Author: Kurennoy, S.S.
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TUPWI026 A Monochromatic Gamma Source without Neutrons 2292
 
  • R.W. Garnett, S.S. Kurennoy, L. Rybarcyk, T.N. Taddeucci
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
 
  Funding: This work is supported by the U. S. Department of Energy Contract DE-AC52-06NA25396.
High-energy gamma rays can be efficiently produced using the direct excitation of the 15.1-MeV level in 12C via the (p, p’) reaction. This reaction has the threshold energy of 16.38 MeV. The threshold for neutron production via 12C (p, n) is 19.66 MeV, so there is an energy window of 3.28 MeV where the 15.1-MeV photons can be produced without any direct neutrons. Thick-target yield estimates indicate that just below the neutron production threshold, the photon output is about twice that of the more well-known 11B (d, n) reaction requiring 4-MeV deuterons, with the expected 15.1-MeV photon flux to be approximately 1011 s-1 sr-1 per 1 mA of 19.6-MeV proton current on a carbon target. A compact pulsed proton accelerator capable of 10-mA or greater peak currents to drive such a gamma source will be presented. The accelerator concept is based on a 4-rod RFQ followed by compact H-mode structures with PMQ focusing.
 
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THPF148 LANSCE H+ RFQ Status 4073
 
  • R.W. Garnett, Y.K. Batygin, C.A. Chapman, I.N. Draganic, C.M. Fortgang, S.S. Kurennoy, R.C. McCrady, J.F. O'Hara, E.R. Olivas, L. Rybarcyk, H.R. Salazar
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
  • J. Haeuser
    Kress GmbH, Biebergemuend, Germany
  • B. Koubek, A. Schempp
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 
  Funding: This work is supported by the U. S. Department of Energy Contract DE-AC52-06NA25396.
The LANSCE linear accelerator at Los Alamos National Laboratory provides H and H+ beams to several user facilities that support Isotope Production, NNSA Stockpile Stewardship, and Basic Energy Science programs. These beams are initially accelerated to 750 keV using Cockcroft-Walton (CW) based injectors that have been in operation for over 37 years. To reduce long-term operational risks and to realize future beam performance goals for LANSCE we are completing fabrication of a 4-rod Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) and design of an associated beam transport line that together will eventually become the modern injector replacement for the existing obsolete H+ injector system. A similar H system is also planned for future implementation. An update on the status and progress of the project will be presented.
 
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THPF149 Electromagnetic Modeling of 4-Rod RFQ Tuning 4076
 
  • S.S. Kurennoy, L. Rybarcyk
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
 
  Modern codes make possible detailed 3D electromagnetic modeling of RFQ accelerators. We have recently analyzed two 201.25-MHz 4-rod RFQs – one commissioned at FNAL and a new design for LANL – with CST Studio using imported manufacturer CAD files*. The RFQ electromagnetic analysis with MicroWave Studio (MWS) was followed by beam dynamics modeling with Particle Studio as well as other multi-particle codes. Here we apply a similar approach to study the process of RFQ tuning in 3D CST models. In particular, the results will be used to better understand tuning the voltage flatness along the new LANL 4-rod RFQ.
* S.S. Kurennoy, LINAC14, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014, THPP097.
 
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THPF150 3D Electromagnetic and Beam Dynamics Modeling of the LANSCE Drift-Tube Linac 4079
 
  • S.S. Kurennoy, Y.K. Batygin
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
 
  The LANSCE drift-tube linac (DTL) accelerates the proton or H beam to 100 MeV. It consists of four tanks containing tens of drift tubes and post-couplers; for example, tank 2 is almost 20 m long and has 66 cells. We have developed 3D models of full tanks [1] in the DTL with CST Studio to accurately calculate the tank modes, their sensitivity to post-coupler positions and tilts, tuner effects, and RF-coupler influence. Electromagnetic analysis of the DTL tank models is performed using MicroWave Studio (MWS). The full-tank analysis allows tuning the field profile of the operating mode and adjusting the frequencies of the neighboring modes within a realistic CST model. Beam dynamics is modeled with Particle Studio for bunch trains with realistic initial beam distributions using the MWS-calculated and tuned RF fields and quadrupole magnetic fields to determine the output beam parameters and locations of particle losses.
* S.S. Kurennoy, LINAC14, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014, MOPP106.
 
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