RFQ Development at LBL

Author

Abbott, S. ; Brodzik, D. ; Gough, R.A. ; Howard, D. ; Lancaster, H. ; MacGill, R. ; Rovanpera, S. ; Schneider, H. ; Staples, J. ; Yourd, R.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of California Berkeley, CA 94720

Volume

30

Issue

2

fYear

1983

fDate

4/1/1983 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1456

Lastpage

1458

Abstract

The radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) is a structure which can efficiently focus, bunch and accelerate low velocity ion beams. It has many features which make it particularly attractive for applications in the biomedical and nuclear sciences. There are two projects in progress at LBL where the incorporation of heavy ion RFQ technology offers substantial benefits: in the upgrade of the Bevatron local injector, and in the design of a dedicated heavy ion medical accelerator. In order to meet the requirements of these two important applications, a 200 MHz RFQ structure has been designed for ions with charge to mass ratios as low as 0.14, and a low RF power scale model has been built and tested. Construction of the high power model has begun. The status of this project is reviewed and a summary of technical specifications given.

Keywords

Acceleration; Ion accelerators; Ion beams; Ion sources; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Radio frequency; Structural beams; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.1983.4332559

Filename

4332559