H- ion source operational performance and latest development at the Spallation Neutron Source
| Autor: | Baoxi Han, Martin Stockli, Robert Welton, Chip Piller, Syd Murray, Terry Pennisi, Chris Stinson, Sang-Ho Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2244:012044 |
| ISSN: | 1742-6596 1742-6588 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1742-6596/2244/1/012044 |
| Popis: | The U.S. Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the world’s most powerful accelerator-driven pulsed neutron source. An H- injector feeds the accelerator with high current (>50 mA), time structured (1ms, 60 Hz) H- beam. The injector consists of an RF-driven, Cs-enhanced H- ion source and an electrostatic low energy beam transport section. In the recent three run cycles, an H- ion source operated ∼4 months for each run with excellent availability near 99.9%. The presently ongoing run is also on track to finish another ∼4 months run with similar high availability. Lately, we have tested a solid-state RF system for the ion source to replace the existing vacuum-tube type RF amplifier for the sake of improving the ease of operation and maintenance. Progress has also been made on the continued development of an external antenna RF H- ion source with a focus on improvement to its plasma ignition scheme. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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