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- S. Henderson, A.V. Aleksandrov, S. Assadi, W. Blokland, C. Chu, S.M. Cousineau, V.V. Danilov, G.W. Dodson, J. Galambos, M. Giannella, D.-O. Jeon, S. Kim, L.V. Kravchuk, M.P. Stockli, E. Tanke, R.F. Welton, T.L. Williams
ORNL/SNS, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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The Spallation Neutron Source accelerator systems will provide a 1 GeV, 1.44 MW proton beam to a liquid mercury target for neutron production. The accelerator complex consists of an H- injector capable of producing 38 mA peak current, a 1 GeV linear accelerator, an accumulator ring and associated transport lines. The linear accelerator consists of a Drift Tube Linac, a Coupled-Cavity Linac and a Superconducting Linac which provide 1.5 mA average current to the accumulator ring. The staged beam commissioning of the accelerator complex is proceeding as component installation progresses. In three separate beam commissioning runs, the H- injector and Drift Tube Linac tanks 1-3 have been commissioned at ORNL. Several important performance goals have been achieved, namely 38 mA peak beam current, 1 msec beam pulse length and 1 mA average beam current. Results and status of the beam commissioning program will be presented.
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