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The use of existing linacs, and in particular light source injectors, for free-electron laser (FEL) experiments is becoming more common due to the desire to test FELs at ever shorter wavelengths. The high-brightness, high-current beams…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Travish , S. Biedron , M. Borland , M. Hahne , K. Harkay , J. W. Lewellen , A. Lumpkin , S. Milton , N. Sereno

The Fermilab Linac is a roughly 145 meter linear accelerator that accelerates H- beam from 750 keV to 400 MeV and provides beam for the Booster and the rest of the accelerator chain. The first section of the Linac is a Drift-Tube Linac…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-05-25 J. Stanton , R. Sharankova , K. Seiya , M. Wesley

This paper reports on the feasibility study of a proton Super-Conducting Linac (SCL) as a new injector to the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS) of the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). The Linac beam energy is in the range of 1.5…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Raparia , A. G. Ruggiero

Within the framework of the LHC Injector Upgrade (LIU), the new LINAC4 is currently being commissioned to replace the existing LINAC2 proton source at CERN. After the expected completion at the end of 2016, the LINAC4 will accelerate H-…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 T. Hofmann , G. E. Boorman , A. Bosco , E. Bravin , S. M. Gibson , K. O. Kruchinin , U. Raich , F. Roncarolo , F. Zocca

In the last ten years the use of proton beams in radiation therapy has become a clinical tool for treatment of deep-seated tumours. LIBO is a RF compact and low cost proton linear accelerator (SCL type) for hadrontherapy. It is conceived by…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Paolo Berra

The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) Linac accepts 750 keV H- ions from the front end and accelerates them to 400 MeV for injection into the Booster rapid cycling synchrotron. Day-to-day drifts in the beam longitudinal…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-07-25 R. Sharankova , A. Shemyakin , S. Rego

The normal conducting Annular Coupled Structure (ACS) is applied for 190-400 MeV part of high intensity proton linac for the J-PARC. The ACS operating frequency is 972 MHz. The J-PARC ACS is strongly based on the results of previous…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-06-27 Valentin Paramonov

The Proton Improvement Plan - II (PIP-II) injector linac is an 800 MeV superconducting H$^-$ linac, christened Linac2, that will replace the existing 400 MeV injector to the accelerator complex at Fermilab. The higher energy, intensity and…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 S. Krishnagopal , M. Convery , J. Dey

The construction of the initial part of a normally conducting linac for hydrogen ion beams with a pulsed current of ~20 mA up to an energy of ~70 MeV is considered. The RFQ at a frequency of ~160 MHz accelerates ions to an energy of ~4 MeV.…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-09-21 V. V. Paramonov , A. P. Durkin , L. Yu. Ovchinnikova , I. V. Rybakov

The superconducting (SC) High Intensity and Energy (HIE) ISOLDE linac will replace most of the existing accelerating infrastructure of the Radioactive ion beam EXperiment (REX) at CERN, however, the 101.28 MHz RFQ and 5 MV IH cavity will…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2010-10-12 M. A. Fraser , M. Pasini , R. M. Jones , D. Voulot

The conception of High Power Linac developed in Russian accelerator centres is based on the use of independently phased SC resonators with quadrupole lenses between them. The type and parameters of the resonators as well as focusing…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Kolomiets , S. Yaramishev

The creation of intense radioactive beams requires intense and energetic primary beams. A task force analysis of this subject recommended an acceleration system capable of 400 MeV/u uranium at 1 particle uA as an appropriate driver for such…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Marti , R. C. York , H. Blosser , M. M. Gordon , D. Gorelov , T. Grimm , D. Johnson , P. Miller , E. Pozdeyev , J. Vincent , X. Wu , A. Zeller

We propose an innovative linear accelerating structure, particularly suited for hadrontherapy applications. Its two main features are compactness and good power efficiency at low beam velocities: the first is achieved through a high working…

For the CLIC two-beam scheme, a high-current, long-pulse drive beam is required for RF power generation. Taking advantage of the 3 GHz klystrons available at the LEP injector once LEP stops, a 180 MeV electron accelerator is being…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Carron , E. Jensen , M. Luong , A. Millich , E. Rugo , I. Syratchev , L. Thorndahl

The CLIC study of a high-energy (0.5 - 5 TeV), high-luminosity (1034 - 1035 cm-2 sec-1) e+e- linear collider is presented. Beam acceleration using high frequency (30 GHz) normal-conducting structures operating at high accelerating fields…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jean-Pierre Delahaye , Ian Wilson

Project-X is the proposed high intensity proton facility to be built at Fermilab, US. Its Superconducting Linac, to be used at first stage of acceleration, will be operated in continuous wave (CW) mode. The Linac is divided into three…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-02-27 A. Saini , K. Ranjan , N. Solyak , S. Mishra , V. Yakovlev

A room temperature heavy ion linac has been proposed as a new injector of CSRm (the main Cooler Storage Ring) at HIRFL (Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou), which is expected to improve the performance of HIRFL. The linac injector can…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Xiaohu Zhang , Youjin Yuan , Jiawen Xia , Xuejun Yin , Dayu Yin , Xiaoni Li , Xiucui Xie , Heng Du , zhongshan Li

This document describes the concept of a primary electron beam facility at CERN, to be used for dark gauge force and light dark matter searches. The electron beam is produced in three stages: A Linac accelerates electrons from a…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-06-01 T. Åkesson , Y. Dutheil , L. Evans , A. Grudiev , Y. Papaphilippou , S. Stapnes

The Fermilab Linac accepts the 0.75 MeV H- ions from the front end and accelerates them to 400 MeV for injection into the Booster. Day-to-day drifts of the longitudinal trajectory in the Linac, reconstructed from phase readings of Beam…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-12-14 Sheldon Rego , Ralitsa Sharankova , Alexander Shemyakin

The JAERI/KEK Joint Project for the high-intensity proton accelerator facility has been proposed with a superconducting (SC) linac option from 400 MeV to 600MeV. System design of the SC linac has been carried out based on the…