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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2024-MOAA005
TitlePerformance of the Fermilab linac injector
Authors
  • D. Jones, D. Bollinger, V. Kapin
    Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
AbstractThe Fermilab linac injection line consists of a 35 keV magnetron-type H- ion source, two-solenoid Low Energy Beam Transport (LEBT), 201 MHz 4-rod 750 keV Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ), and a Medium Energy Transport (MEBT) containing 4 quadrupoles and a bunching cavity. The injector delivers 25 mA, 48 µs pulses to drift-tube linac at a repetition rate of 15Hz. The transmission efficiency has been lower than expected since commissioning. Recent beam current measurements suggest that the beam is primarily lost upstream of the RFQ exit. Numerical simulations indicate that ions passing through the non-linear field region of the solenoids could produce a beam with an increased emittance resulting in up to 50 % of the LEBT beam current failing to meet the RFQ acceptance. An aperture restriction was installed upstream of the first solenoid to remove these ions. This report describes the results of measurements and simulations as well as the LEBT tuning.
Paperdownload: MOAA005.pdf
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Conference32nd Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC2024)
Series
LocationChicago, IL, USA
Date25-30 Aug 2024
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial BoardKelly Jaje (ANL), Kip Bishofberger (LANL), Ryan Brody (ANL), Gustavo Bruno (ANL), Jan Chrin (PSI), Cathy Eyberger (ANL), Maggie Montes (SLAC), Denise Skiadopoulos (ANL), Ling Wang (MSU/FRIB), Kent Wootton (ANL)
Online ISBN978-3-95450-219-6
Online ISSN2226-0366
Received28 August 2024
Revised29 August 2024
Accepted04 September 2024
Issued23 October 2024
DOI10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2024-MOAA005
Pages25-27