Author: Piquet, O.
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THPP037 Commissioning and Operational Experience Gained with the Linac4 RFQ at CERN 926
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  • C. Rossi, L. Arnaudon, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, O. Brunner, J. Hansen, J.-B. Lallement, A.M. Lombardi, J. Noirjean
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • M. Desmons, A. France, O. Piquet
    CEA/DSM/IRFU, France
 
  The installation of Linac4 has started in 2013 with the 3 MeV Front End, aiming at delivering a fully commissioned 160 MeV H beam by 2016. During summer 2013 the H ion source, a clone of the first prototype, and the Low Energy Beam Transport lines have been installed in the Linac4 tunnel followed shortly by the Radiofrequency Quadrupole accelerator (RFQ), operating at the RF frequency of 352.2 MHz and which accelerates the ion beam to the energy of 3 MeV. The RFQ, which had already been commissioned at the 3 MeV Test Stand, was this time driven by a fully digital LLRF system. This paper reports the result of the bead-pull field check performed after the installation in the tunnel, the experience gained during recommissioning and the results of field characterization as a function of the water temperature in the RFQ cooling channels, showing how the accelerating field can be adjusted by simply tuning the different cavity modules.  
 
THPP044 ESS Normal Conducting Linac Status and Plans 948
 
  • A. Ponton, B. Cheymol, R. De Prisco, M. Eshraqi, R. Miyamoto, E. Sargsyan
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  • G. Bourdelle, M. Desmons, A. France, O. Piquet, B. Pottin
    CEA/DSM/IRFU, France
  • I. Bustinduy, P.J. González, J.L. Muñoz, I. Rueda, F. Sordo
    ESS Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
  • L. Celona, S. Gammino, L. Neri
    INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy
  • M. Comunian, F. Grespan, A. Pisent, C. R. Roncolato
    INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
  • P. Mereu
    INFN-Torino, Torino, Italy
 
  The ESS Normal Conducting (NC) linac is composed of an ion source, a Low Energy Beam Transport line, a Radio Frequency Quarupole (RFQ), a Medium Energy Beam Transport Line (MEBT) and a Drift Tube Linac (DTL). It creates, bunches and accelerates the proton beam up to 90 MeV before injecting into the superconducting linac which will deliver a 5 MW beam onto the neutron production target. The construction of the NC linac is part of a broad collaboration involving experts of various Labs in Europe. The technical chalenges and the collaboration strategy for the NC linac will be presented.