LINAC2014 - List of Authors (Barth, W.A.)

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Status of the GSI Poststripper - HE-Linac

190

S. Mickat, W.A. Barth, G. Clemente, X. Du, L. Groening, A. Orzhekhovskaya, B. Schlitt, H. Vormann, C. Xiao, S.G. Yaramyshev
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
M. Droba, H. Hähnel, U. Ratzinger, R. Tiede
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The High-Energy (HE) Linac is proposed to substitute the existing UNILAC post-stripper section. The post-stripper is an Alvarez DTL, which is in operation over four decades successfully. A quasi Front-to-End simulation along the UNILAC shows, that by taking future upgrade options into account already, with the existing Alvarez section the Fair requirements are not reached. Even by substituting the Alvarez section by the HE Linac the aim is not reached per se regarding the existing boundary conditions. Currently workpackages are defined together with the Institute of Applied Physics at Frankfurt University. Starting from the Ion sources to the SIS18 transfer channel every section is reinvestigated for improvements in beam quality and intensity.

MOPP061

First RF Measurements of the Superconducting 217 MHz CH Cavity for the CW Demonstrator at GSI

193

F.D. Dziuba, M. Amberg, M. Basten, M. Busch, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
M. Amberg, K. Aulenbacher, W.A. Barth, S. Mickat
HIM, Mainz, Germany
K. Aulenbacher
IKP, Mainz, Germany
W.A. Barth, S. Mickat
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

Funding: Work supported by GSI, HIM, BMBF Contr. No. 05P12RFRBL
Presently, a superconducting (sc) 217 MHz Crossbar-Hmode (CH) cavity is under construction at Research Instruments (RI), Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Among the horizontal cryomodule and two sc 9.5 T solenoids the cavity is the key component of the cw demonstrator at GSI. To show the operation ability of sc CH cavity technology under a realistic linear accelerator environment is one major goal of the demonstrator project. A successful beam operation of the demonstrator will be a milestone regarding the continuing advanced sc cw linac project at GSI for a competitive production of Super Heavy Elements (SHE) in the future. The fabrication status as well as first rf measurements at room temperature of the 217 MHz CH cavity are presented.

Poster MOPP061 [1.741 MB]

MOPP068

The Fast Piezo-Based Frequency Tuner for SC CH-Cavities

214

M. Amberg, M. Busch, F.D. Dziuba, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
K. Aulenbacher
HIM, Mainz, Germany
W.A. Barth, V. Gettmann, S. Mickat
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

Funding: Work supported by HIM, GSI, BMBF Contr. No 05P12RFRBL
Superconducting structures are very susceptible to external influences due to their thin walls and their narrow bandwidth. Even small mechanical deformations caused by dynamic effects like microphonic noise, pressure fluctuations of the liquid helium bath or Lorentz-Force-Detuning can lead to resonance frequency changes of the cavity which are much larger than the bandwidth. To compensate the slow and fast resonance frequency variations during operation a compact frequency tuner prototype equipped with a stepper motor and a piezo actuator has been developed at the Institute for Applied Physics (IAP) of Frankfurt University. In this paper, the tuner design and the results of first room temperature measurements of the tuner prototype are presented.

Poster MOPP068 [2.304 MB]

TUPP056

High Current Proton Beam Operation at GSI UNILAC

550

W.A. Barth, A. Adonin, P. Gerhard, M. Heilmann, R. Hollinger, W. Vinzenz, H. Vormann
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

A significant part of the experimental program at FAIR is dedicated to pbar physics requiring a high number of cooled pbars per hour. The primary proton beam has to be provided by a 70 MeV proton linac followed by two synchrotrons. The new FAIR Proton LINAC will deliver a pulsed proton beam of up to 35 mA of 36 μs duration at a repetition rate of 4 Hz. The current GSI heavy ion linac (UNILAC) is able to deliver world record uranium beam intensities for injection into the synchrotrons, but it is not dedicated for FAIR relevant proton beam operation. In an advanced machine investigation program it could be shown, that the UNILAC is able to provide for sufficient high intensities of CH3-beam, cracked (and stripped) in a supersonic nitrogen gas jet into protons and carbon ions. This advanced operational approach results in up to 2 mA of proton intensity at a maximum beam energy of 20 MeV, 100 μs pulse duration and a rep. rate of 4 Hz. Recent linac beam measurements will be presented, showing that the UNILAC is able to serve as a proton FAIR injector for the first time, while the performance is limited to 17% of the FAIR requirements.

