IPAC2011 - List of Authors (Paoluzzi, M.M.)

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A Fast 650V Chopper Driver

1777

M.M. Paoluzzi
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

In the framework of Linac4 and the Superconducting Proton Linac (SPL) studies at CERN, the design for a beam chopper has been carried out. The chopper is basically a kicker that deviates part of the beam towards a dump. It is made of two 50 Ω, slow wave lines facing each other, matching the beam velocity and driven with a minimum of 500 V. Due to the bunch spacing of 2.84 ns, a system rise and fall time (3 %-90 %) below 2.5 ns is required with pulse lengths ranging from 8 ns to hundreds of μs. Although different solutions for the driver amplifier where devised in the past, none of the achievements was entirely satisfactory. This paper describes a new design and prototype that meets all the required specifications.

WEPS006

CNAO RF System: Hardware Description.

2493

L. Falbo, G. Burato
CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy
M.M. Paoluzzi, G. Primadei
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

CNAO is the Italian National Center of Oncological Hadrontherapy in Pavia. Proton beams are accelerated in the synchrotron and extracted in the energy range 60 to 250 MeV/u and carbon ion beams in the energy range 120 to 400 MeV/u. Trapping at the injection energy of 7 MeV/u and acceleration up to the extraction energy are done by an RF cavity which covers the needed wide range of frequency (0.4 to 3 MHz) and voltage (25 V to 5 kV) thanks to the use of a Vitrovac amorphous alloy. RF Gymnastics, including phase jumps to increase the momentum spread and empty bucket channelling, is requested and has been performed. A description of the hardware characteristics of the CNAO RF system and of its performance in terms of dynamic and static behaviour are reported in this paper.

WEPS023

A Possible RF System for CERN RCS

2532

M.M. Paoluzzi
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

As part of the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) program at CERN the possibility of replacing the PSB with a new Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS) is considered. The requirements in terms of accelerating voltage (60 kV), frequency range (1.7 MHz – 9.5 MHz) and available space (4 m) make the RF system development quite challenging. The improved loss characteristics of the new FINEMET® type (FT3L) combined with a filter-like topology, allows achieving all the requirements. This paper describes the design of such a RF system.

TUOAA03

The Linac4 Project at CERN

900

M. Vretenar, L. Arnaudon, P. Baudrenghien, C. Bertone, Y. Body, J.C. Broere, O. Brunner, M.C.L. Buzio, C. Carli, F. Caspers, J.-P. Corso, J. Coupard, A. Dallocchio, N. Dos Santos, R. Garoby, F. Gerigk, L. Hammouti, K. Hanke, M.A. Jones, I. Kozsar, J.-B. Lallement, J. Lettry, A.M. Lombardi, L.A. Lopez Hernandez, C. Maglioni, S.J. Mathot, S. Maury, B. Mikulec, D. Nisbet, C. Noels, M.M. Paoluzzi, B. Puccio, U. Raich, S. Ramberger, C. Rossi, N. Schwerg, R. Scrivens, G. Vandoni, J. Vollaire, S. Weisz, Th. Zickler
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

As the first step of a long-term programme aiming at an increase in the LHC luminosity, CERN is building a new 160 MeV H⁻ linear accelerator, Linac4, to replace the ageing 50 MeV Linac2 as injector to the Proton-Synchrotron Booster (PSB). Linac4 is an 86-m long normal-conducting linac made of an H⁻ source, a Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ), a chopping line and a sequence of three accelerating structures: a Drift-Tube Linac (DTL), a Cell-Coupled DTL (CCDTL) and a Pi-Mode Structure (PIMS). The civil engineering has been recently completed, and construction of the main accelerator components has started with the support of a network of international collaborations. The low-energy section up to 3 MeV including a 3-m long 352 MHz RFQ entirely built at CERN is in the final construction phase and is being installed on a dedicated test stand. The present schedule foresees beam commissioning of the accelerator in the new tunnel in 2013/14; the moment of connection of the new linac to the CERN accelerator chain will depend on the LHC schedule for long shut-downs.

Slides TUOAA03 [10.347 MB]

WEPS019

Study of a Rapid Cycling Synchrotron to Replace the CERN PS Booster

2523

K. Hanke, O. Aberle, M. E. Angoletta, B. Balhan, W. Bartmann, M. Benedikt, J. Borburgh, D. Bozzini, C. Carli, P. Dahlen, T. Dobers, M. Fitterer, R. Garoby, S.S. Gilardoni, B. Goddard, J. Hansen, T. Hermanns, M. Hourican, S. Jensen, A. Kosmicki, L.A. Lopez Hernandez, M. Meddahi, B. Mikulec, A. Newborough, M. Nonis, S. Olek, M.M. Paoluzzi, S. Pittet, B. Puccio, V. Raginel, I. Ruehl, H.O. Schönauer, L. Sermeus, R.R. Steerenberg, J. Tan, J. Tückmantel, M. Vretenar, M. Widorski
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

CERN’s proton injector chain is undergoing a massive consolidation and upgrade program in order to deliver beams meeting the needs of the LHC Luminosity Upgrade. As an alternative to the upgrade of the existing Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB), the construction of a Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS) has been studied. This machine would replace the PSB and deliver beams to the LHC as well as to CERN’s rich fixed-target physics program. This paper summarizes the outcome of the feasibility study along with a tentative RCS design.

