2022
1.
Schwarz, M.; Baggemann, J.; Brückel, Th.; Droba, M.; Gutberlet, T.; Kümpel, K.; Lamprecht, S.; Li, J.; Mauerhofer, E.; Meusel, O.; Petry, N. F.; Podlech, H.; Rücker, U.; Schwab, A.; Zakalek, P.; Zhang, C.
Proton Linac Design for the High Brilliance Neutron Source HBS Proceedings Article
In: pp. 90–93, JACoW Publishing, Bangkok, Thailand, 2022, ISSN: 978-3-95450-227-1.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cavity, linac, Neutron, proton, rfq
@inproceedings{2022-Schwarz,
title = {Proton Linac Design for the High Brilliance Neutron Source HBS},
author = {M. Schwarz and J. Baggemann and Th. Brückel and M. Droba and T. Gutberlet and K. Kümpel and S. Lamprecht and J. Li and E. Mauerhofer and O. Meusel and N. F. Petry and H. Podlech and U. Rücker and A. Schwab and P. Zakalek and C. Zhang},
url = {https://jacow.org/ipac2022/papers/mopost016.pdf},
doi = {10.18429/jacow-ipac2022-mopost016},
issn = {978-3-95450-227-1},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-07-01},
journal = {International Particle Accelerator Conference},
pages = {90–93},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing},
address = {Bangkok, Thailand},
series = {13},
abstract = {Due to the decommissioning of several reactors, only about half of the neutrons will be available for research in Europe in the next decade despite the commissioning of the ESS. High-Current Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources (HiCANS) could fill this gap. The High Brilliance Neutron Source (HBS) currently under development at Forschungszentrum Jülich is scalable in terms of beam energy and power due to its modular design. The driver linac will accelerate a 100 mA proton beam to 70 MeV. The linac is operated with a beam duty cycle of up to 13.6 % (15.3 % RF duty cycle) and can simultaneously deliver three pulse lengths (208 µs, 833 µs and 2 ms) for three neutron target stations. In order to minimize the development effort and the technological risk, state-of-the-art technology of the MYRRHA injector is used. The HBS linac consists of a front end (ECR source, LEBT, 2.5 MeV double RFQ) and a CH-DTL section with 44 room temperature CH-cavities. All RF structures are operated at 176.1 MHz and are designed for high duty cycle. Solid-state amplifiers up to 500 kW are used as RF drivers. Due to the beam current and the high average beam power of up to 952 kW, particular attention is paid to beam dynamics. In order to minimize beam losses, a quasi-periodic lattice with constant negative phase is used. This paper describes the conceptual design and the challenges of a modern high-power and high-current proton accelerator with high reliability and availability.},
keywords = {cavity, linac, Neutron, proton, rfq},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Due to the decommissioning of several reactors, only about half of the neutrons will be available for research in Europe in the next decade despite the commissioning of the ESS. High-Current Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources (HiCANS) could fill this gap. The High Brilliance Neutron Source (HBS) currently under development at Forschungszentrum Jülich is scalable in terms of beam energy and power due to its modular design. The driver linac will accelerate a 100 mA proton beam to 70 MeV. The linac is operated with a beam duty cycle of up to 13.6 % (15.3 % RF duty cycle) and can simultaneously deliver three pulse lengths (208 µs, 833 µs and 2 ms) for three neutron target stations. In order to minimize the development effort and the technological risk, state-of-the-art technology of the MYRRHA injector is used. The HBS linac consists of a front end (ECR source, LEBT, 2.5 MeV double RFQ) and a CH-DTL section with 44 room temperature CH-cavities. All RF structures are operated at 176.1 MHz and are designed for high duty cycle. Solid-state amplifiers up to 500 kW are used as RF drivers. Due to the beam current and the high average beam power of up to 952 kW, particular attention is paid to beam dynamics. In order to minimize beam losses, a quasi-periodic lattice with constant negative phase is used. This paper describes the conceptual design and the challenges of a modern high-power and high-current proton accelerator with high reliability and availability.
