Recent Performance of the SNS H- ion source and low-energy beam transport system

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

OSTI ID:1133591

Stockli, Martin P ^[1]; Ewald, Kerry D ^[1]; Han, Baoxi ^[1]; Murray, Jr, S N ^[1]; Pennisi, Terry R ^[1]; Piller, Chip ^[1]; Santana, Manuel ^[1]; Tang, Johnny Y ^[1]; Welton, Robert F ^[1]

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1. ORNL

Recent measurements of the H beam current show that SNS is injecting about 55 mA into the RFQ compared to 45 mA in 2010. Since 2010, the H beam exiting the RFQ dropped from 40 mA to 34 mA, which is sufficient for 1 MW of beam power. To minimize the impact of the RFQ degradation, the service cycle of the best performing source was extended to 6 weeks. The only degradation is fluctuations in the electron dump voltage towards the end of some service cycles, a problem that is being investigated. Very recently, the RFQ was retuned, which partly restored its transmission. In addition, the electrostatic low-energy beam transport system was reengineered to double its heat sinking and equipped with a thermocouple that monitors the temperature of the ground electrode between the two Einzel lenses. The recorded data show that emissions from the source at high voltage dominate the heat load. Emissions from the partly Cs-covered first lens cause the temperature to peak several hours after starting up. On rare occasions, the temperature can also peak due to corona discharges between the center ground electrode and one of the lenses.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1133591
• Resource Relation: Conference: 15th International Conference on Ion Sources, Chiba, Japan, 20130908, 20130913
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

Ion source
H- source
ion injector
SNS