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MOPOST014 The 325 MHz FAIR pLinac Ladder RFQ - Final Assembly for Commissioning linac, proton, coupling, vacuum 82
 
  • M. Schuett, U. Ratzinger
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • C.M. Kleffner, K. Knie
    GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
 
  Based on the positive results of the unmodulated 325 MHz Ladder-RFQ prototype from 2013 to 2016, we developed and designed a modulated 3.4 m Ladder-RFQ*. The Ladder-RFQ features a very constant voltage along the axis as well as low dipole modes. The unmodulated prototype accepted 3 times the operating power of which is needed in operation** corresponding to a Kilpatrick factor of 3.1 with a pulse length of 200 µs. The 325 MHz RFQ is designed to accelerate protons from 95 keV to 3.0 MeV according to the design parameters of the proton linac within the FAIR project***. This particular high frequency for a 4-ROD-RFQ creates difficulties, which triggered the development of a Ladder-RFQ with its high symmetry. The results of the unmodulated prototype have shown, that the Ladder-RFQ is very well suited for that frequency. For the applied cooling concept, the Ladder-RFQ can be driven up to a duty factor of 10%. Manufacturing has been completed in September 2018. The final flatness & frequency tuning as well as the final assembly have been completed. We present the final RF measurements and assembly steps getting the Ladder-RFQ ready for shipment and high power RF test prior to assembly.
*Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 874 (2017) 012048
**Proceedings of LINAC2016, East Lansing, TUPLR053
***Proceedings of LINAC20118, pp.787-789
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-MOPOST014  
About • Received ※ 12 June 2022 — Revised ※ 14 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 15 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 05 July 2022
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MOPOST016 Proton Linac Design for the High Brilliance Neutron Source HBS cavity, linac, neutron, proton 90
 
  • M. Schwarz, M. Droba, K. Kümpel, S. Lamprecht, O. Meusel, N.F. Petry, H. Podlech
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • J. Baggemann, Th. Brückel, T. Gutberlet, E. Mauerhofer, U. Rücker, A. Schwab, P. Zakalek
    JCNS, Jülich, Germany
  • J. Li
    IEK, Jülich, Germany
  • C. Zhang
    GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
 
  Due to the decommissioning of several reactors, only about half of the neutrons will be available for research in Europe in the next decade despite the commissioning of the ESS. High-Current Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources (HiCANS) could fill this gap. The High Brilliance Neutron Source (HBS) currently under development at Forschungszentrum Jülich is scalable in terms of beam energy and power due to its modular design. The driver linac will accelerate a 100 mA proton beam to 70 MeV. The linac is operated with a beam duty cycle of up to 13.6 % (15.3 % RF duty cycle) and can simultaneously deliver three pulse lengths (208 µs, 833 µs and 2 ms) for three neutron target stations. In order to minimize the development effort and the technological risk, state-of-the-art technology of the MYRRHA injector is used. The HBS linac consists of a front end (ECR source, LEBT, 2.5 MeV double RFQ) and a CH-DTL section with 44 room temperature CH-cavities. All RF structures are operated at 176.1 MHz and are designed for high duty cycle. Solid-state amplifiers up to 500 kW are used as RF drivers. Due to the beam current and the high average beam power of up to 952 kW, particular attention is paid to beam dynamics. In order to minimize beam losses, a quasi-periodic lattice with constant negative phase is used. This paper describes the conceptual design and the challenges of a modern high-power and high-current proton accelerator with high reliability and availability.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-MOPOST016  
About • Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Revised ※ 09 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 11 July 2022
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MOPOST022 Upgrade of the Radio Frequency Quadrupole of the ReAccelerator at NSCL/FRIB operation, vacuum, MMI, RF-structure 104
 
