Ion sources for high-power hadron accelerators

D Faircloth - arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.3745, 2013 - arxiv.org
Ion sources are a critical component of all particle accelerators. They create the initial beam
that is accelerated by the rest of the machine. This paper will introduce the many methods of …

The RF H− ion source project at RAL

O Tarvainen, S Lawrie, D Faircloth, R Abel… - AIP Conference …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A project to design and construct an RF-driven long-lifetime volume production ion source
producing 30 mA of H− with 50 Hz repetition rate and 1.5% duty factor at 35 keV energy for …

Experimental study of breakdown time in a pulsed 2.45-GHz ECR hydrogen plasma reactor

OD Cortázar, A Megía-Macías… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma reactor developed at the European
Spallation Source Bilbao has been operated in pulsed mode at 50 Hz to study the …

Improving efficiency of plasma generation in H ion source with saddle antenna

V Dudnikov, R Johnson, S Murrey, T Pinnisi… - AIP Conference …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Progress on the development of RF H− surface plasma source (SPS) with saddle antenna
radio frequency (SA RF) discharge is considered. Several versions of new plasma …

Magnetic cusp configuration of the SPL plasma generator

M Kronberger, E Chaudet, G Favre, J Lettry… - AIP Conference …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
The Superconducting Proton Linac (SPL) is a novel linear accelerator concept currently
studied at CERN. As part of this study, a new Cs‐free, RF‐driven external antenna H …

Optical emission spectroscopy of the Linac4 and superconducting proton Linac plasma generators

J Lettry, U Fantz, M Kronberger, T Kalvas… - Review of Scientific …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
CERN's superconducting proton Linac (SPL) study investigates a 50 Hz high-energy, high-
power Linac for H− ions. The SPL plasma generator is an evolution of the DESY ion source …

First investigation on a two-stage CERN PSB collimation system

P Jackson - 2011 - ora.ox.ac.uk
This thesis investigates the feasibility of a two-stage collimator for the PSB (Proton
Synchrotron Booster) at CERN. Simulations of several shapes, sizes and materials were run …

Status of the plasma generator of the superconducting proton linac

M Kronberger, D Faircloth, J Lettry… - Review of Scientific …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
In the framework of the superconducting proton linac (SPL) study at CERN, a new non-
cesiated H− plasma generator driven by an external 2 MHz RF antenna has been …

Measurement of optical emission from the hydrogen plasma of the Linac4 ion source and the SPL plasma generator

J Lettry, S Bertolo, A Castel, E Chaudet… - AIP Conference …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
At CERN, a non caesiated H− ion volume source derived from the DESY ion source is being
commissioned. For a proposed High Power Superconducting Proton Linac (HP‐SPL), a non …

Plasma characterization of the superconducting proton linear accelerator plasma generator using a 2 MHz compensated Langmuir probe

C Schmitzer, M Kronberger, J Lettry… - Review of Scientific …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
The CERN study for a superconducting proton Linac (SPL) investigates the design of a
pulsed 5 GeV Linac operating at 50 Hz. As a first step towards a future SPL H− volume ion …