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MOPCH127 SNS Warm Linac Commissioning Results 342
 
  • A.V. Aleksandrov, S. Assadi, W. Blokland, P. Chu, S.M. Cousineau, V.V. Danilov, C. Deibele, J. Galambos, S. Henderson, D.-O. Jeon, M.A. Plum, A.P. Shishlo
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
 
  The Spallation Neutron Source accelerator systems will deliver a 1.0 GeV, 1.4 MW proton beam to a liquid mercury target for neutron scattering research. The accelerator complex consists of an H- injector, capable of producing one-ms-long pulses at 60Hz repetition rate with 38 mA peak current, a 1 GeV linear accelerator, an accumulator ring and associated transport lines. The 2.5MeV beam from the Front End is accelerated to 86 MeV in the Drift Tube Linac, then to 185 MeV in a Coupled-Cavity Linac and finally to 1 GeV in the Superconducting Linac. The staged beam commissioning of the accelerator complex is proceeding as component installation progresses. Current results of the beam commissioning program of the warm linac will be presented including transverse emittance evolution along the linac, longitudinal bunch profile measurements at the beginning and end of the linac, and beam loss study.  
MOPCH129 Status of the SNS Beam Power Upgrade Project 345
 
  • S. Henderson, A.V. Aleksandrov, D.E. Anderson, S. Assadi, I.E. Campisi, F. Casagrande, M.S. Champion, R.I. Cutler, V.V. Danilov, G.W. Dodson, D.A. Everitt, J. Galambos, J.R. Haines, J.A. Holmes, N. Holtkamp, T. Hunter, D.-O. Jeon, S.-H. Kim, D.C. Lousteau, T.L. Mann, M.P. McCarthy, T. McManamy, G.R. Murdoch, M.A. Plum, B.R. Riemer, M.P. Stockli, D. Stout, R.F. Welton
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
 
  The baseline Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) accelerator complex, consisting of an H- injector, a 1 GeV linear accelerator, an accumulator ring and associated transport lines, will provide a 1 GeV, 1.44 MW proton beam to a liquid mercury target for neutron production. Upgrades to the SNS accelerator and target systems to increase the beam power to at least 2 MW, with a design goal of 3 MW, are in the planning stages. The increased SNS beam power can be achieved primarily by increasing the peak H- ion source current from 38 mA to 59 mA, installing additional superconducting cryomodules to increase the final linac beam energy to 1.3 GeV, and modifying injection and extraction hardware in the ring to handle the increased beam energy. The mercury target power handling capability will be increased to 2 MW or greater by i) mitigating cavitation damage to the target container through improved materials/surface treatments, and introducing a fine dispersion of gas bubbles in the mercury, and ii) upgrading the proton beam window, inner reflector plug and moderators. The upgrade beam parameters will be presented and the required hardware modifications will be described.  
MOPCH130 Simulations for SNS Ring Commissioning 348
 
  • J.A. Holmes, S.M. Cousineau, S. Henderson, M.A. Plum
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
 
  In preparation for SNS ring commissioning, a number of operational issues have been studied using ORBIT Code simulations. These include beam injection without the use of time-dependent painting, beam accumulation and transport to the extraction dump and to the target, optimal painting schemes for various beam intensities, detailed tracking through the extraction septum with fully correct geometry, quadrupole current constraints in the ring-to-target transfer line (RTBT), and detailed modeling of H minus carbon foil stripping at injection. All these studies incorporated detailed physics including beam-foil interactions, symplectic single particle tracking, space charge and impedances, and losses due to apertures and collimation.  
MOPCH131 SNS Ring Commissioning Results 351
 
  • M.A. Plum, A.V. Aleksandrov, S. Assadi, W. Blokland, I.E. Campisi, P. Chu, S.M. Cousineau, V.V. Danilov, C. Deibele, G.W. Dodson, J. Galambos, M. Giannella, S. Henderson, J.A. Holmes, D.-O. Jeon, S.-H. Kim, C.D. Long, T.A. Pelaia, T.J. Shea, A.P. Shishlo, Y. Zhang
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
 
  The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) comprises a 1.5-MW, 60-Hz, 1-GeV linac, an accumulator ring, associated beam lines, and a spallation neutron target. Construction began in 1999 and the project is on track to be completed in June 2006. By September 2005 the facility was commissioned up through the end of the superconducting linac, and in January 2006 commissioning began on the High Energy Beam Transport beam line, the accumulator ring, and the Ring to Target Beam Transport beam line up to the Extraction Beam Dump. In this paper we will discuss early results from ring commissioning including a comparison of achieved vs. design beam machine parameters and the maximum beam intensity achieved to date.  
TUOCFI02 First Results of SNS Laser Stripping Experiment 980
 
