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The current program at Fermilab involves the construction of a new superconducting linear accelerator (LINAC) to replace the existing warm version. The new LINAC, together with other planned improvements, is in support of proton beam…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-10-03 R. Thurman-Keup , T. Folan , M. Mwaniki , S. Sas-Pawlik

The injector (Scheme-I) of the C-ADS linac is a 10-mA 10-MeV proton linac working in CW mode. It is mainly comprised of a 3.2-MeV room-temperature 4-vane RFQ and twelve superconducting single-spoke cavities housed in a long cryostat. Error…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Cai Meng , Zhihui Li , Jingyu Tang

The demand for neutron production facilities is increasing, as the applications of neutron science are manifold. These applications drive the need for efficient and compact neutron sources. In this context, this paper explores the potential…

The Fermilab Proton Source machines, constituted by Pre-Injector, conventional Linac and Booster synchrotron, at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) had have a long history of successful beam operations. Built in late '60s, the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-09-01 F. G. Garcia , W. Pellico

Following the PIP-II 800 MeV Linac, Fermilab will need an accelerator that extends from that linac to the MI injection energy of ~8 GeV, completing the modernization of the Fermilab high-intensity accelerator complex. This will maximize the…

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

To maximize the physics potential of future neutrino oscillation experiments, it is proposed to build a 15-MW `proton driver' consisitng solely of a 3-GeV proton injector linac (PI) and a 17-GeV superconducting ILC-type linac (SCL). The…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-03-25 Radoje Belusevic

The Drive Beam Linac of the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) has to accelerate an electron beam with 4.2 A up to 2.4 GeV in almost fully-loaded structures. The pulse contains about 70000 bunches, one in every second rf bucket, and has a…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-02-28 Avni Aksoy

The H- Accelerator consists of a 750 keV Cockcroft Walton preaccelerator and an Alvarez type 50 MeV linac. The accelerator has been in operation since 1961. Since 1981, it has been used as the injector for the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. I. Donley , V. F. Stipp , F. R. Brumwell , G. E. McMichael

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

High-frequency hadron-therapy linacs have been studied for the last 20 years and are now being built for dedicated proton-therapy centres. The main reason for using high-frequency linacs, in spite of the small apertures and low-duty cycle,…

Medical Physics · Physics 2018-04-24 Alberto Degiovanni

A new compact linear proton accelerator project (named LINAC 7) for multiple low-current applications, designed and built in-house at the Beam Laboratory of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) is described. The project combines…

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 SNS linac accelerates an average beam current of 2 mA to an energy of 968 MeV. The linac is pulsed at 60 Hz with an H- beam pulse of 1 ms. The first 185 Mev of the linac uses normal conducting cavities, and the remaining length of the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael Lynch , William Reass , Daniel Rees , Amy Regan , Paul Tallerico

In a long-term planning for neutrino experiments in China, a medium baseline neutrino beam is proposed which uses a CW superconducting linac of 15 MW in beam power as the proton driver. The linac will be based on the technologies which are…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-07-14 Zhihui Li , Jingyu Tang

We have explored a concept for an advanced Normal-Conducting Radio-Frequency (NCRF) C-band linear accelerator (linac) structure to achieve a high gradient, high power e$^+$e$^-$ linear collider in the TeV class. This design study represents…

The proposed Next Linear Collider (NLC) contains linac systems operating at L,S,C, and X band. This paper describes a wideband modular low-level RF (LLRF) system applicable for all NLC pulsed RF systems. High speed digital IF techniques are…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Corredoura , C. Adolphsen

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…

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

The SPIRAL2 superconducting linear accelerator (LINAC), which has been operational since 2019, employs superconducting, independently phased RF resonators to deliver a wide range of particle beams. Designed for flexibility in particle…