  • A.S. Plastun, J. Brandon, A.I. Henriques, S.H. Kim, D.G. Morris, S. Nash, P.N. Ostroumov, A.C.C. Villari, Q. Zhao, S. Zhao
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • D.B. Crisp, D.P. Sanderson
    NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant PHY15-65546
The ReA-RFQ is a four-rod room-temperature structure aimed to be the first step acceleration of rare isotopes as well as stable beams before injection into the ReA SRF linac. The beams of charge to mass ratios of 1/5 to 1/2 from the Electron Beam Ion Trap at 12 keV/u should be accelerated to at least 500 keV/u to be efficiently accelerated in the main SRF linac. Since the commissioning of the original ReA RFQ in 2010 the design voltage has never been reached, and CW operation was never achieved due to cooling issues. In 2016 a new design including trapezoidal modulation was proposed, which permitted achieving increased reliability, and would allow reaching the original required specifications. The proposed new rods were built and installed in 2019 and commissioned in the same year. Since then, the RFQ has been working very successfully. Recently it was opened for inspection and verification of its internal status. No damage and discoloration were observed. This contribution will describe the RFQ rebuild process, involving specific RF protections and other technical aspects related to the assembly of the structure. Results of the operation with a variety of beams will be presented.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-MOPOST022  
About • Received ※ 07 June 2022 — Revised ※ 09 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 11 July 2022
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MOPOPT005 Bunch Measurements with BPM at Low Energy Hadron Accelerators linac, simulation, diagnostics, electron 237
 
  • S.M. Ben Abdillah
    Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
  • S. Boussa, A. Gatera, F. Pompon
    SCK•CEN, Mol, Belgium
 
  Beam Position Monitors (BPM) are one of the key diagnostics use in LINACs, BPMs should ensure a continuous monitoring of the beam position and energy. BPMs also give an indication of the beam transverse shape. For electron LINACs, beam longitudinal length is measured with BPMs. However, in hadron LINACs, it is performed with intrusive modules (wire scanners, beam shape monitors) This document relates the measurement of beam longitudinal length with BPMs. It is divided in two parts: first, a theoretical model of the BPM operation and the formulas driving the measurement of beam longitudinal length from BPM output signals. Second, an experimental study run at MYRRHA LINAC facility and showing good agreement between estimated values of beam longitudinal length from Tracewin simulations and BPM measurements.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-MOPOPT005  
About • Received ※ 12 June 2022 — Revised ※ 12 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 22 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 27 June 2022
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TUOXSP3 Evaluation of Geometrical Precision and Surface Roughness Quality for the Additively Manufactured Radio Frequency Quadrupole Prototype laser, operation, radio-frequency, radio-frequency-quadrupole 787
 
  • T. Torims, D. Krogere, G. Pikurs, A. Ratkus
    Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
  • A. Cherif, M. Vretenar
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  • N. Delerue
    Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
  • M. Foppa Pedretti, M. Pozzi
    Rösler Italiana s.r.l., Concorezzo, Italy
  • S. Gruber, E. Lopez
    Fraunhofer IWS, Dresden, Germany
  • T. Otto
    TalTech, Tallinn, Estonia
  • M. Thielmann, P. Wagenblast
    TRUMPF, Ditzingen, Germany
  • M. Vedani
    POLIMI, Milano, Italy
 
  A multidisciplinary collaboration within the I.FAST project teamed-up to develop additive manufacturing (AM) technology solutions for accelerators. The first prototype of an AM pure-copper radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) has been produced, corresponding to 1/4 of a 4-vane RFQ*. It was optimised for production with state-of-the-art laser powder bed fusion technology. Geometrical precision and roughness of the critical surfaces were measured. Alt-hough the obtained values were beyond standard RFQ specifications, these first results are promising and con-firmed the feasibility of AM manufactured complex cop-per accelerator cavities. Therefore, further post-processing trials have been conducted with the sample RFQ to im-prove surface roughness. Algorithms for the AM techno-logical processes have also been improved, allowing for higher geometrical precision. This resulted in the design of a full 4-vane RFQ prototype. At the time of the paper submission the full-size RFQ is being manufactured and will undergo through the stringent surface quality meas-urements. This paper is discussing novel technological developments, is providing an evaluation of the obtained surface roughness and geometrical precision as well as outlining the potential post-processing scenarios along with future tests plans.
* Torims T, et al. First Proof-of-Concept Prototype of an Additive Manufactured Radio Frequency Quadrupole. Instruments. 2021; 5(4):35. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments5040035
 
