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DOI:10.18429/JACoW-HB2016-TUPM3Y01
Title Operational Experience and Future Plans at ISIS
Authors
  • D.J. Adams
    STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
  • I.S.K. Gardner, B. Jones, A.H. Kershaw, A.P. Letchford, R.J. Mathieson, A. Pertica, B.G. Pine, A. Seville, H. V. Smith, C.M. Warsop, R.E. Williamson, M. Wright
    STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
Abstract The ISIS spallation neutron and muon source has been in operation since 1984. The accelerator complex consists of an H⁻ ion source, 665 keV RFQ, 70 MeV linac, 800 MeV proton synchrotron and associated beam transfer lines. The facility currently delivers ~2.8·10¹³ protons per pulse (ppp) at 50 Hz, which is shared between two target stations. High intensity performance and operation are dominated by the need to minimise and control beam loss, which is key to sustainable machine operation, allowing essential hands on maintenance. The facility has had several upgrades including an RFQ, ring Second Harmonic RF system, key developments of diagnostics and instrumentation required for improving beam control and a Second Target station. Upgrades being installed, or expected in the near future, include: a ring damping system, a new injector MEBT with fast injection chopper and an upgraded 50 Hz target. Operational experience of ISIS and the impacts of its past and future upgrades are discussed. Ideas for major upgrades to ISIS are briefly reviewed, as are the underlying R&D projects.
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Conference HB2016, Malmö, Sweden
Series ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on High-Intensity and High-Brightness Hadron Beams (57th)
Proceedings Link to full HB2016 Proccedings
Session Working Group D - Session 1
Date 05-Jul-16   14:00–15:40
Main Classification Commissioning and Operations
Keywords operation, injection, acceleration, proton, simulation
Publisher JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland
Editors Mohammad Eshraqi (ESS, Lund, Sweden); Garry Trahern (ESS, Lund, Sweden); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)
ISBN 978-3-95450-185-4
Published August 2016
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