LINAC2012 - List of Authors (Bellodi, G.)

Paper	Title	Page
THPB010	Progress in the Construction of Linac4 at CERN	864
	M. Vretenar, L. Arnaudon, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, C. Bertone, Y. Body, J.C. Broere, O. Brunner, M.C.L. Buzio, C. Carli, J.-P. Corso, J. Coupard, A. Dallocchio, N. Dos Santos, J.-F. Fuchs, A. Funken, R. Garoby, F. Gerigk, L. Hammouti, K. Hanke, J. Hansen, I. Kozsar, J.-B. Lallement, J. Lettry, A.M. Lombardi, L.A. Lopez Hernandez, C. Maglioni, S.J. Mathot, B. Mikulec, D. Nisbet, M.M. Paoluzzi, B. Puccio, U. Raich, S. Ramberger, F. Roncarolo, C. Rossi, N. Schwerg, R. Scrivens, G. Vandoni, J. Vollaire, R. Wegner, S. Weisz, Th. Zickler CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	As first step of the LHC luminosity upgrade program CERN is building a new 160 MeV H¯ linear accelerator, Linac4, to replace the ageing 50 MeV Linac2 as injector to the PS Booster (PSB). Linac4 is an 86-m long normal-conducting linac made of a 3 MeV injector followed by 22 accelerating cavities of three different types. The general service infrastructure has been installed in the new tunnel and surface building and its commissioning is progressing; high power RF equipment is being installed in the hall and installations in the tunnel will start soon. Construction of the accelerator parts is in full swing involving industry, the CERN workshops and a network of international collaborations. The injector section including a newly designed and built H¯ source, a 3-m long RFQ and a chopping line is being commissioned in a dedicated test stand. Beam commissioning of the linac will take place in steps of increasing energy between 2013 and 2014. From end of 2014 Linac4 could deliver 50 MeV protons in case of Linac2 failure, while 160 MeV H¯ could be injected into the PSB from end of 2015; the exact start of the LHC shut-down required for connection will be coordinated with its experiments.

THPB011	Linac4 45 keV Proton Beam Measurements	867
	G. Bellodi, V.A. Dimov, L.M. Hein, J.-B. Lallement, A.M. Lombardi, O. Midttun, R. Scrivens CERN, Geneva, Switzerland P.A. Posocco Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
	Linac4 is a 160 MeV normal-conducting H⁻ linear accelerator, which will replace the 50 MeV proton Linac (Linac2) as injector for the CERN proton complex. Commissioning of the low energy part - H⁻ source, a 45 keV Low Energy Beam Transport line (LEBT), a 3 MeV RFQ and a Medium Energy Beam Transport (MEBT) line - will start in fall 2012 on a dedicated test stand installation. In preparation to this, preliminary measurements were taken in the past few months using a 45 keV proton source and a temporary LEBT setup, with the aim of characterising the output beam by comparison with simulations. This also allowed a first verification of the diagnostics instrumentation and acquisition software tools. Measurements of beam profile, emittance and intensity were taken after the source, after the first and after the second LEBT solenoids respectively. Particle distributions were reconstructed from emittance scans and used as input to simulation studies of the beam transport through the line. Comparison of the results with the measurements allowed an experimental validation of the LEBT (in terms of misalignments and calibration points) and qualification of the beam at the source output.

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Progress in the Construction of Linac4 at CERN

864

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

As first step of the LHC luminosity upgrade program CERN is building a new 160 MeV H¯ linear accelerator, Linac4, to replace the ageing 50 MeV Linac2 as injector to the PS Booster (PSB). Linac4 is an 86-m long normal-conducting linac made of a 3 MeV injector followed by 22 accelerating cavities of three different types. The general service infrastructure has been installed in the new tunnel and surface building and its commissioning is progressing; high power RF equipment is being installed in the hall and installations in the tunnel will start soon. Construction of the accelerator parts is in full swing involving industry, the CERN workshops and a network of international collaborations. The injector section including a newly designed and built H¯ source, a 3-m long RFQ and a chopping line is being commissioned in a dedicated test stand. Beam commissioning of the linac will take place in steps of increasing energy between 2013 and 2014. From end of 2014 Linac4 could deliver 50 MeV protons in case of Linac2 failure, while 160 MeV H¯ could be injected into the PSB from end of 2015; the exact start of the LHC shut-down required for connection will be coordinated with its experiments.

THPB011

Linac4 45 keV Proton Beam Measurements

867

G. Bellodi, V.A. Dimov, L.M. Hein, J.-B. Lallement, A.M. Lombardi, O. Midttun, R. Scrivens
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
P.A. Posocco
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom

Linac4 is a 160 MeV normal-conducting H⁻ linear accelerator, which will replace the 50 MeV proton Linac (Linac2) as injector for the CERN proton complex. Commissioning of the low energy part - H⁻ source, a 45 keV Low Energy Beam Transport line (LEBT), a 3 MeV RFQ and a Medium Energy Beam Transport (MEBT) line - will start in fall 2012 on a dedicated test stand installation. In preparation to this, preliminary measurements were taken in the past few months using a 45 keV proton source and a temporary LEBT setup, with the aim of characterising the output beam by comparison with simulations. This also allowed a first verification of the diagnostics instrumentation and acquisition software tools. Measurements of beam profile, emittance and intensity were taken after the source, after the first and after the second LEBT solenoids respectively. Particle distributions were reconstructed from emittance scans and used as input to simulation studies of the beam transport through the line. Comparison of the results with the measurements allowed an experimental validation of the LEBT (in terms of misalignments and calibration points) and qualification of the beam at the source output.