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About • Received ※ 20 May 2022 — Revised ※ 11 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 12 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 10 July 2022
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TUOZGD1 Need for Portable Accelerators in Cultural Heritage proton, site, linac, radio-frequency-quadrupole 808
 
  • T.K. Charles
    The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • R.M. Bodenstein, A. Castilla
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
 
  Ion Beam Accelerators (IBA) centres have provided researchers with powerful techniques to analyse objects of cultural significance in a non-destructive and non-invasive manner. However, in some cases it is not feasible to remove an object from the field or museum and transport it to the laboratory. In this contributed talk, we present as a manner of a short review, examples of the benefits provided from these techniques in the study of material culture and discuss the initial steps to consider when investigating the feasibility of a compact accelerator that can be taken to sites of cultural significance for PIXE analysis. In particular, we consider the application of a compact, robust 2 MeV proton accelerator that can be taken into the field to perform PIXE measurements on rock art. We detail the main challenges and considerations for such a device.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUOZGD1  
About • Received ※ 09 June 2022 — Revised ※ 13 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 15 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 09 July 2022
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TUPOST053 Beam Tuning at the FRIB Front End Using Machine Learning simulation, operation, controls, status 983
 
  • K. Hwang, K. Fukushima, T. Maruta, S. Nash, P.N. Ostroumov, A.S. Plastun, T. Zhang, Q. Zhao
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University produced and identified the first rare isotopes demonstrating the key performance parameter and completion of the project. An important next step toward FRIB user operation includes fast tuning of the Front End (FE) decision parameters to maintain optimal beam optics. The FE consists of the ion source, charge selection system, LEBT, RFQ, and MEBT. The strong coupling of many ion source parameters, strong space-charge effects in multi-component ion beams, and a not well-known neutralization factor in the beamline from the ion source to the charge selection system make the FE modeling difficult. In this paper, we present our first effort toward the Machine Learning (ML) application for automatic control of the beam exiting the FE.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOST053  
About • Received ※ 09 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 26 June 2022  
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TUPOTK003 High Power RF Conditioning of the ESS RFQ cavity, vacuum, operation, interlocks 1189
 
  • O. Piquet, A.C. Chauveau, P. Hamel
    CEA-IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • M. Baudrier, M.J. Desmons
    CEA-DRF-IRFU, France
  • B. Jones, D. Noll, A.G. Sosa, E. Trachanas, R. Zeng
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
 
  The 352.21 MHz Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) for the European Spallation Source ERIC (ESS) has been delivered by the end of 2019 by CEA/IRFU. The RFQ is designed to accelerate a 70 mA proton beam from 75 keV up to 3.62 MeV. It consists of a 4-vane resonant cavity with a total length of 4.6 m. Two coaxial power loop couplers feed the RFQ with the 1.4 MW of RF power required for beam operation. This paper first presents the main systems required for the RFQ conditioning. Then it summarizes the main steps and results of this high power RF conditioning completed at ESS from June 9 to July 29, 2021 in order to achieve the nominal field for a pulse length of 3.2ms at the repetition rate of 14Hz.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOTK003  
About • Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Revised ※ 09 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 17 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 09 July 2022
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TUPOTK030 X-Rays Energy Measurements During the RFQ Conditioning at the European Spallation Source detector, electron, ion-source, background 1275
 
  • E. Laface, C.G. Maiano, R. Zeng
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  • O. Piquet
    CEA-DRF-IRFU, France
 
  The Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) was conditioned at the European Spallation Source during spring 2021. We used part of the conditioning time to estimate the accelerating potential within the RFQ analyzing the x-rays bremsstrahlung radiation emitted by the electrons released and accelerated in the RFQ. The results of these measurements are in good agreement with the theoretical prediction.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOTK030  
About • Received ※ 16 May 2022 — Revised ※ 13 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 14 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 27 June 2022
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TUPOMS038 RFQ NEWGAIN: RF and Thermomechanical Design cavity, linac, proton, insertion 1510
 