WEPS020

Study of an Energy Upgrade of the CERN PS Booster

2526

K. Hanke, O. Aberle, M. E. Angoletta, W. Bartmann, S. Bartolome, C. Bertone, A. Blas, J. Borburgh, D. Bozzini, A.C. Butterworth, C. Carli, P. Dahlen, T. Dobers, A. Findlay, R. Folch, N. Gilbert, J. Hansen, T. Hermanns, S. Jensen, P. Le Roux, L.A. Lopez Hernandez, E. Mahner, A. Masi, B. Mikulec, Y. Muttoni, A. Newborough, D. Nisbet, M. Nonis, S. Olek, M.M. Paoluzzi, S. Pittet, B. Puccio, V. Raginel, I. Ruehl, J. Tan, B. Todd, W.J.M. Weterings, M. Widorski
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

CERN’s LHC injector chain will have to deliver beams with ultimate brilliance as the LHC is heading for increased luminosity in the coming years. In order to overcome bottlenecks in the injector chain, an increase of the beam transfer energy from the CERN Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) to the Proton Synchrotron (PS) has been investigated as a possible upgrade scenario. This paper gives an overview of the technical solutions and summarizes the conclusions of the feasibility study.

THPS025

Overview of the Status and Developments on Primary Ion Sources at CERN

3472

R. Scrivens, M. Kronberger, D. Kuchler, J. Lettry, O. Midttun, M.M. Paoluzzi, H. Pereira, C. Schmitzer
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Funding: This project has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under the Grant Agreement no 212114.
CERN has 2 operational primary beam ion sources, that are presently used for the production of beam for LHC as well as several other facilities. Protons are produced by a duoplasmatron source, and ions from the GTS-LHC ECR ion source. In addition, new sources are required for a new 160MeV H⁻ Linac, and development has been made on a high power RF plasma generator which could serve for a future high power Linac. In this report, the present status will be given, along with operational statistics and experience for the operation sources, and the development programme reported for the future sources.

Paper	Title	Page
TUPS101	A Fast 650V Chopper Driver	1777
	M.M. Paoluzzi CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	In the framework of Linac4 and the Superconducting Proton Linac (SPL) studies at CERN, the design for a beam chopper has been carried out. The chopper is basically a kicker that deviates part of the beam towards a dump. It is made of two 50 Ω, slow wave lines facing each other, matching the beam velocity and driven with a minimum of 500 V. Due to the bunch spacing of 2.84 ns, a system rise and fall time (3 %-90 %) below 2.5 ns is required with pulse lengths ranging from 8 ns to hundreds of μs. Although different solutions for the driver amplifier where devised in the past, none of the achievements was entirely satisfactory. This paper describes a new design and prototype that meets all the required specifications.

WEPS006	CNAO RF System: Hardware Description.	2493
	L. Falbo, G. Burato CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy M.M. Paoluzzi, G. Primadei CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	CNAO is the Italian National Center of Oncological Hadrontherapy in Pavia. Proton beams are accelerated in the synchrotron and extracted in the energy range 60 to 250 MeV/u and carbon ion beams in the energy range 120 to 400 MeV/u. Trapping at the injection energy of 7 MeV/u and acceleration up to the extraction energy are done by an RF cavity which covers the needed wide range of frequency (0.4 to 3 MHz) and voltage (25 V to 5 kV) thanks to the use of a Vitrovac amorphous alloy. RF Gymnastics, including phase jumps to increase the momentum spread and empty bucket channelling, is requested and has been performed. A description of the hardware characteristics of the CNAO RF system and of its performance in terms of dynamic and static behaviour are reported in this paper.

WEPS023	A Possible RF System for CERN RCS	2532
	M.M. Paoluzzi CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	As part of the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) program at CERN the possibility of replacing the PSB with a new Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS) is considered. The requirements in terms of accelerating voltage (60 kV), frequency range (1.7 MHz – 9.5 MHz) and available space (4 m) make the RF system development quite challenging. The improved loss characteristics of the new FINEMET® type (FT3L) combined with a filter-like topology, allows achieving all the requirements. This paper describes the design of such a RF system.

