• K. Hasegawa
  JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken

Beam commissioning of the J-PARC linac started in November 2006 and 181 MeV acceleration was successfully achieved in January 2007. The linac had delivered beams for commissioning of accelerators and experimental facilities. Trip rates of the RFQ, however, unexpectedly increased in Autumn 2008, and that was the primary limitations of the operation days and power ramp up. We tried to recover by improvement of vacuum properties, tender conditioning and so on. By taking these measures, we can lengthen the continuous operation days and stand user operations. We ramped up the beam power from 20 kW to 120 kW for 3 GeV beam users in November 2009. This corresponds to the linac beam power of 7.2 kW and the linac has delivered beams at this power since then without significant troubles. And also we successfully demonstrated 300 kW at 3 GeV for 1 hour in December. We present the performance and operation experiences of the J-PARC linac.

• T. Morishita, K. Hasegawa, Y. Kondo
  JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken
• H. Baba, Y. Hori, H. Kawamata, H. Matsumoto, F. Naito, Y. Saito, M. Yoshioka
  KEK, Ibaraki

The J-PARC RFQ (length 3.1m, 4-vane type, 324 MHz) accelerates a negative hydrogen beam from 0.05MeV to 3MeV toward the following DTL. We started the preparation of a new RFQ as a backup machine. The new cavity is divided by three unit tanks in the longitudinal direction. The unit tank consists of two major vanes and two minor vanes. A numerical controlled machining with a conventional ball-end-mill has been chosen for the vane modulation cutting instead of the wheel shape cutter. In this presentation we will report the machining procedure, the results of the vane machining, RF properties, and some topics during the fabrication.

• T. Morishita, K. Hasegawa, Y. Kondo
  JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken
• H. Baba, Y. Hori, H. Kawamata, H. Matsumoto, F. Naito, Y. Saito, M. Yoshioka
  KEK, Ibaraki

The J-PARC RFQ (length 3.1m, 4-vane type, 324 MHz) accelerates a negative hydrogen beam from 0.05MeV to 3MeV toward the following DTL. We started the preparation of a new RFQ as a backup machine. The new cavity is divided by three unit tanks in the longitudinal direction. The unit tank consists of two major vanes and two minor vanes. A one-step vacuum brazing of a unit tank has been chosen to unite these four vanes together with the flanges and ports. In this presentation we will report the results of the vacuum brazing with the dimension accuracy and an RF property.

• M. Kawamura, Y. Fukui, F. Naito
  KEK, Ibaraki
• E. Chishiro, H. Suzuki, M. Yamazaki
  JAEA, Ibaraki-ken
• K. Hasegawa, S. Shinozaki
  JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-mura

This report will describe the present status of the power supply systems (PS systems) for the klystrons in the J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex) linac. The technical specification, the operating experience, and the upgrade plan, of the PS systems will be presented in this report. Now the energy of the J-PARC linac is 181MeV, and the linac includes twenty 324MHz klystrons. In 2012, the energy will be upgraded to 400MeV, and the linac will include twenty 324MHz klystrons and twenty-five 972MHz klystrons. The klystrons are the modulating-anode types. The PS systems include the High voltage DC power supplies (DCPSs) and the anode-modulators. One DCPS drives one or four klystrons, and one anode-modulator drives one klystron.