  • P. Hamel, N. Sellami
    CEA-IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • M.J. Desmons, O. Piquet, B. Prevet
    CEA-DRF-IRFU, France
 
  Funding: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
A new injector called NEWGAIN will be added to the SPIRAL2 Linear Accelerator (LINAC), in parallel with the existing one. It will be mainly composed of an ion source and a Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) connected to the superconductive LINAC of SPIRAL2. The new RFQ will accelerate at 88.05 MHz particles with charge-over-mass ratio (Q/A) between 1/3 and 1/7, from 10 keV/u up to 590 keV/u. It consists of a 4-vane resonant cavity with a total length of 7 m. It is a CW machine that has to show stable operation, provide the request availability, have the minimum losses in order to provide the highest current to the superconductive LINAC and show the best quality/cost ratio. This paper will present the preliminary RF design and the thermomechanical study for this RFQ.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOMS038  
About • Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Revised ※ 10 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 13 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 27 June 2022
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TUPOMS043 High Power Tests of a New 4-Rod RFQ with Focus on its Mechanical Vibrations simulation, laser, experiment, operation 1523
 
  • S.R. Wagner, D. Koser, K. Kümpel, H. Podlech
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • K.B. Bahrke-Rein
    TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
  • M. Basten
    GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
  • M. Basten
    HIM, Mainz, Germany
  • H. Podlech
    HFHF, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 
  Because of strong mechanical vibrations of the electrodes and its sensitivity to changes of thermal load, the operational stability of the existing 4-rod RFQ at the High Charge State Injector (HLI) at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, could not be ensured for all planned operating states. To resolve this issue and ensure stable injection into the HLI, a new RFQ-prototype, optimized in terms of vibration suppression and cooling efficiency, was designed at the Institute of Applied Physics (IAP) of Goethe University Frankfurt. To test the performance of this prototype and demonstrate the operational stability in terms of mechanical vibration as well as thermal load, high power tests with more than 25’kW/m were performed at GSI. After initial conditioning, detailed vibrational measurements during high power RF operation using a laser Doppler vibrometer were performed, which were then compared to previously conducted simulations using ANSYS. Ultimately, the ability for stable operation up to high power levels with an efficient vibration suppression and moderate heating have clearly been demonstrated.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOMS043  
About • Received ※ 07 June 2022 — Revised ※ 13 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 15 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 18 June 2022
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TUPOMS045 Design Validation of High Current Injector Facility at IUAC DELHI cavity, DTL, acceleration, diagnostics 1530
 
  • R.V. Hariwal, R. Ahuja, P. Barua, R.K. Gurjar, S. Kedia, A. Kothari, A. Kumar, M. Kumar, P. Kumar, R. Kumar, R. Kumar, S. Kumar, S. Kumar, P.S. Lakshmy, K. Mal, A.J. Malyadri, Y.M. Mathur, R. Mehta, DK. Munda, U.G. Naik, C. Pal, U.K. Rao, G.O. Rodrigues, C.P. Safvan, A. Sarkar, V.V.V. Satyanarayana, K. Singh, P. Singh, S.K. Sonti, S.K. Suman, T. Varughese, S.R. Venkataramanan, J. Zacharias
    IUAC, New Delhi, India
 
  High Current Injector (HCI) is an upcoming heavy ion accelerator facility at Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi, INDIA and it will serve as an alternate injector to the existing Superconducting Linear Accelerator. HCI is designed to achieve the maximum energy gain of 1.8 MeV/u for the ions, including the Noble gasses and metallic ions, having A/q less than equal to 6. It consists of an 18 GHz High Temperature Superconducting Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source, Multi-harmonic Buncher, Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ), Spiral Buncher and six interdigital H-mode Drift Tube Linac (IH-DTL) cavities operating at 97 MHz resonant frequency. The RFQ accelerates the ions from 8 keV/u to 180 keV/u energy and the six DTL cavities are used to achieve the maximum energy gain of 1.8 MeV/u. Recently, the bunched beam of N5+ was successfully accelerated through RFQ and six IH-DTL cavities and we achieved the designed energy, which is an important milestone of this project. These results validate the design parameters of all RF cavities, accelerating to achieve the designed energy goal of 1.8 MeV/u. Here, present status and future plans of the project shall be presented.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOMS045  
About • Received ※ 12 June 2022 — Revised ※ 17 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 30 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 05 July 2022
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WEPOTK001 Status of the Normal Conducting Linac at the European Spallation Source DTL, MMI, LEBT, MEBT 2019
 
