Title :
Beam tests of the 12 MHz RFQ RIB injector for ATLAS
Author :
Kaye, R.A. ; Shepard, K.W. ; Clifft, B.E. ; Kedzie, M.
Author_Institution :
Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA
Abstract :
Beam tests of the ANL 12 MHz Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ), designed for use as the initial element of an injector system for radioactive beams into the existing ATLAS accelerators, are in progress. Recent high-voltage tests of the RFQ without beam achieved the design intervane voltage of 100 kV cw, enabling beam tests with A/q as large as 132 using beams from the ANL Physics Division 4 MV Dynamitron accelerator facility. Although the RFQ was designed for bunched beams, initial tests have been performed with unbunched beams. Experiments with stable, unbunched beams of singly-charged 132Xe and 84 Kr measured the output beam energy distribution as a function of the RFQ operating voltage. The observed energies are in excellent agreement with numerical beam simulations
Keywords :
booster injectors; ion accelerators; linear accelerators; 12 MHz; 84Kr; ATLAS accelerators; RFQ operating voltage; bunched beams; design intervane voltage; high-voltage tests; injector system; numerical beam simulations; output beam energy distribution; radioactive beams; singly-charged 132Xe; unbunched beams; Acceleration; Detectors; Energy resolution; Magnetic switching; Magnets; Numerical simulation; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Testing; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5573-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1999.795749