  • V.V. Danilov, A.V. Aleksandrov, S. Assadi, J. Barhen, Y. Braiman, D.L. Brown, W. Grice, S. Henderson, J.A. Holmes, Y. Liu, A.P. Shishlo
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
 
  Thin carbon foils are used as strippers for charge exchange injection into high intensity proton rings. However, the stripping foils become radioactive and produce uncontrolled beam loss, which is one of the main factors limiting beam power in high intensity proton rings. Recently, we presented a scheme for laser stripping of an H- beam for the SNS ring. First, H- atoms are converted to H0 by a magnetic field, then H0 atoms are excited from the ground state to the upper levels by a laser, and the excited states are converted to protons by a magnetic field. This paper presents first results of the SNS laser stripping proof-of-principle experiment. The experimental setup is described, and possible explanations of the data are discussed.  
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TUPLS140 An Overview of the SNS Accelerator Mechanical Engineering 1831
 
  • G.R. Murdoch, J.J. Error, M.P. Hechler, S. Henderson, M. Holding, T. Hunter, P. Ladd, T.L. Mann, R. Savino, J.P. Schubert
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  • H.-C. Hseuh, H. Ludewig, G.J. Mahler, C. Pai, C. Pearson, J. Rank, J.E. Tuozzolo, J. Wei
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
 
  The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is an accelerator-based neutron source currently nearing completion at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. When completed in 2006, the SNS will provide a 1GeV, 1.44MW proton beam to a liquid mercury target for neutron production. SNS is a collaborative effort between six U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories and offered a unique opportunity for the mechanical engineers to work with their peers from across the country. This paper presents an overview of the overall success of the collaboration concentrating on the accelerator ring mechanical engineering along with some discussion regarding the relative merits of such a collaborative approach. Also presented are a status of the mechanical engineering installation and a review of the associated installation costs.  
THOAFI01 The Development of Computational Tools for Halo Analysis and Study of Halo Growth in the Spallation Neutron Source Linear Accelerator 2768
 
  • D.A. Bartkoski, A.V. Aleksandrov, S.M. Cousineau, S. Henderson, J.A. Holmes
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
 
  Computational tools have been developed to quantify the halo in a beam by analyzing beam profiles and identifying the halo particles using the Gaussian area ratio and kurtosis methods. Simulations of various injection quadrupole magnet configurations using three types of initial simulated distributions, along with an analysis of their phase space and rms properties, provides insight into the development of halo in the Spallation Neurton Source linear accelerator. Finally, comparisons with machine beam profile data, taken at the same conditions as that of the simulated data, show how accurately the simulations model the beam and its halo development and provide a better understanding of the best machine configuration with which to minimize beam halo and losses.  
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THPCH025 Electron Cloud Self-consistent Simulations for the SNS Ring 2832
 
  • A.P. Shishlo, S.M. Cousineau, V.V. Danilov, S. Henderson, J.A. Holmes, M.A. Plum
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
 
  The electron cloud dynamics is simulated for the Spallation Neutron Source ring using the self-consistent electron-cloud model for long-bunched proton beams implemented in the ORBIT code. These simulations feature simultaneous calculations of the dynamics of the proton bunch and of the electron cloud, including electron multipacting using a realistic secondary emission surface model. The frequency spectra and growth rates of the proton bunch transverse instability are studied as functions of the RF cavity voltage. The effectiveness of an electron-cloud instability suppression system is also studied using an ORBIT model of the real feedback system. SNS is a collaboration of six US National Laboratories: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).  
THPCH130 Design and Implementation of Analog Feedback Damper System for an Electron-proton Instability at the Los Alamos Proton Storage Ring 3104
 
  • C. Deibele, S. Assadi, V.V. Danilov, S. Henderson, M.A. Plum, C. Sibley III
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  • S. Breitzmann, S.-Y. Lee
    IUCF, Bloomington, Indiana
  • J.M. Byrd
    LBNL, Berkeley, California
  • J.D. Gilpatrick, R.J. Macek, R.C. McCrady, J.F. Power, J. Zaugg
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico
 
  The PSR (Proton Storage Ring) at LANSCE has observed an E-P (electron-proton) instability. A wideband analog feedback damper system was designed and implemented that has shown it is possible to correct this instability. The damper system consists of two 180 degree hybrids, low level amplifiers, a delay line, comb filter, power amplifiers, and adjustable delay lines. The system bandwidth is about between 10-300 MHz, and was developed and implemented in stages showing improvement in the e-p threshold of the buncher voltage. The system takes advantage of fiber optic technology for delays as well as for the comb filter. A system description and some measurement results are presented.