The new gas injection system for the LINAC4 accelerator at CERN

Author

Guida, Raffaella ; Carrie, P. ; Fayet, F. ; Rosas, S. Izquierdo ; Lettry, J. ; Mahner, E. ; Rochez, J. ; Scrivens, R. ; Wasem, A. ; Wilhelmsson, M.

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The linear accelerator is the first vital stage of the LHC injector complex. The Linac4 is an H^- linear accelerator intended to replace Linac2 as injector into the CERN accelerator complex. It is a machine 90 m long and it will accelerate H^- ions up to 160 MeV. The Linac4 represent a crucial step for the LHC high luminosity program since it will allow improving brightness and reducing beam losses. The new linear accelerator is now under construction. A long reliability run will start during 2014.

Keywords

beam handling techniques; hydrogen; linear accelerators; CERN; CERN accelerator complex; H^- ion acceleration; H^- linear accelerator; LHC high luminosity program; Linac2 replacement; Linac4 accelerator; beam brightness; beam loss reduction; gas injection system; vital LHC injector complex stage; Control systems; Ion sources; Large Hadron Collider; Linear accelerators; Reliability; Software; Structural beams;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0533-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829817

Filename

6829817