  • D.C. Plostinar, C. Amstutz, S. Armanet, R.A. Baron, E.C. Bergman, A.K. Bhattacharyya, B.E. Bolling, W. Borg, S. Calic, M. Carroll, J. Cereijo García, J. Christensson, J.D. Christie, H. Danared, C.S. Derrez, E.M. Donegani, S. Ekström, M. Eriksson, M. Eshraqi, J.F. Esteban Müller, K. Falkland, M.J. Ferreira, A. Forsat, S. Gabourin, A.A. Gorzawski, V. Grishin, P.O. Gustavsson, S. Haghtalab, V.A. Harahap, H. Hassanzadegan, W. Hees, J.J. Jamróz, A. Jansson, M. Jensen, B. Jones, M. Kalafatic, I. Kittelmann, H. Kocevar, S. Kövecses de Carvalho, E. Laface, B. Lagoguez, Y. Levinsen, M. Lindroos, A. Lundmark, M. Mansouri, C. Marrelli, C.A. Martins, J.P.S. Martins, S. Micic, N. Milas, R. Miyamoto, M. Mohammednezhad, R. Montaño, M. Muñoz, G. Mörk, D.J.P. Nicosia, B. Nilsson, D. Noll, A. Nordt, T. Olsson, L. Page, D. Paulic, S. Pavinato, S. Payandeh Azad, A. Petrushenko, J. Riegert, A. Rizzo, K.E. Rosengren, K. Rosquist, M. Serluca, T.J. Shea, A. Simelio, S. Slettebak, A.G. Sosa, H. Spoelstra, A.M. Svensson, L. Svensson, R. Tarkeshian, L. Tchelidze, C.A. Thomas, E. Trachanas, K. Vestin, R. Zeng, P.L. van Velze, N. Öst
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  • L. Antoniazzi, C. Baltador, L. Bellan, M. Comunian, E. Fagotti, L. Ferrari, M.G. Giacchini, F. Grespan, M. Montis, A. Palmieri, A. Pisent, D. Scarpa
    INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
  • T. Bencivenga, P. Mereu, C. Mingioni, M. Nenni, E. Nicoletti
    INFN-Torino, Torino, Italy
  • I. Bustinduy, A. Conde, D. Fernández-Cañoto, N. Garmendia, P.J. González, G. Harper, A. Kaftoosian, J. Martin, I. Mazkiaran, J.L. Muñoz, A.R. Páramo, S. Varnasseri, A.Z. Zugazaga
    ESS Bilbao, Zamudio, Spain
  • A.C. Chauveau, P. Hamel, O. Piquet
    CEA-IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • L. Neri
    INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy
 
  The construction of the ESS accelerator is in full swing. Many key components have been delivered from our in-kind partners and installation, testing and commissioning is making remarkable progress. The first machine section to be commissioned with beam is the Normal Conducting Linac (NCL). When completed, a 14 Hz, 2.86 ms proton beam up to 62.5 mA will be transported from the Ion Source, through the Low Energy Beam Transport (LEBT) line, the Radiofrequency Quadrupole (RFQ), the Medium Energy Beam Transport (MEBT) line and the five Drift Tube Linac (DTL) tanks up to 90 MeV where it will be injected in the first superconducting module of the machine. This paper will highlight recent progress across the NCL, present briefly the first commissioning results and discuss the upcoming phases as well as challenges in delivering a machine capable of meeting the requirements for a next generation spallation neutron facility.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-WEPOTK001  
About • Received ※ 13 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 15 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 02 July 2022  
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WEPOMS016 On the (Apparent) Paradox between Space-Charge Forces and Space-Charge Effects space-charge, emittance, focusing, linac 2268
 
