Title :
The Lens 7 MeV, 10 mA Proton Linac
Author :
Derenchuk, V.P. ; Baxter, D.V. ; Bogdanov, A.A. ; Jones, W.P. ; Rinckel, T. ; Solberg, K.
Author_Institution :
Indiana University Cyclotron Facility, Bloomington, IN 47408, U.S.A.
Abstract :
The Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF) has constructed and placed in operation a Low Energy Neutron Source (LENS) using a 10 mA, 7 MeV proton beam incident on a beryllium target. The proton delivery system (PDS) consists of a 25 keV proton injector, an AccSys Technology, Inc. PL7 Linac [1] and a proton beamline (PBL) with non-linear beam spreading [2]. The accelerator and beamline equipment used in this construction are refurbished and upgraded components from the IUCF CIS/Cooler synchrotron [3] facility. After commissioning the beam current at 7 MeV will be 10 mA with a pulse width of up to 300 μs and > 1% duty factor. The PDS was constructed and commissioning started in 2004. First operating results will be described.
Keywords :
Computational Intelligence Society; Cyclotrons; Lenses; Linear particle accelerator; Neutrons; Particle beams; Proton accelerators; Space vector pulse width modulation; Structural beams; Synchrotrons;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2005. PAC 2005. Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8859-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2005.1591412
