Author: Brandon, J.
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MOPOST022 Upgrade of the Radio Frequency Quadrupole of the ReAccelerator at NSCL/FRIB 104
 
  • A.S. Plastun, J. Brandon, A.I. Henriques, S.H. Kim, D.G. Morris, S. Nash, P.N. Ostroumov, A.C.C. Villari, Q. Zhao, S. Zhao
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • D.B. Crisp, D.P. Sanderson
    NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant PHY15-65546
The ReA-RFQ is a four-rod room-temperature structure aimed to be the first step acceleration of rare isotopes as well as stable beams before injection into the ReA SRF linac. The beams of charge to mass ratios of 1/5 to 1/2 from the Electron Beam Ion Trap at 12 keV/u should be accelerated to at least 500 keV/u to be efficiently accelerated in the main SRF linac. Since the commissioning of the original ReA RFQ in 2010 the design voltage has never been reached, and CW operation was never achieved due to cooling issues. In 2016 a new design including trapezoidal modulation was proposed, which permitted achieving increased reliability, and would allow reaching the original required specifications. The proposed new rods were built and installed in 2019 and commissioned in the same year. Since then, the RFQ has been working very successfully. Recently it was opened for inspection and verification of its internal status. No damage and discoloration were observed. This contribution will describe the RFQ rebuild process, involving specific RF protections and other technical aspects related to the assembly of the structure. Results of the operation with a variety of beams will be presented.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-MOPOST022  
About • Received ※ 07 June 2022 — Revised ※ 09 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 11 July 2022
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