Superconducting heavy-ion linac at Argonne
Description/Abstract
The design, status, and performance of the first operating superconducting heavy-ion accelerator, a linac used to boost the energies of beams from a 9-MV tandem, is summarized. When completed in 1981, the linac will consist of 24 independently-phased split-ring niobium resonators operating at 97 MHz. This linac is designed to provide 29 MV of acceleration. Because of the modular character of the system, the linac has been operable and useful since mid-1978, when a beam was accelerated through 2 units and the first nuclear-physics experiments were preformed. Now, 16 resonators are in use, and a beam has been accelerated for approx. 6000 h. Resonator performance has been remarkably stable, in spite of vacuum accidents, and the linac as a whole operates reliably without operators in attendance during nights and weekends. The ease and speed with which the beam energy can be changed is proving to be unexpectedly valuable to users.
| DOI | 10.2172/6192310 |
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| Creator/Author: | Aron, J. ; Benaroya, R. ; Bollinger, L.M. ; Clifft, B.G. ; Johnson, K.W. ; Nixon, J.M. ; Markovich, P. ; Pardo, R.C. ; Shepard, K.W. |
| Publication Date: | 1981 Jan 01 |
| OSTI Identifier: | OSTI ID: 6192310; Legacy ID: DE83008859 |
| Report Number(s): | CONF-810314-182 |
| DOE Contract Number: | W-31-109-ENG-38 |
| DOI: | 10.2172/6192310 |
| Other Number(s): | Other: ON: DE83008859 |
| Resource Type: | Technical Report |
| Resource Relation: | Conference: Particle accelerator conference, Washington, DC, USA, 11 Mar 1981; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products |
| Research Org: | Argonne National Lab., IL (USA) |
| Subject: | 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; SUPERCONDUCTING CAVITY RESONATORS; RELIABILITY; ANL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BOOSTERS; PERFORMANCE; ACCELERATORS; CAVITY RESONATORS; DATA; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; RESONATORS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS |
| Country of Publication: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Size: Pages: 4 |
| Availability: | NTIS, PC A02/MF A01; 1. |
| Update Date: | 2008 Sep 11 |
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