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| MOP012 | Completion of the Superconducting Heavy Ion Linac at Inter-University Accelerator Centre | 103 |
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The Superconducting heavy ion Linac at Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi has been delivering accelerated ion beams to the users since 2009 *. Initially the first accelerating module, housing eight Quarter Wave Resonators (QWR’s), became operational together with the Superbuncher having one and the Rebuncher having two QWR’s, respectively. In the subsequent years, the remaining two modules have been installed and commissioned. The complete Linac was operated recently and several ion beams were delivered for scheduled experiments. The maximum energy gain was 8 MeV per charge state. Operational highlights include successful operation of four resonators in the third module with Piezo based ** mechanical tuning, implementation of remote phase locking for all resonators in three modules, development of a scheme for auto locking of resonators and testing of a capacitive pickup as a beam diagnostic element. Details will be presented vis-à-vis the problems encountered and the future course of action.
* A. Rai et. al., Proc. of SRF2009 Sept. 20–25, 2009, Berlin, Germany, page 244. ** B.K.Sahu et. al., Proc. of IPAC 2010, Kyoto Japan, page 2920. |
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