BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
BNL 200 MeV linac has been under operation since 1970 and gone through several changes during its 40 year lifetime. The latest reconfiguration in low and medium energy (35 and 750 keV) beam transport lines results in about a factor of 2 reduction in the transverse emittance for the accelerated polarized proton beam, and for the unpolarized high current H- beam a several fold reduction in the radiation levels due to beam losses throughout the linac and isotope production facility complex with more beam current on the isotope production target. These improvements are achieved by proper matching into the linac in longitudinal as well as transverse phase space. This paper will emphasize how longitudinal matching resulted in lower emittance and beam losses.
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
RLNR, Tokyo
It is commonly preferred to have a short distance between an RFQ and a consequent DTL, however many devices has to be accommodated within a limited space. Our new medium energy beam transport line for proton beam is categorized as one of the severest cases. High field gradient quadrupoles (65 Tm) and newly designed steering magnets (6.5 mm in length) were fabricated considering the cross-talk effects. Also a new half wave length 200 MHz buncher is being studied. In the conference, the electro-magnetic field designs and the measured result will be discussed.
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
Kyushu University, Hakozaki
IAP, Frankfurt am Main
Department of Energy Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama
The EBIS based preinjector for the RHIC is now being commissioned. During the step-wise commissioning of the preinjector from January 2009 to June 2010, the RFQ was commissioned first using Test EBIS in January 2009 and then moved to its final location and commissioned again with RHIC EBIS in March 2010. The RFQ accelerates ions from 17 keV/u to 300 keV/u and operates at 100.625 MHz. The RFQ is followed by a short (81 cm) Medium Energy Beam Transport (MEBT), which consists of four quadrupoles and one buncher cavity. Temporary diagnostics for this commissioning included an emittance probe, TOF system, fast Faraday cup, and beam current measurement units. This contribution will report results of RFQ and MEBT commissioning with helium and gold beams.
IMP, Lanzhou
IAP, Frankfurt am Main
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
A compact RFQ for carbon ion beam from a Laser-ion souce is being tested in IMP, Lanzhou. It is the first example of LINAC structures for IMP. Testing schemes and first results are presented.
IMP, Lanzhou
IAP, Frankfurt am Main
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
A RFQ has been designed and built for research of direct plasma injection scheme (DPIS), which can provide high current and highly charged beams. Because of the strong space charge forces of beam from laser ion source, the beam dynamics design of the RFQ was carried out with a new code LINACSrfq which can treat space charge effectively due to equipartitioning design strategy. Another feature of the RFQ is its high energy gain in two-meter long which will be described in detail. Construction of the RFQ cavity and the 100MHz/250kW amplifier has been completed and ready for test. A laser ion source is being tested. The assembling of the whole system including the ion source, the RFQ, the beam analyzing and diagnostic system is being done. Preliminary test results will be presented.
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
Kyushu University, Department of Applied Quantum Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Fukuoka
JAEA/TARRI, Gunma-ken
It was proved that direct plasma Injection Scheme (DPIS) is an efficient way to accelerate high current highly charged state heavy ion beam. More than 50 mA (peak current) of various heavy ion beams were accelerated in BNL, RIKEN and TITech. However, it was rather difficult to obtain longer pulse especially for highly charged particles. To induce highly charged states ions, a high plasma temperature is required at the laser irradiation point and the high temperature automatically gives a very fast expansion velocity of the plasma. This shortens the ion beam pulse length. To compensate the shorter ion pulse length, we can extend the plasma drift length, but it will dilute the brightness of the plasma since the plasma expands three dimensionally. To avoid the reduction of the brightness, a simple long solenoid was applied to confine the diverging angle of the plasma. In the conference, this new technique will be explained and the latest results will be shown.
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
IAP, Frankfurt am Main
Kyushu University, Hakozaki
The EBIS based preinjector for RHIC is now being commissioned. The Linac was delivered in April 2010 and commissioning started in May, 2010. It accelerates ions from 0.3 MeV/u to 2 MeV/u with 27 accelerating gaps, one internal quadrupole triplet, and operates at 100.625 MHz. The Linac is followed by a beam transport line to Booster which includes seven quadrupoles, two bunchers, and an achromatic bend system with resolution of 500 at 2 MeV/u to select the required charge state. Diagnostics include a pepperpot emittance probe, phase probes , fast Faraday cup, adjustable slits, three sets of multiwire profile monitors, three current transformers, two Faraday cups, and two beam stops. This contribution will report results of linac tuning and cold measurements, and commissioning of the Linac and high energy transport line with helium and gold beams.
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
Kyushu University, Hakozaki
IAP, Frankfurt am Main
This talk will present commissioning of a new heavy ion pre-injector at Brookhaven National Laboratory. This preinjector uses an Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS), and an RFQ and IH Linac, both operating at 100.625 MHz, to produce 2 MeV/u ions of any species for use, after further acceleration, at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, and the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory. Among the increased capabilities provided by this preinjector are the ability to produce ions of any species, and the ability to switch between multiple species in 1 second, to simultaneously meet the needs of both physics programs.
