Commissioning of high current H+/D+ ion beams for the prototype accelerator of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Akagi, T.; Bellan, L.; Bolzon, B.; Cara, P.; Carin, Y.; Chauvin, N.; Comunian, M.; Dzitko, H.; Fagotti, E.; Harrault, F.; Kasugai, A.; Kondo, K.; Sakamoto, K.; Sugimoto, M.
- Source
- Review of Scientific Instruments. Feb2020, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p1-5. 5p. 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts, 4 Graphs.
- Subject
- *ION sources
*RADIO frequency
*IRRADIATION
*PROTOTYPES
*LIGHT sources
*ION beams
*PLASMA beam injection heating
- Language
- ISSN
- 0034-6748
The Linear IFMIF (International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility) Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc) is aiming at demonstrating the low energy section of a 40 MeV/125 mA IFMIF deuteron accelerator up to 9 MeV with a full beam current in cw operation. For such a high-power beam, the LIPAc injector is required to produce a 100 keV D+ beam with 140 mA and match it for injection into the Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator. The injector is designed by CEA-Saclay based on the high intensity light ion source (SILHI). In 2019, the commissioning of the RFQ to demonstrate the D+ beam acceleration at a low duty cycle (0.1%) was conducted. A nominal beam current of 125 mA D+ beam was accelerated up to 5 MeV through the RFQ successfully. The LIPAc injector fully satisfied the requirements for RFQ beam commissioning at the pulse mode. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]