LINAC2016 - List of Authors (Planche, T.)

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MO2A03	Commissioning and Early Operation of the ARIEL e-Linac	12
	T. Planche, M. Alcorta, F. Ames, R.A. Baartman, C.B. Barquest, B. Humphries, D. Kaltchev, S.R. Koscielniak, R.E. Laxdal, Y. Ma, M. Marchetto, S. Saminathan, E. Thoeng TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada P. Jung UW/Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
	The ARIEL electron linac has been added to the TRIUMF facility as a new driver for the production of radioactive isotopes through photo-fission to complement the existing 500 MeV, H^- TRIUMF cyclotron. The electron beam driver is specified as a 50 MeV, 10 mA cw superconducting electron linac at 1.3 GHz. The first 30 MeV stage of the e-linac consisting of two cryomodules is completed. The paper will describe the recent commissioning and early operation results.
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TUPRC020	The TRIUMF ARIEL RF Modulated Thermionic Electron Source	458
	F. Ames, Y.-C. Chao, K. Fong, N. Khan, S.R. Koscielniak, A. Laxdal, L. Merminga, T. Planche, S. Saminathan, D.W. Storey TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada Y.-C. Chao, L. Merminga SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA C.K. Sinclair Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
	Funding: ARIEL is funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Provinces AB, BC, MA, ON, QC, and TRIUMF. TRIUMF receives funding via a contribution agreement with the National Research Council of Canada Within the ARIEL (Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory) at TRIUMF, a high power electron beam is used to produce radioactive ion beams via photo-fission. The electron beam is accelerated in a superconducting linac up to 50 MeV. The electron source provides electron bunches with charge up to 16 pC at a repetition frequency of 650 MHz leading to an average current of 10 mA . The kinetic energy of the electrons has been chosen to be 300 keV to allow direct injection into an accelerator cavity. The main components of the source are a gridded dispenser cathode (CPI 'Y845) in an SF6 filled vessel and an in-air HV power supply. The beam is bunched by applying DC and RF fields to the grid. Unique features of the gun are its cathode/anode geometry to reduce field emission, and transmission of RF modulation via a dielectric (ceramic) waveguide through the SF6. The latter obviates the need for an HV platform inside the vessel to carry the RF generator and results in a significantly smaller/simpler vessel. The source has been installed and first tests with accelerated beams have been performed. Measurements of the beam properties and results from the commissioning of the source will be presented.
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Commissioning and Early Operation of the ARIEL e-Linac

12

T. Planche, M. Alcorta, F. Ames, R.A. Baartman, C.B. Barquest, B. Humphries, D. Kaltchev, S.R. Koscielniak, R.E. Laxdal, Y. Ma, M. Marchetto, S. Saminathan, E. Thoeng
TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
P. Jung
UW/Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

The ARIEL electron linac has been added to the TRIUMF facility as a new driver for the production of radioactive isotopes through photo-fission to complement the existing 500 MeV, H^- TRIUMF cyclotron. The electron beam driver is specified as a 50 MeV, 10 mA cw superconducting electron linac at 1.3 GHz. The first 30 MeV stage of the e-linac consisting of two cryomodules is completed. The paper will describe the recent commissioning and early operation results.

Slides MO2A03 [25.277 MB]

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TUPRC020

The TRIUMF ARIEL RF Modulated Thermionic Electron Source

458

F. Ames, Y.-C. Chao, K. Fong, N. Khan, S.R. Koscielniak, A. Laxdal, L. Merminga, T. Planche, S. Saminathan, D.W. Storey
TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
Y.-C. Chao, L. Merminga
SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
C.K. Sinclair
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA

Funding: ARIEL is funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Provinces AB, BC, MA, ON, QC, and TRIUMF. TRIUMF receives funding via a contribution agreement with the National Research Council of Canada
Within the ARIEL (Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory) at TRIUMF, a high power electron beam is used to produce radioactive ion beams via photo-fission. The electron beam is accelerated in a superconducting linac up to 50 MeV. The electron source provides electron bunches with charge up to 16 pC at a repetition frequency of 650 MHz leading to an average current of 10 mA . The kinetic energy of the electrons has been chosen to be 300 keV to allow direct injection into an accelerator cavity. The main components of the source are a gridded dispenser cathode (CPI 'Y845) in an SF6 filled vessel and an in-air HV power supply. The beam is bunched by applying DC and RF fields to the grid. Unique features of the gun are its cathode/anode geometry to reduce field emission, and transmission of RF modulation via a dielectric (ceramic) waveguide through the SF6. The latter obviates the need for an HV platform inside the vessel to carry the RF generator and results in a significantly smaller/simpler vessel. The source has been installed and first tests with accelerated beams have been performed. Measurements of the beam properties and results from the commissioning of the source will be presented.

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