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https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2015-THPF106
Title Review of Linac Upgrade Options for the ISIS Spallation Neutron Source
Authors
  • D.C. Plostinar, C.R. Prior, G.H. Rees
    STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
Abstract The ISIS Spallation Neutron Source at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory has recently celebrated 30 years of neutron production. However, with increasing demand for improved reliability and higher beam power it has become clear that a machine upgrade is necessary in the medium to long term. One of the upgrade options is to replace the existing 70 MeV H⁻ injector. In this paper we review the ongoing upgrade programme and highlight three linac upgrade scenarios now under study. The first option is to keep the existing infrastructure and replace the current linac with a higher frequency, more efficient machine. This would allow energies in excess of 100 MeV to be achieved in the same tunnel length. A second option is to replace the current linac with a new 180 MeV linac, requiring a new tunnel. A third option is part of a larger upgrade scenario and involves the construction of an 800 MeV superconducting linac.
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Conference IPAC2015, Richmond, VA, USA
Series International Particle Accelerator Conference (6th)
Proceedings Link to full IPAC2015 Proccedings
Session Thursday Posters
Date 07-May-15   16:00–18:00
Main Classification 4: Hadron Accelerators
Sub Classification A08 - Linear Accelerators
Keywords linac, DTL, neutron, proton, cavity
Publisher JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland
Editors Stuart Henderson (ANL, Argonne, IL, USA); Evelyn Akers (Jlab, Newport News, VA, USA); Todd Satogata (JLab, Newport News, VA, USA); Volker R.W. Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)
ISBN 978-3-95450-168-7
Published June 2015
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