The superhilac upgrade project

Conference · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6121202

Feinberg, B; Brown, I G

This project will increase the uranium output of the Bevalac heavy-ion facility from the currently available 10X to 5X10X ions/pulse, allowing accurate Lamb shift measurements to be made in UZ and UZ with important applications to the testing of quantum electrodynamics and the development of an x-ray laser. The injected beam intensity will be increased to make better use of the 10emA output space-charge limit of the Wideroe linac. Components will include a new high current MEtal Vapor Vacuum Arc (MEVVA) ion source along with an improved high current, high voltage Cockcroft-Walton power supply to handle the increased beam current. The Low Energy Beam Transport (LEBT) line will be upgraded with additional focusing to manage the increased space-charge forces and with an improved vacuum to reduce charge exchange losses. Finally, the phase matching between the 23MHz Wideroe linac and the 70MHz Alvarez linac will be improved by the addition of the appropriate buncher cavities. Physics design is underway and detailed engineering is scheduled to begin in October 1985, with installation slated for the 1986 summer shutdown.

• Research Organization: University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California
• OSTI ID: 6121202
• Report Number(s): CONF-850504-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Journal Volume: NS-32:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHARGED PARTICLES
CURRENTS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
ELECTRODYNAMICS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FIELD THEORIES
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HEAVY IONS
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ION SOURCES
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MILLI AMP BEAM CURRENTS
MODIFICATIONS
POWER SUPPLIES
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
RETROFITTING
SPACE CHARGE
SPECTRAL SHIFT
SUPERHILAC
URANIUM IONS
X-RAY LASERS