Recent Developments with the GTS-LHC ECR Ion Source at CERN

Toivanen, Ville; Bellodi, Giulia; Fichera, Claudio; Küchler, Detlef; Lombardi, Alessandra; Maintrot, Marc; Michet, Alice; O'Neil, Michael; Sadovich, Sergey; Tarvainen, Olli; Wenander, Fredrik

doi:10.18429/JACoW-ECRIS2016-WEAO01

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TY - CONF
AU - Toivanen, V.
AU - Bellodi, G.
AU - Fichera, C.
AU - Küchler, D.
AU - Lombardi, A.M.
AU - Maintrot, M.
AU - Michet, A.I.
AU - O'Neil, M.
AU - Sadovich, S.
AU - Tarvainen, O.A.
AU - Wenander, F.J.C.
ED - Schaa, Volker RW
TI - Recent Developments with the GTS-LHC ECR Ion Source at CERN
J2 - Proc. of ECRIS2016, Busan, Korea, August 28 - September 1, 2016
C1 - Busan, Korea
T2 - International Workshop on ECR Ion Sources
T3 - 22
LA - english
AB - Linac3 is the first link in the chain of accelerators providing highly charged heavy ion beams for the CERN experimental program. The beams, predominantly lead, are produced with the GTS-LHC 14.5 GHz Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source, operated in afterglow mode. In the framework of the LHC Injector Upgrade program (LIU), several activities have been carried out to improve the GTS-LHC and Linac3 performance, in terms of delivered beam current. The extraction region of the GTS-LHC has been upgraded with redesigned apertures and the addition of an einzel lens, yielding improved Linac3 output. Also, a series of measurements has been performed to study the effects of two-frequency heating on the performance of the GTS-LHC. A Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) with variable frequency and pulse pattern was utilized as a secondary microwave source. The two-frequency effect commonly reported with CW operation of ECR ion sources boosting high charge state ion production was also observed in afterglow mode. Lastly, for studies of metal ion beam production, a dedicated test stand has been assembled to characterize the GTS-LHC resistively heated miniature oven performance.
PB - JACoW
CP - Geneva, Switzerland
SP - 50
EP - 54
KW - ion
KW - ion-source
KW - operation
KW - linac
KW - ECR
DA - 2016/10
PY - 2016
SN - 978-3-95450-186-1
DO - 10.18429/JACoW-ECRIS2016-WEAO01
UR - http://jacow.org/ecris2016/papers/weao01.pdf
ER -