The SNS linac wire scanner system

Author

Plum, M.A. ; Christensen, W. ; Meyer, R.E., Sr. ; Rose, C.R.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

12-16 May 2003

Firstpage

2485

Abstract

The linac wire scanner system for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge, TN, calls for 5 units in the medium energy beam transport (MEET), 5 in the drift tube linac (DTL), 8 in the coupled cavity linac (CCL), and 13 in the high energy beam transport (HEBT). The actuators are a custom design fabricated by Huntington Mechanical Laboratories. Four different strokes are required to cover the above areas. The electronics are designed and fabricated by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). In this paper we will discuss the design of the actuators and the electronics, positioning accuracy tests of the actuators, and also show results from beam measurements taken during the MEET commissioning at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Keywords

accelerator cavities; linear accelerators; particle beam diagnostics; proton accelerators; Spallation Neutron Source; actuator design; coupled cavity linac; drift tube linac; electronics package; high energy beam transport; linac wire scanner system; medium energy beam transport; Electronic equipment testing; Hydraulic actuators; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Neutrons; Optical coupling; Particle beams; Pollution measurement; Switches; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the

ISSN

1063-3928

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7738-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2003.1289162

Filename

1289162