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The peak current limit for the Fermilab Linac was recently studied. The purpose was to learn what components of the present Linac can be used for the first stage of a proposed proton driver[1]. For this application the Linac must provide a…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Popovic , L. Allen , A. Moretti , E. McCrory , C. W. Schmidt , T. Sullivan

The proton irradiation accelerator is widely founded for industry application, and should be designed as compact, reliable, and easy operate. A 10 MeV proton beam is designed to be injected into the slow circulation ring with the repetition…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-11-24 Yu-Wen An , Hong-Fei Ji , Sheng Wang , Shou-Yan Xu

We study turn-by-turn fluctuations in the number of spontaneously emitted photons from an undulator, installed in the Integrable Optics Test Accelerator (IOTA) electron storage ring at Fermilab. A theoretical model is presented, showing the…

FAST is a facility at Fermilab that consists of a photoinjector, two superconducting capture cavities, one superconducting ILC-style cryomodule, and a small ring for studying non-linear, integrable beam optics called IOTA. This paper…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-03-06 R. Thurman-Keup , A. H. Lumpkin , J. Thangaraj

The PIP2IT test accelerator is under construction at Fermilab. Its ion source and Low Energy Beam Transport (LEBT) in its initial (straight) configuration have been commissioned to full specification parameters. This paper introduces the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 A. Shemyakin , M. Alvarez , R. Andrews , J. -P. Carneiro , A. Chen , R. D'Arcy , B. Hanna , L. Prost , V. Scarpine , C. Wiesner

Fermilab is upgrading its Booster synchrotron to increase ramp rate and intensity. This is part of the Proton Improvement Plan (PIP-II) that will allow the Main Injector to achieve proton beam power of 1.2 MW within the next few years. This…

From 2005 through 2012, the Fermilab Main Injector provided intense beams of 120 GeV protons to produce neutrino beams and antiprotons. Hardware improvements in conjunction with improved diagnostics allowed the system to reach sustained…

The Fermilab Proton-Improvement-Plan-II (PIP-II) is being implemented in order to support the precision neutrino oscillation measurements at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, the U.S. flagship neutrino experiment. The PIP-II LINAC…

Fermilab is committed to upgrade its accelerator complex to support HEP experiments at the intensity frontier. The ongoing Proton Improvement Plan (PIP) enables us to reach 700 kW beam power on the NuMI neutrino targets. By the end of the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-04-27 C. M. Bhat

The bulk irradiation of materials with 10-30 MeV protons promises to advance the study of radiation damage for fission and fusion power plants. Intermediate energy proton beams can now be dedicated to materials irradiation within…

A 2.1 MeV, 10 mA CW RFQ has been installed and commissioned at Fermilab's test accelerator known as PIP-II Injector Test. This report describes the measurements of the beam properties after acceleration in the RFQ, including the energy and…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-09-25 A. Shemyakin , J. -P. Carneiro , B. Hanna , L. Prost , A. Saini , V. Scarpine , V. L. S. Sista , J. Steimel

A superconducting RF accelerator test facility is currently under construction at Fermilab. The accelerator will consist of an electron gun, 40 MeV injector, beam acceleration section consisting of 3 TTF-type or ILC-type cryomodules, and…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-09-19 M. Church , J. Leibfritz , S. Nagaitsev

High energy and high beam power accelerators are extensively used for the neutrino physics research. At present, the leading operational facilities are the Fermilab Main Injector complex that delivers over 0.75 MW of 120 GeV protons on the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-06-19 Vladimir Shiltsev

A Compact laser plasma accelerator (CLAPA) is being built in Peking University, which is based on RPA-PSA mechanism or other acceleration mechanisms. According to the beam parameters from preparatory experiments and theoretical simulations,…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-12-02 Y. Shang , K. Zhu , C. Cao , J. G. Zhu , Y. R. Lu , Z. Y. Guo , J. E. Chen , X. Q Yan

The MTA beam line has been specifically designed to facilitate measurements of the Fermilab Linac beam emittance and properties utilizing a long, 10m, element-free straight. Linac beam is extracted downstream of the 400-MeV electrostatic…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-09-26 C. Johnstone

Many present and future accelerators must operate with high intensity beams when distortions induced by space charge forces are among major limiting factors. Betatron tune depression of above approximately 0.1 per cell leads to significant…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 A. Romanov , A. Valishev , D. L. Bruhwiler , N. Cook , C. Hall

The Advanced Superconducting Test Acccelerator (ASTA) is being constructed at Fermilab. The existing New Muon Lab (NML) building is being converted for this facility. The accelerator will consist of an electron gun, injector, beam…

Integrable optics is an innovation in particle accelerator design that enables strong nonlinear focusing without generating parametric resonances. We use the Synergia tracking code to investigate the application of integrable optics to…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-05-08 J. Eldred , A. Valishev

The SPIN@FERMI collaboration has updated its 1991-95 Reports on the acceleration of polarized protons in Fermilab's Main Injector, which was commissioned by Fermilab. This Updated Report summarizes some updated Physics Goals for a 120-150…

The Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (ASTA) facility is currently under construction at Fermilab. With a 1-ms macropulse composed of up to 3000 micropulses and with beam energies projected from 45 to 800 MeV, the need for…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-09-01 A. H. Lumpkin , M. Wendt , J. M. Byrd