  • P.A.P. Nghiem
    CEA-IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
 
  With the advent of high-intensity linacs, space charge forces are now well known as a major issue causing undesirable effects on particle beam qualities like emittance growth or sudden losses. They should be stronger when there are more particles or when the latter are contained in a smaller volume. But a detailed examination of the beam along an accelerator show that space charge effects are weaker where the beam size is smaller. This article clarifies this paradox and revisits the recommendations on beam sizes in view of mitigating space charge effects.  
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About • Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Revised ※ 12 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 13 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 16 June 2022
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WEPOMS049 ESS RFQ Electromagnetic Simulations Using CST Studio Suite simulation, cavity, radio-frequency-quadrupole, radio-frequency 2365
 
  • E. Trachanas, A. Bignami, N. Gazis, B. Jones, R. Zeng
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  • G. Fikioris, E.N. Gazis, A. Kladas
    National Technical University of Athens, Zografou, Greece
  • P. Hamel, O. Piquet
    CEA-IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
 
  The Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) of the European Spallation Source (ESS), operates at 352.21 MHz with an RF pulse length of 3.2 ms and repetition rate of 14 Hz. The RFQ focuses, bunches and accelerates the 62.5 mA proton beam from 75 keV up to 3.6 MeV. In an effort to study and compare the results from 3D electromagnetic codes, different models of the RFQ were simulated with CST Studio suite. This paper presents the selection of optimal parameters for simulation of the RFQ cavity voltage and comparison of the results with the RFQ design code Toutatis.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-WEPOMS049  
About • Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Revised ※ 09 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 15 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 17 June 2022
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THOXGD3 Commissioning Status of the RAON Superconducting Accelerator cryomodule, MMI, linac, quadrupole 2399
 
  • H.J. Kim, Y.J. Choi, Y.S. Chung, J. Heo, I.S. Hong, J.-H. Jang, D. Jeon, H. Jin, G.D. Kim, Y.H. Kim, J.W. Kwon, S. Lee, B.-S. Park, M.J. Park, C.W. Son
    IBS, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
  • D.M. Kim
    KUS, Sejong, Republic of Korea
  • E.H. Lim
    Korea University Sejong Campus, Sejong, Republic of Korea
  • S.H. Moon
    UNIST, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
 
  The Rare isotope Accelerator Complex for ON-line experiments (RAON) has been proposed as a multi-purpose accelerator facility for providing beams of exotic rare isotopes of various energies. It can deliver ions from hydrogen (proton) to uranium. Protons and uranium ions are accelerated up to 600 MeV and 200 MeV/u respectively. It can provide various rare isotope beams which are produced by isotope separator on-line system. The RAON injector was successfully commissioned in 2021 to study the initial beam parameters from the main technical systems, such as the ECR ion source and RFQ, and to find the optimized LEBT and MEBT setpoints and matching conditions. In this paper, we present the current commissioning status of the RAON injector in preparation for the upcoming SCL3 beam commissioning.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-THOXGD3  
About • Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Revised ※ 12 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 14 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 15 June 2022
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THPOTK003 Optimization of Mass Resolution Parameters Combined with Ion Cooler Performance emittance, ion-source, simulation, experiment 2770
 
  • M. Cavenago, C. Baltador, L. Bellan, M. Comunian, E. Fagotti, A. Galatà, M. Maggiore, A. Pisent, C.R. Roncolato, M. Rossignoli, A. Ruzzon
    INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
  • G. Maero, M. Romé
    Universita’ degli Studi di Milano e INFN, Milano, Italy
  • V. Variale
    INFN-Bari, Bari, Italy
 