TUPP059

Advanced Beam Matching to a High Current RFQ

559

S.G. Yaramyshev, W.A. Barth, L.A. Dahl, P. Gerhard, L. Groening, M.T. Maier, S. Mickat, A. Orzhekhovskaya, B. Schlitt, H. Vormann
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

The High Current Injector (HSI) of the heavy ion linac UNILAC at GSI comprises the transport lines, the RFQ and two DTL tanks. Beam matching to the RFQ acceptance with a magnetic quadrupole quartet has been worked out manually during commissioning and operation of the machine. Due to a strong overlapping of the field from neighboring quadrupole lenses, a standard optics calculation does not provide for the required reliability. Advanced beam dynamics simulations have been done with the macroparticle code DYNAMION. The superposition of the measured magnetic fields of each quadrupole was taken into account. The quadrupole settings were optimized using the Monte-Carlo method. Two solutions have been found in accordance with the general theory of particle optics. Beam dynamics simulations with new quadrupole settings show an increased particle transmission through the RFQ. The results of numerical study have been confirmed during experimental campaigns. An improved performance of the whole HSI has been demonstrated. The proposed algorithm and a comparison of the measured data with result of simulations are presented.

TUPP060

Development of a 217 MHz Superconducting CH Structure

563

SUPG009

use link to see paper's listing under its alternate paper code

M. Basten, M. Amberg, M. Busch, F.D. Dziuba, D. Mäder, H. Podlech
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
M. Amberg, K. Aulenbacher, W.A. Barth, S. Mickat
HIM, Mainz, Germany
W.A. Barth, S. Mickat
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

Funding: Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung contract number 05P12RFRBL
To compete in the production of Super Heavy Elements (SHE) in the future a 7.3 AMeV superconducting (sc) continuous wave (cw) LINAC is planned at GSI. The baseline design consists of 9 sc Crossbar-H-mode (CH) cavities operated at 217 MHz. Currently an advanced cw demonstrator is under design at the Institute for Applied Physics (IAP) at Frankfurt University. The purpose of the advanced demonstrator is to investigate a new concept for the superconducting CH structures. It is based on shorter CH-cavities with 8 equidistant gaps without girders and with stiffening brackets at the front and end cap to reduce the pressure sensitivity. One major goal of the advanced demonstrator is to show that the new design leads to higher acceleration gradients and smaller E_p/E_a values. In this contribution first simulation results and technical layouts will be presented.

Poster TUPP060 [0.593 MB]

MOPP061

First RF Measurements of the Superconducting 217 MHz CH Cavity for the CW Demonstrator at GSI

193

F.D. Dziuba, M. Amberg, M. Basten, M. Busch, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
M. Amberg, K. Aulenbacher, W.A. Barth, S. Mickat
HIM, Mainz, Germany
K. Aulenbacher
IKP, Mainz, Germany
W.A. Barth, S. Mickat
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

Funding: Work supported by GSI, HIM, BMBF Contr. No. 05P12RFRBL
Presently, a superconducting (sc) 217 MHz Crossbar-Hmode (CH) cavity is under construction at Research Instruments (RI), Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Among the horizontal cryomodule and two sc 9.5 T solenoids the cavity is the key component of the cw demonstrator at GSI. To show the operation ability of sc CH cavity technology under a realistic linear accelerator environment is one major goal of the demonstrator project. A successful beam operation of the demonstrator will be a milestone regarding the continuing advanced sc cw linac project at GSI for a competitive production of Super Heavy Elements (SHE) in the future. The fabrication status as well as first rf measurements at room temperature of the 217 MHz CH cavity are presented.

Poster MOPP061 [1.741 MB]

TUPP060

Development of a 217 MHz Superconducting CH Structure

563

SUPG009

use link to see paper's listing under its alternate paper code

M. Basten, M. Amberg, M. Busch, F.D. Dziuba, D. Mäder, H. Podlech
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
M. Amberg, K. Aulenbacher, W.A. Barth, S. Mickat
HIM, Mainz, Germany
W.A. Barth, S. Mickat
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

Funding: Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung contract number 05P12RFRBL
To compete in the production of Super Heavy Elements (SHE) in the future a 7.3 AMeV superconducting (sc) continuous wave (cw) LINAC is planned at GSI. The baseline design consists of 9 sc Crossbar-H-mode (CH) cavities operated at 217 MHz. Currently an advanced cw demonstrator is under design at the Institute for Applied Physics (IAP) at Frankfurt University. The purpose of the advanced demonstrator is to investigate a new concept for the superconducting CH structures. It is based on shorter CH-cavities with 8 equidistant gaps without girders and with stiffening brackets at the front and end cap to reduce the pressure sensitivity. One major goal of the advanced demonstrator is to show that the new design leads to higher acceleration gradients and smaller E_p/E_a values. In this contribution first simulation results and technical layouts will be presented.