2.
Basten, M.; Aulenbacher, K.; Barth, W. A.; Burandt, C.; Dziuba, F. D.; Gettmann, V.; Gutberlet, T.; Kürzeder, T.; Lauber, S.; List, J.; Miski-Oglu, M.; Podlech, H.; Vossberg, M.; Yaramyshev, S.
High Power RF-Cavity Development for the HBS-Driver LINAC Proceedings Article
In: pp. 1516–1519, JACoW Publishing, Bangkok, Thailand, 2022, ISSN: 978-3-95450-227-1.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: cavity, heavy-ion, linac, Neutron, operation
@inproceedings{2022-Basten,
title = {High Power RF-Cavity Development for the HBS-Driver LINAC},
author = {M. Basten and K. Aulenbacher and W. A. Barth and C. Burandt and F. D. Dziuba and V. Gettmann and T. Gutberlet and T. Kürzeder and S. Lauber and J. List and M. Miski-Oglu and H. Podlech and M. Vossberg and S. Yaramyshev},
url = {https://jacow.org/ipac2022/papers/tupoms041.pdf},
doi = {10.18429/jacow-ipac2022-tupoms041},
issn = {978-3-95450-227-1},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-07-01},
journal = {International Particle Accelerator Conference},
pages = {1516–1519},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing},
address = {Bangkok, Thailand},
series = {13},
abstract = {Neutron research in Europe is mainly based on various nuclear reactors that will be successively decommissioned over the next years. This means that despite the commissioning of the European Spallation Source ESS, many neutron research centres, especially in the medium flux regime, will disappear. In response to this situation, the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) has begun the development of a scalable, compact, accelerator-based High Brilliance neutron Source (HBS). A total of three different neutron target stations are planned, which can be operated with a 100 mA proton beam of up to 70 MeV and a duty cycle of up to 6%. The driver Linac consists of an Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source followed by a LEBT section, a 2.5 MeV double Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) and 35 normal conducting (NC) Crossbar H-Mode (CH) cavities. The development of the cavities is carried out by the Institute for Applied Physics (IAP) at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. Due to the high beam current, all cavities as well as the associated tuners and couplers have to be optimised for operation under high thermal load to ensure safe operation. In collaboration with the GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research as the ideal test facility for high power tests, two cavities and the associated hardware are being designed and will be tested. The design and latest status of both cavities will be presented in this paper.},
keywords = {cavity, heavy-ion, linac, Neutron, operation},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Neutron research in Europe is mainly based on various nuclear reactors that will be successively decommissioned over the next years. This means that despite the commissioning of the European Spallation Source ESS, many neutron research centres, especially in the medium flux regime, will disappear. In response to this situation, the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) has begun the development of a scalable, compact, accelerator-based High Brilliance neutron Source (HBS). A total of three different neutron target stations are planned, which can be operated with a 100 mA proton beam of up to 70 MeV and a duty cycle of up to 6%. The driver Linac consists of an Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source followed by a LEBT section, a 2.5 MeV double Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) and 35 normal conducting (NC) Crossbar H-Mode (CH) cavities. The development of the cavities is carried out by the Institute for Applied Physics (IAP) at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. Due to the high beam current, all cavities as well as the associated tuners and couplers have to be optimised for operation under high thermal load to ensure safe operation. In collaboration with the GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research as the ideal test facility for high power tests, two cavities and the associated hardware are being designed and will be tested. The design and latest status of both cavities will be presented in this paper.
2019
3.
Zakalek, P.; Baggemann, J.; Brückel, Th.; Böhm, S.; Cronert, T.; Doege, P. -E.; Gutberlet, T.; Li, J.; Mauerhofer, E.; Meusel, O.; Podlech, H.; Rimmler, M.; Rücker, U.; Schwarz, M.; Voigt, J.
