• A. Perry, D. Berkovits, I. Gertz, I. Mardor, J. Rodnizki, L. Weissman
  Soreq NRC, Yavne
• B. Aminov
  CRE, Wuppertal
• K. Dunkel, M. Pekeler, C. Piel, D. Trompetter, P. vom Stein
  RI Research Instruments GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach

Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility (SARAF) is a 176 MHz linac, currently under commissioning at Soreq NRC. Phase 1 of the accelerator includes a Prototype Superconducting Module (PSM), containing 6 half wave resonators. Over the last year some progress has been made in the commissioning of the PSM: a. For the first time a 3 mA pulsed proton beam was accelerated up to 2.2 MeV by a few of the resonators. Several diagnostic modules were used to measure the output beam and tune the resonators. b. Extensive investigation of the module was performed in order to analyze sources of microphonics. In addition, the tuner response was studied. c. He processing was applied, successfully reducing field emission.