Poster TUPP060 [0.593 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
MOPP060	Status of the GSI Poststripper - HE-Linac	190
	S. Mickat, W.A. Barth, G. Clemente, X. Du, L. Groening, A. Orzhekhovskaya, B. Schlitt, H. Vormann, C. Xiao, S.G. Yaramyshev GSI, Darmstadt, Germany M. Droba, H. Hähnel, U. Ratzinger, R. Tiede IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	The High-Energy (HE) Linac is proposed to substitute the existing UNILAC post-stripper section. The post-stripper is an Alvarez DTL, which is in operation over four decades successfully. A quasi Front-to-End simulation along the UNILAC shows, that by taking future upgrade options into account already, with the existing Alvarez section the Fair requirements are not reached. Even by substituting the Alvarez section by the HE Linac the aim is not reached per se regarding the existing boundary conditions. Currently workpackages are defined together with the Institute of Applied Physics at Frankfurt University. Starting from the Ion sources to the SIS18 transfer channel every section is reinvestigated for improvements in beam quality and intensity.

MOPP061	First RF Measurements of the Superconducting 217 MHz CH Cavity for the CW Demonstrator at GSI	193
	F.D. Dziuba, M. Amberg, M. Basten, M. Busch, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany M. Amberg, K. Aulenbacher, W.A. Barth, S. Mickat HIM, Mainz, Germany K. Aulenbacher IKP, Mainz, Germany W.A. Barth, S. Mickat GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	Funding: Work supported by GSI, HIM, BMBF Contr. No. 05P12RFRBL Presently, a superconducting (sc) 217 MHz Crossbar-Hmode (CH) cavity is under construction at Research Instruments (RI), Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Among the horizontal cryomodule and two sc 9.5 T solenoids the cavity is the key component of the cw demonstrator at GSI. To show the operation ability of sc CH cavity technology under a realistic linear accelerator environment is one major goal of the demonstrator project. A successful beam operation of the demonstrator will be a milestone regarding the continuing advanced sc cw linac project at GSI for a competitive production of Super Heavy Elements (SHE) in the future. The fabrication status as well as first rf measurements at room temperature of the 217 MHz CH cavity are presented.
	Poster MOPP061 [1.741 MB]

MOPP068	The Fast Piezo-Based Frequency Tuner for SC CH-Cavities	214
	M. Amberg, M. Busch, F.D. Dziuba, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany K. Aulenbacher HIM, Mainz, Germany W.A. Barth, V. Gettmann, S. Mickat GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	Funding: Work supported by HIM, GSI, BMBF Contr. No 05P12RFRBL Superconducting structures are very susceptible to external influences due to their thin walls and their narrow bandwidth. Even small mechanical deformations caused by dynamic effects like microphonic noise, pressure fluctuations of the liquid helium bath or Lorentz-Force-Detuning can lead to resonance frequency changes of the cavity which are much larger than the bandwidth. To compensate the slow and fast resonance frequency variations during operation a compact frequency tuner prototype equipped with a stepper motor and a piezo actuator has been developed at the Institute for Applied Physics (IAP) of Frankfurt University. In this paper, the tuner design and the results of first room temperature measurements of the tuner prototype are presented.
	Poster MOPP068 [2.304 MB]

TUPP056	High Current Proton Beam Operation at GSI UNILAC	550
	W.A. Barth, A. Adonin, P. Gerhard, M. Heilmann, R. Hollinger, W. Vinzenz, H. Vormann GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	A significant part of the experimental program at FAIR is dedicated to pbar physics requiring a high number of cooled pbars per hour. The primary proton beam has to be provided by a 70 MeV proton linac followed by two synchrotrons. The new FAIR Proton LINAC will deliver a pulsed proton beam of up to 35 mA of 36 μs duration at a repetition rate of 4 Hz. The current GSI heavy ion linac (UNILAC) is able to deliver world record uranium beam intensities for injection into the synchrotrons, but it is not dedicated for FAIR relevant proton beam operation. In an advanced machine investigation program it could be shown, that the UNILAC is able to provide for sufficient high intensities of CH3-beam, cracked (and stripped) in a supersonic nitrogen gas jet into protons and carbon ions. This advanced operational approach results in up to 2 mA of proton intensity at a maximum beam energy of 20 MeV, 100 μs pulse duration and a rep. rate of 4 Hz. Recent linac beam measurements will be presented, showing that the UNILAC is able to serve as a proton FAIR injector for the first time, while the performance is limited to 17% of the FAIR requirements.

