Injector (HOSTI)*. The experiments comprised the investigation of an emittance dominated and a space-charge dominated beam transport. In particular, the high-current measurements represent a necessary step towards evaluating the focusing performance of the lens and to gain experience in a real accelerator environment. Besides the evaluation of the technical feasibility, the behavior of the electron cloud was characterized by the parameter analysis of the confined non-neutral plasma during beam transport measurements as well as subsequently performed diagnostic experiments. This contribution will present experimental results as well as numerical studies on an improved Gabor lens design for the possible application at the GSI High Current Injector (HSI) in the context of an upgrade program for FAIR**.
*K. Schulte et al., Proc. of IPAC'13, Shanghai, China, 2013, THPWO021 **L. Dahl, Proc. of HIAT’09, Venice, Italy, 2009, FR-01 |
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| TUPRO045 | Simulation Studies on Beam Injection into a Figure-8 Type Storage Ring | 1126 |
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| The proposed figure-8 storage ring at Frankfurt University [1, 2] is based on longitudinal guiding magnetic fields and will have special features with respect to the beam dynamics. A crucial part of the ring is the injection section, where the low energy beams have to cross an area of steeply rising field – up to B = 6 T into the main ring field. An optimized magnetic channel is designed to bring the injected beam close enough to the magnetic ring flux. An ExB kicker is needed to move the injected beam from the injection channel to the main magnetic field flux allowing multi turn injection. Simulation studies concentrate on this part and will be presented, results will be discussed. A comparison with simulations for prepared scaled down experiments with existing room temperature toroids will be done. | ||
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| THPRO058 | Study of the “Particle-in-Cell” Induced Noise on High Intensity Beams | 3005 |
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| Numerical noise in PIC codes produces artifacts which affects long term beam simulations needed for accelerator as the SIS100. A detailed study on the effect of numerical noise occurring in multi-particle tracking codes is presented. The influence of the granularity of particle distributions and the fineness of the meshes of Poisson solvers on the particle dynamics was studied. These results are used to discuss the effect of the PIC numerical noise in a long term space charge benchmarking study. | ||
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| THPRO103 | A Control System for the FRANZ Accelerator | 3134 |
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| The Frankfurt Neutron Source at the Stern- Gerlach Zentrum (FRANZ) is a multi-purpose facility for experiments related to accelerator development and nuclear astrophysics. A 200 mA proton beam will produce a neutron flux by use of the reaction 7Li(p, n)7Be. To study the reliability and performance of the accelerator an effective and powerful control system will be needed. A small ion source was used for the first performance test of the control system. The design of the control loop algorithm for the High Current proton source will be discussed. Physical data routinely taken by the control system are compared with manual measurements. | ||
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| THPME004 | Further R&D for a New Superconducting CW Heavy Ion Linac@GSI | 3211 |
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| A low energy beam line (1.4 MeV/u) behind the GSI High Charge State Injecor will provide cw-heavy ion beams with high beam intensity. It is foreseen to build a new cw-heavy ion-linac for post acceleration up to 7.3 MeV/u. In preparation an advanced R&D program is defined: The first linac section (financed by HIM and partly by HGF-ARD-initiative) comprising a sc CH-cavity embedded by two sc solenoids will be tested in 2014/15 as a demonstrator. After successful testing the construction of an advanced cryomodule comprising four rf cavities is foreseen. As an intermediate step towards an entire cw-linac the use of a double of two CH-cavities is planned: Ashort 5 cell cavity should be mounted directly behind the demonstrator cavity inside a short cryostat. The design of the cw linac based on shorter sc CH-cavities would minimize the overall technical risk and costs. Besides with this cavity an optimized operation of the whole linac especially with respect to beam quality could be achieved. Last but not least the concept of continuous energy variation applying phase variation between the two cavities with constant beta profile could be tested. | ||
