Initial operation of the first 20 MeV tank of the INR linac

Author

Bylinsky, Yu V. ; Drugakov, A.N. ; Esin, S.K. ; Fatkulin, Yu K. ; Fedotov, A.P. ; Feschenko, A.V. ; Garylkapov, S.G. ; Gorelov, D.V. ; Kiselev, Yu V. ; Mirzojan, A.N. ; Murin, B.P. ; Ostroumov, P.N. ; Sagin, I.A. ; Serov, V.L.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Nucl. Res., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, USSR

fYear

1989

fDate

20-23 Mar 1989

Firstpage

1411

Abstract

Recently the initial operation of the first 20-MeV Alvarez tank at the Soviet Institute for Nuclear Research (INR) has been completed. An 80-mA, 750-keV proton beam was successfully transported to the tank entrance. The tank 1 tuning includes the following procedures: determination and steering of the beam position at the tank entrance; emittance measurement in the low-energy beam channel and transverse beam matching; preliminary investigation of the six-dimensional matching by using an RF-buncher and focusing elements; determination of the nominal RF amplitude; determination of the nominal injection energy and the high-voltage divider calibration; determination of the phase and amplitude of the two-cavity buncher; production of the 50-mA design pulse current; and measurements of the transverse and longitudinal parameters. Beam dynamic simulation has been used for the linac tuning. By using a multiparticle model a variety of beam parameters, including the influence of the electric and geometric errors on the beam behavior, have been studied in the six-dimensional phase space

Keywords

beam handling equipment; beam handling techniques; focusing; linear accelerators; proton accelerators; INR linac; RF-buncher; design pulse current; emittance measurement; focusing elements; high-voltage divider calibration; longitudinal parameters; low-energy beam channel; multiparticle model; nominal RF amplitude; nominal injection energy; proton beam; six-dimensional matching; six-dimensional phase space; tank 1 tuning; tank entrance; transverse beam matching; two-cavity buncher; Current measurement; Energy measurement; Linear particle accelerator; Particle beam injection; Particle beam measurements; Particle beams; Phase measurement; Position measurement; Pulse measurements; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1989. Accelerator Science and Technology., Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1989.73466

Filename

73466