Author: Gould, O.
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WEP261 Performance of the New EBIS Preinjector 1966
 
  • J.G. Alessi, E.N. Beebe, S. Binello, C.J. Gardner, O. Gould, L.T. Hoff, N.A. Kling, R.F. Lambiase, V. LoDestro, R. Lockey, M. Mapes, A. McNerney, J. Morris, M. Okamura, A. Pendzick, D. Phillips, A.I. Pikin, D. Raparia, J. Ritter, T.C. Shrey, L. Smart, L. Snydstrup, C. Theisen, M. Wilinski, A. Zaltsman, K. Zeno
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • U. Ratzinger, A. Schempp
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 
  Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy, and by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The construction and initial commissioning phase of a new heavy ion preinjector was completed at Brookhaven in September, 2010, and the preinjector is now operational. This preinjector, using an EBIS source to produce high charge state heavy ions, provided helium and neon ion beams for use at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory in the Fall of 2010, and gold and uranium beams are being commissioned during the 2011 run cycle for use in RHIC. The EBIS operates with an electron beam current of up to 10 A, to produce mA level currents in 10 to 40 μs beam pulses. The source is followed by an RFQ and IH linac to accelerate ions with q/m > 0.16 to an energy of 2 MeV/amu, for injection into the Booster synchrotron. The performance of the preinjector is presented, including initial operational experience for the NASA and RHIC programs.
 
 
WEP268 Changes in LEBT/MEBT at the BNL 200 MeV Linac 1978
 
  • D. Raparia, J.G. Alessi, J.M. Fite, O. Gould, V. LoDestro, M. Okamura, J. Ritter, A. Zelenski
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
After reconfiguration of the low energy (35 keV) and the medium energy (750 keV) transport lines in 2009-10, the Brookhaven linac is now delivering the highest intensity beam since it was built in 1970 (~120 μA average current of H to the Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer). It is also now delivering lower emittance polarized H ion beam for the polarized program at RHIC. To increase the intensity further, we are replacing the buncher in the 750 keV line with one with higher Q value, to allow operation at higher power. Also, to improve polarization, we are replacing the magnetic solenoid before the RFQ in the 35 keV line by a solenoid-einzel lens combination. The paper will report on the results of these changes.