High-Brilliance Neutron Source Project Proceedings Article
In: Proc. HIAT'18, pp. 117–121, JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-95450-203-5, (https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-HIAT2018-WEZAA01).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: cryogenics, experiment, Neutron, proton, Target
@inproceedings{2019-Zakalek,
title = {High-Brilliance Neutron Source Project},
author = {P. Zakalek and J. Baggemann and Th. Brückel and S. Böhm and T. Cronert and P. -E. Doege and T. Gutberlet and J. Li and E. Mauerhofer and O. Meusel and H. Podlech and M. Rimmler and U. Rücker and M. Schwarz and J. Voigt},
url = {http://jacow.org/hiat2018/papers/wezaa01.pdf},
doi = {doi:10.18429/JACoW-HIAT2018-WEZAA01},
isbn = {978-3-95450-203-5},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-11-01},
booktitle = {Proc. HIAT'18},
number = {14},
pages = {117–121},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
series = {International Conference on Heavy Ion Accelerator Technology},
note = {https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-HIAT2018-WEZAA01},
keywords = {cryogenics, experiment, Neutron, proton, Target},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
4.
Felden, O.; Demary, N.; Fröhlich, N. -O.; Gebel, R.; Rimmler, M.; Valdau, Y.
Recent Extensions of JULIC for HBS Investigations Proceedings Article
In: Proc. Cyclotrons'19, pp. 195–198, JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-95450-205-9, (https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-Cyclotrons2019-TUP019).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: cyclotron, experiment, Neutron, proton, Target
@inproceedings{2020-Felden,
title = {Recent Extensions of JULIC for HBS Investigations},
author = {O. Felden and N. Demary and N. -O. Fröhlich and R. Gebel and M. Rimmler and Y. Valdau},
url = {http://jacow.org/cyclotrons2019/papers/tup019.pdf},
doi = {10.18429/JACoW-Cyclotrons2019-TUP019},
isbn = {978-3-95450-205-9},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-06-01},
booktitle = {Proc. Cyclotrons'19},
number = {22},
pages = {195–198},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
series = {International Conference on Cyclotrons and their Applications},
note = {https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-Cyclotrons2019-TUP019},
keywords = {cyclotron, experiment, Neutron, proton, Target},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
5.
Podlech, H.; Baggemann, J.; Böhm, S.; Brückel, T.; Cronert, T.; Doege, P. E.; Droba, M.; Gutberlet, T.; Li, J.; Kümpel, K.; Lamprecht, S.; MAuerhofer, E.; Meusel, O.; Petry, N.; Rücker, U.; Schneuder, P.; Schwarz, M.; Zakalek, P.; Zhang, C.
Conceptual Design of the Proton LINAC for the High Brilliance Neutron Source HBS Proceedings Article
In: Proc. 10th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'19), Melbourne, Australia, 19-24 May 2019, pp. 910–913, JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-95450-208-0, (https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-MOPTS027).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: cavity, linac, Neutron, proton, rfq
@inproceedings{2019-Podlech,
title = {Conceptual Design of the Proton LINAC for the High Brilliance Neutron Source HBS},
author = {H. Podlech and J. Baggemann and S. Böhm and T. Brückel and T. Cronert and P. E. Doege and M. Droba and T. Gutberlet and J. Li and K. Kümpel and S. Lamprecht and E. MAuerhofer and O. Meusel and N. Petry and U. Rücker and P. Schneuder and M. Schwarz and P. Zakalek and C. Zhang},
url = {http://jacow.org/ipac2019/papers/mopts027.pdf},
doi = {doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-MOPTS027},
isbn = {978-3-95450-208-0},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-06-01},
booktitle = {Proc. 10th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'19), Melbourne, Australia, 19-24 May 2019},
number = {10},
pages = {910–913},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing},
address = {Geneva, Switzerland},
series = {International Particle Accelerator Conference},
note = {https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-MOPTS027},
keywords = {cavity, linac, Neutron, proton, rfq},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}