TUPP059	Advanced Beam Matching to a High Current RFQ	559
	S.G. Yaramyshev, W.A. Barth, L.A. Dahl, P. Gerhard, L. Groening, M.T. Maier, S. Mickat, A. Orzhekhovskaya, B. Schlitt, H. Vormann GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	The High Current Injector (HSI) of the heavy ion linac UNILAC at GSI comprises the transport lines, the RFQ and two DTL tanks. Beam matching to the RFQ acceptance with a magnetic quadrupole quartet has been worked out manually during commissioning and operation of the machine. Due to a strong overlapping of the field from neighboring quadrupole lenses, a standard optics calculation does not provide for the required reliability. Advanced beam dynamics simulations have been done with the macroparticle code DYNAMION. The superposition of the measured magnetic fields of each quadrupole was taken into account. The quadrupole settings were optimized using the Monte-Carlo method. Two solutions have been found in accordance with the general theory of particle optics. Beam dynamics simulations with new quadrupole settings show an increased particle transmission through the RFQ. The results of numerical study have been confirmed during experimental campaigns. An improved performance of the whole HSI has been demonstrated. The proposed algorithm and a comparison of the measured data with result of simulations are presented.

TUPP060	Development of a 217 MHz Superconducting CH Structure	563
SUPG009	use link to see paper's listing under its alternate paper code
	M. Basten, M. Amberg, M. Busch, F.D. Dziuba, D. Mäder, H. Podlech IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany M. Amberg, K. Aulenbacher, W.A. Barth, S. Mickat HIM, Mainz, Germany W.A. Barth, S. Mickat GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	Funding: Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung contract number 05P12RFRBL To compete in the production of Super Heavy Elements (SHE) in the future a 7.3 AMeV superconducting (sc) continuous wave (cw) LINAC is planned at GSI. The baseline design consists of 9 sc Crossbar-H-mode (CH) cavities operated at 217 MHz. Currently an advanced cw demonstrator is under design at the Institute for Applied Physics (IAP) at Frankfurt University. The purpose of the advanced demonstrator is to investigate a new concept for the superconducting CH structures. It is based on shorter CH-cavities with 8 equidistant gaps without girders and with stiffening brackets at the front and end cap to reduce the pressure sensitivity. One major goal of the advanced demonstrator is to show that the new design leads to higher acceleration gradients and smaller E_p/E_a values. In this contribution first simulation results and technical layouts will be presented.
	Poster TUPP060 [0.593 MB]

MOPP061	First RF Measurements of the Superconducting 217 MHz CH Cavity for the CW Demonstrator at GSI	193
	F.D. Dziuba, M. Amberg, M. Basten, M. Busch, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany M. Amberg, K. Aulenbacher, W.A. Barth, S. Mickat HIM, Mainz, Germany K. Aulenbacher IKP, Mainz, Germany W.A. Barth, S. Mickat GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	Funding: Work supported by GSI, HIM, BMBF Contr. No. 05P12RFRBL Presently, a superconducting (sc) 217 MHz Crossbar-Hmode (CH) cavity is under construction at Research Instruments (RI), Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Among the horizontal cryomodule and two sc 9.5 T solenoids the cavity is the key component of the cw demonstrator at GSI. To show the operation ability of sc CH cavity technology under a realistic linear accelerator environment is one major goal of the demonstrator project. A successful beam operation of the demonstrator will be a milestone regarding the continuing advanced sc cw linac project at GSI for a competitive production of Super Heavy Elements (SHE) in the future. The fabrication status as well as first rf measurements at room temperature of the 217 MHz CH cavity are presented.
	Poster MOPP061 [1.741 MB]

TUPP060	Development of a 217 MHz Superconducting CH Structure	563
SUPG009	use link to see paper's listing under its alternate paper code
	M. Basten, M. Amberg, M. Busch, F.D. Dziuba, D. Mäder, H. Podlech IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany M. Amberg, K. Aulenbacher, W.A. Barth, S. Mickat HIM, Mainz, Germany W.A. Barth, S. Mickat GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	Funding: Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung contract number 05P12RFRBL To compete in the production of Super Heavy Elements (SHE) in the future a 7.3 AMeV superconducting (sc) continuous wave (cw) LINAC is planned at GSI. The baseline design consists of 9 sc Crossbar-H-mode (CH) cavities operated at 217 MHz. Currently an advanced cw demonstrator is under design at the Institute for Applied Physics (IAP) at Frankfurt University. The purpose of the advanced demonstrator is to investigate a new concept for the superconducting CH structures. It is based on shorter CH-cavities with 8 equidistant gaps without girders and with stiffening brackets at the front and end cap to reduce the pressure sensitivity. One major goal of the advanced demonstrator is to show that the new design leads to higher acceleration gradients and smaller E_p/E_a values. In this contribution first simulation results and technical layouts will be presented.
	Poster TUPP060 [0.593 MB]