TUOAA03	The Linac4 Project at CERN	900
	M. Vretenar, L. Arnaudon, P. Baudrenghien, C. Bertone, Y. Body, J.C. Broere, O. Brunner, M.C.L. Buzio, C. Carli, F. Caspers, J.-P. Corso, J. Coupard, A. Dallocchio, N. Dos Santos, R. Garoby, F. Gerigk, L. Hammouti, K. Hanke, M.A. Jones, I. Kozsar, J.-B. Lallement, J. Lettry, A.M. Lombardi, L.A. Lopez Hernandez, C. Maglioni, S.J. Mathot, S. Maury, B. Mikulec, D. Nisbet, C. Noels, M.M. Paoluzzi, B. Puccio, U. Raich, S. Ramberger, C. Rossi, N. Schwerg, R. Scrivens, G. Vandoni, J. Vollaire, S. Weisz, Th. Zickler CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	As the first step of a long-term programme aiming at an increase in the LHC luminosity, CERN is building a new 160 MeV H⁻ linear accelerator, Linac4, to replace the ageing 50 MeV Linac2 as injector to the Proton-Synchrotron Booster (PSB). Linac4 is an 86-m long normal-conducting linac made of an H⁻ source, a Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ), a chopping line and a sequence of three accelerating structures: a Drift-Tube Linac (DTL), a Cell-Coupled DTL (CCDTL) and a Pi-Mode Structure (PIMS). The civil engineering has been recently completed, and construction of the main accelerator components has started with the support of a network of international collaborations. The low-energy section up to 3 MeV including a 3-m long 352 MHz RFQ entirely built at CERN is in the final construction phase and is being installed on a dedicated test stand. The present schedule foresees beam commissioning of the accelerator in the new tunnel in 2013/14; the moment of connection of the new linac to the CERN accelerator chain will depend on the LHC schedule for long shut-downs.
	Slides TUOAA03 [10.347 MB]

WEPS019	Study of a Rapid Cycling Synchrotron to Replace the CERN PS Booster	2523
	K. Hanke, O. Aberle, M. E. Angoletta, B. Balhan, W. Bartmann, M. Benedikt, J. Borburgh, D. Bozzini, C. Carli, P. Dahlen, T. Dobers, M. Fitterer, R. Garoby, S.S. Gilardoni, B. Goddard, J. Hansen, T. Hermanns, M. Hourican, S. Jensen, A. Kosmicki, L.A. Lopez Hernandez, M. Meddahi, B. Mikulec, A. Newborough, M. Nonis, S. Olek, M.M. Paoluzzi, S. Pittet, B. Puccio, V. Raginel, I. Ruehl, H.O. Schönauer, L. Sermeus, R.R. Steerenberg, J. Tan, J. Tückmantel, M. Vretenar, M. Widorski CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	CERN’s proton injector chain is undergoing a massive consolidation and upgrade program in order to deliver beams meeting the needs of the LHC Luminosity Upgrade. As an alternative to the upgrade of the existing Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB), the construction of a Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS) has been studied. This machine would replace the PSB and deliver beams to the LHC as well as to CERN’s rich fixed-target physics program. This paper summarizes the outcome of the feasibility study along with a tentative RCS design.

WEPS020	Study of an Energy Upgrade of the CERN PS Booster	2526
	K. Hanke, O. Aberle, M. E. Angoletta, W. Bartmann, S. Bartolome, C. Bertone, A. Blas, J. Borburgh, D. Bozzini, A.C. Butterworth, C. Carli, P. Dahlen, T. Dobers, A. Findlay, R. Folch, N. Gilbert, J. Hansen, T. Hermanns, S. Jensen, P. Le Roux, L.A. Lopez Hernandez, E. Mahner, A. Masi, B. Mikulec, Y. Muttoni, A. Newborough, D. Nisbet, M. Nonis, S. Olek, M.M. Paoluzzi, S. Pittet, B. Puccio, V. Raginel, I. Ruehl, J. Tan, B. Todd, W.J.M. Weterings, M. Widorski CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	CERN’s LHC injector chain will have to deliver beams with ultimate brilliance as the LHC is heading for increased luminosity in the coming years. In order to overcome bottlenecks in the injector chain, an increase of the beam transfer energy from the CERN Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) to the Proton Synchrotron (PS) has been investigated as a possible upgrade scenario. This paper gives an overview of the technical solutions and summarizes the conclusions of the feasibility study.

THPS025	Overview of the Status and Developments on Primary Ion Sources at CERN	3472
	R. Scrivens, M. Kronberger, D. Kuchler, J. Lettry, O. Midttun, M.M. Paoluzzi, H. Pereira, C. Schmitzer CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	Funding: This project has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under the Grant Agreement no 212114. CERN has 2 operational primary beam ion sources, that are presently used for the production of beam for LHC as well as several other facilities. Protons are produced by a duoplasmatron source, and ions from the GTS-LHC ECR ion source. In addition, new sources are required for a new 160MeV H⁻ Linac, and development has been made on a high power RF plasma generator which could serve for a future high power Linac. In this report, the present status will be given, along with operational statistics and experience for the operation sources, and the development programme reported for the future sources.