  High mass resolution spectrometers (HRMS) for separation of exotic ion species in nuclear physics experiment request a low emittance and small energy spread (with D E the peak-to-peak value, and sE the rms value) of the input beam, so that ion cooler devices, as a Radio Frequency Quadrupole Coolers (RFQC), are typically envisioned. The SPES (Selective Production of Exotic Species) project at LNL requests M/(D M) about 20000, rms normalized emittance in the order of 2 nm, and for 160 keV ions, spread sE about 1 eV. Typical limits of RFQC[*] and HRMS[**] performances are discussed, and relevant formulas are implemented in easy reference tools. The necessary collisional data are reviewed, in particular for Cs+ against He gas, whose pressure ranges from 2 to 9 Pa; status of Milan test bench is briefly updated. Practical consideration on gas pumping, voltage stability and magnet design are also included.
[*] Cavenago et al. Optimization of ion transport in a combined RFQ Cooler …, in ICIS 2021 (in press)
[**] M. Comunian et al. p. 3252 in proceedings IPAC2018 doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-THPAK021
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-THPOTK003  
About • Received ※ 06 June 2022 — Revised ※ 13 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 01 July 2022
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THPOTK026 Development and Test of a Program for Automatic Conditioning of Room Temperature Cavities cavity, experiment, interface, software 2823
 
  • K. Kümpel, M. Märcz, H. Podlech, A. Rüffer, C. Wagner, S.R. Wagner
    IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • H. Podlech
    HFHF, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 
  The conditioning of room temperature cavities is a time-consuming process that can take several weeks and requires the supervision of experienced experimenters. To simplify this process for future cavities, a program is currently being developed at the IAP Frankfurt that will simplify the experimenter’s work and eventually take it over completely. This paper describes the basic setup of the program so far, as well as the tests performed on different cavities so far. In addition, an outlook for the next development steps and their application is given.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-THPOTK026  
About • Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Revised ※ 13 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 15 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 16 June 2022
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THPOTK057 ESS RFQ Experimental Modal Analysis experiment, damping, software, cavity 2907
 
  • E. Trachanas, A. Bignami, N. Gazis, B. Jones
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
 
  The European Spallation Source-ESS, which is currently under construction and commissioning at Lund, Sweden is a neutron source that consists of a 2 GeV linear accelerator (LINAC) accelerating a proton beam to a solid Tungsten (W) target. The proton beam is produced by the Ion Source (ISRC) and transported through the Low Energy Beam Transport (LEBT) to the Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) that will then focus, bunch and accelerate it to 3.6 MeV. The RFQ beam commissioning started in October 2021, following the RF conditioning phase in summer 2021. This current work presents an experimental modal analysis performed on RFQ including the comparative analysis with the modal finite element simulation using the ANSYS software suite. Measurements were performed using accelerometer sensors connected to a data acquisition system excited with an impact hammer. Geophones were used in parallel to the modal measurements in order to monitor the seismic background of the accelerator tunnel. Acquired data were post-processed and analysed with dedicated software, juxtaposed with simulated results in order to determine the resonance frequencies, structural deformation patterns (mode shapes) and error margin between experimental and simulated results.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-THPOTK057  
About • Received ※ 07 June 2022 — Revised ※ 11 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 17 June 2022
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THPOMS022 Production of Radioisotopes for Cancer Imaging and Treatment with Compact Linear Accelerators linac, target, proton, cyclotron 2996
 
  • M. Vretenar, A. Mamaras
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  • G. Bisoffi
    INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
  • P. Foka
    GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
 
  Accelerator-produced radioisotopes are widely used in modern medicine, for imaging, for cancer therapy, and for combinations of therapy and diagnostics. Clinical trials are well advanced for several radioisotope-based treatments that might open the way to a strong request of specific accelerator systems dedicated to radioisotope production. While cyclotrons are the standard tool in this domain, we explore here alternative options using linear accelerators. Compared to cyclotrons, linacs have the advantage of modularity, compactness, and reduced beam loss with lower shielding requirements. Although in general more expensive than cyclotrons, linacs are competitive in cost for production of low-energy proton beams, or of intense beams of heavier particles. After a review of radioisotopes of potential interest, in particular those produced with low-energy protons or helium, this paper presents two linac-based isotope production systems. The first is a compact RFQ-based system for PET isotopes, and the second is an alpha-particle linac for production of alpha-emitters. The accelerator systems are described, together with calculations of production yields for different targets.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-THPOMS022  
About • Received ※ 20 May 2022 — Revised ※ 15 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 17 June 2022
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