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| THPME010 | A 325 MHz High Gradient CH – Test Cavity for β=0.16 | 3229 |
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Funding: BMBF, contract no. 05P12RFRB9 This pulsed linac activity aims on compact designs, which means a considerable increase in voltage gain per meter. At IAP – Frankfurt, a CH – cavity was developed for these studies, where mean effective accelerating fields well above 10 MV/m are expected at 325 MHz, β=0.164. This cavity is developed within a funded project. Currently, the cavity is under construction and expected to be ready for copper plating in autumn 2014. The results might influence the rebuilt of the UNILAC – Alvarez section, which aims on achieving the beam intensities specified for the GSI – FAIR project. The new GSI 3 MW Thales klystron test stand will be very important for these investigations. Detailed investigations for two different types of copper plating can be performed on this cavity. In this work, the status of the cavity fabrication will be presented. Moreover, low temperature operation of copper cavities is discussed for the case of very short RF pulses. |
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| THPME011 | First Coupled CH Power Cavity for the FAIR Proton Injector | 3232 |
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| For the research program with cooled antiprotons at FAIR a dedicated 70 MeV, 70 mA proton injector is required. The main acceleration of this room temperature linac will be provided by six CH cavities operated at 325 MHz. Each cavity will be powered by a 2.5 MW Klystron. For the second acceleration unit from 11.5 MeV to 24.2 MeV a 1:2 scaled model has been built. Low level RF measurements have been performed to determine the main parameters and to prove the concept of coupled CH cavities. In 2012, the assembly and tuning of the first power prototype was finished. Until then, the cavity was tested with a preliminary aluminum drift tube structure, which was used for precise frequency and field tuning. In 2013 the final drift tube structure has been welded inside the main tanks and the preparation for copper plating has taken place. This paper will report on the main tuning and commissioning steps towards that novel type of DTL and it will show the latest results measured on a fully operational CH proton cavity shortly before copper plating. | ||
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| THPME015 | Experimental Performance of an E×B Chopper System | 3244 |
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Beam operation of an E×B chopper system has started in the Low-Energy Beam Transport (LEBT) section of the accelerator-driven neutron source FRANZ*. The chopper is designed for low-energy high-perveance beams and high repetition rates. It combines a static magnetic deflection field with a pulsed electric compensation field in a Wien filter-type E×B configuration**. Helium ions with 14 keV energy were successfully chopped at the required repetition rate of 257 kHz. The maximum chopped beam intensity of 3.5 mA, limited by the given test ion source, corresponds to a generalized perveance of 2.7·10-3. For the design species and energy, 120 keV protons, this is equivalent to a beam current of 174 mA. Beam pulses with rise times of 120 ns, flat top lengths of 85 ns to 120 ns and Full Width at Half Maximum (FWHM) between 295 ns and 370 ns were experimentally achieved.
* U. Ratzinger et al., Proc. of IPAC2011, San Sebastián, Spain, WEPS040. ** C. Wiesner et al. Proc. of IPAC2012, New Orleans, LA., USA, THPPP074. |
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| THPME059 | Preparation of the Coupled RFQ-IH-cavity for FRANZ | 3367 |
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| The Frankfurt neutron source at the Stern-Gerlach-Zentrum (FRANZ) will provide ultra-short neutron pulses at high intensities and repetition rates. The neutrons will be produced using the 7Li(p, n)7Be reaction induced by a proton beam. The 175 MHz IH-type drift tube linac with 8 gaps succeeds a 4-rod-RFQ. Together they form a coupled linac combination with a length of 2.3 m and accelerate the protons from 120 keV to 2.03 MeV. As the RF losses add up to 200 kW, the cooling of both accelerators is a central challenge. The RFQ-IH combination is powered by a radio frequency amplifier, which couples the RF power into the RFQ. The two structures are connected via inductive coupling. The initial beam operation of the accelerators is configured for 50 mA in cw mode. The IH-components were fabricated, RF tuning measurements are underway. The RFQ and the IH-DTL will be conditioned separately and then be connected, aiming for a beam operation at the end of 2014. A main challenge in fabrication was the precise welding required for the water cooled drift tubes and stems. | ||
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