Abstract :
We report preliminary test results for a 6.7-MeV, 100-mA cw radio-frequency quadrupole. During the time this structure was in design, fabrication, assembly, tuning, and installation, we tested a 75-keV proton injector, 350-MHz high-power RF systems, EPICS controls, diagnostics, beam stop, and other hardware in preparation for the 670 kW beam test. Initial LEDA RFQ beam operation has commenced. This paper summarizes work in the past year, concentrating on RFQ assembly, tuning, installation, high-power conditioning and initial beam operation. We include summaries of injector tests, 1.25-MeV RFQ-beam tests, beam-transport and beam-stop performance, and cavity resonance control. The technology being developed in this first section of the APT (accelerator production of tritium) linac is also appropriate for several other applications, including the transmutation of waste and medical isotope production
Keywords :
accelerator RF systems; booster injectors; linear accelerators; particle beam diagnostics; proton accelerators; 100 mA; 6.7 MeV; APT linac; EPICS controls; LEDA RFQ beam operation; Low-Energy Demonstration Accelerator; RFQ assembly; beam stop; beam-transport; cavity resonance control; diagnostics; high-power conditioning; initial beam operation; injector tests; medical isotope production; proton injector; radio-frequency quadrupole; waste transmutation; Assembly systems; Control systems; Fabrication; Hardware; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Production; Proton accelerators; Radio frequency; System testing;
