TRIUMF ISAC RF system improvements after 2 years of operational experience

Author

Bylinskii, I. ; Ang, Z. ; Fang, S. ; Fong, K. ; Kumaran, R. ; Lu, J. ; Poirier, R.

Author_Institution

TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

12-16 May 2003

Firstpage

1285

Abstract

The TRIUMF ISAC accelerator has been successfully operating since spring 2001 with very little downtime. The machine comprises 16 independent RF systems including a 35 MHz RFQ, a 106 MHz DTL and several sub-harmonic choppers and bunchers. The post stripper DTL enables fully variable output energy up to 1.5 MeV/u for rare isotopes with A/q<6 in cw mode. This sets rather stringent requirements for the RF system as a whole and the RF controls in particular. A new RF phase measuring system has been commissioned, which together with other modifications has improved machine tunability. During initial operation the DTL frequency tuners and power couplers showed some problems, which could affect the machine reliability. Modifications to these components together with additional diagnostics have solved these problems. In this paper we will describe the overall operation of the RF system and present details of the modifications.

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; linear accelerators; particle beam bunching; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam dynamics; proton accelerators; 106 MHz; 35 MHz; DTL frequency tuners; RF controls; RFQ; TRIUMF ISAC RF system; TRIUMF ISAC accelerator; bunchers; cw mode; machine tunability; power couplers; rare isotopes; subharmonic choppers; Acceleration; Ceramics; Choppers; Isotopes; Linear particle accelerator; Maintenance; Phase measurement; Radio frequency; Soldering; Springs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the

ISSN

1063-3928

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7738-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2003.1289680

Filename

1289680