Author: Tobos, L.
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WEP226 Commissioning Results of the ReA RFQ at MSU* 1912
 
  • D. Leitner, C. Benatti, S.W. Krause, D. Morris, S. Nash, J. Ottarson, G. Perdikakis, M. Portillo, R. Rencsok, T. Ropponen, L. Tobos, N.R. Usher, D. Wang
    NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • J. Haeuser
    Kress GmbH, Biebergemuend, Germany
  • O.K. Kester
    GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
  • F. Marti, E. Tanke, X. Wu, Q. Zhao
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • A. Schempp, J.S. Schmidt, H. Zimmermann
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 
  Funding: Project funded by Michigan State University
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is currently in the preliminary design phase at Michigan State University (MSU). FRIB consists of a driver LINAC for the acceleration of heavy ion beams, followed by a fragmentation target station and a ReAccelerator facility (ReA3). ReA3 comprises gas stopper systems, an Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) charge state booster, a room temperature radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ), a LINAC using superconducting quarter wave resonators and an achromatic beam transport and distribution line to the new experimental area. Beams from ReA3 will range from 3 MeV/u for heavy ions to about 6 MeV/u for light ions. The ReA3 RFQ, which is of the 4 rod type, is designed to accelerate ions with an Q/A of 0.2 to 0.5 from 12 keV/u to 600 keV/u. The RFQ operates at a frequency of 80.5 MHz and power levels up to 120 kW at 10% duty factor. In this paper we will report on commissioning results from the ReA3 RFQ using a H2+ and He+ beam from an auxiliary ion source.