Design of the SSC linac
The preliminary design of the 600-MeV H/sup -/ linac for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) injector is described. The linac must provide a 25-mA beam during 7-35 mu s macropulses at 10 Hz within injection bursts. Normalized transverse emittances of less than 0.4 pi mm-mrad (RMS) are required for injection into the low Energy Booster (LEB) synchrotron. Cost, ease of commissioning, and operational reliability are important considerations. The linac will consist of an H/sup -/ source with electrostatic low-energy beam transport (LEBT), a 2.5-MeV radiofrequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator, a 70-MeV drift-tube linac (DTL), and 530 MeV of coupled-cavity linac (CCL). The RFQ and DTL operate at 428 MHz and the CCL operates at 1284 MHz. A modest total length of 143 m results from the tradeoff between cost optimization and reliability.<<ETX>>
The SSC Linac: Status of Design and Procurement Activities
The Linear Accelerator1,2 (Linac) is the first element in the injector chain for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). It must be operational by October 1995 in order to commission the Low Energy Booster (LEB). The physics design of the Linac is now essentially complete, detailed engineering is well advanced, and manufacturing has begun. This paper will review the physics design with emphasis on recent significant improvements, summarize mechanical design and construction status, and describe recent achievements in the development program.
A Direct Extraction H- Ion Source
A direct extraction H- ion source of the Penning design described by Dudnikovl has been built and tested. To date a beam of 108 mA has been extracted from a 10 × 0.5 mm2 slit and transported through a 90° bending magnet into a Faraday cup at a duty factor of ~7 Hz × 700 ¿s (0.5%). The duty factor limitation is imposed by operating temperature requirements so that at reduced arc current a dc beam of 4 mA has been reached.