Author: Heilmann, M.
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MOPC006 A Coupled RFQ-IH Combination for the Neutron Source FRANZ 74
 
  • M. Heilmann, O. Meusel, D. Mäder, U. Ratzinger, A. Schempp
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 
  Funding: HIC for FAIR
The Frankfurt Neutron Source at the Stern-Gerlach-Zentrum is driven by a 2 MeV proton linac consisting of a 4-rod-radio-frequency-quadrupol (RFQ) and an 8 gap IH-DTL structure. RFQ and IH cavity will be powered by only one radio frequency (RF) amplifier to reduce costs. The RF-amplifier of the RFQ-IH combination is coupled into the RFQ. Internal inductive coupling along the axis connects the RFQ with the IH cavity ensuring the required power transition as well as a fixed phase relation between the two structures. The main acceleration of 120 keV up to 2.03 MeV will be reached by the RFQ-IH combination with 175 MHz and at a total length of 2.3 m. The losses in the RFQ-IH combination are about 200 kW.
 
 
WEPS040 The Driver Linac of the Neutron Source FRANZ 2577
 
  • U. Ratzinger, B. Basten, L.P. Chau, H. Dinter, M. Droba, M. Heilmann, M. Lotz, O. Meusel, I. Müller, D. Mäder, Y.C. Nie, D. Noll, H. Podlech, A. Schempp, W. Schweizer, K. Volk, C. Wiesner, C. Zhang
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 
  FRANZ is under construction at the Goethe University Frankfurt. A 2MeV ± 100 keV proton beam will produce 1 keV to 200 keV neutrons on a Li7 target. Experiments are planned in the field of nuclear astrophysics as well as in applied physics. A dc operated proton source with a maximum beam current of 200 mA was successfully beam tested end of 2010. FRANZ will have two experimental areas: One for activation experiments with cw proton beams of a few mA generating a usable neutron flux of some 10 billion per square cm per second, the other one for 250 kHz, 1 ns short neutron bunches generated by 1 ns proton pulses of a few Ampere beam current. A special 2 MeV, 175 MHz high current cavity is realized at present as a RFQ-DTL combination. Novel techniques have been invented to reach the needed pulsed target beam current by a bunch compressor system.
Work supported by HICforFAIR and GSI.