Heavy Ion Linac LU2 for the Synchrotron Research Complex
摘要
The project of a facility for studying the ionizing radiation effects from outer space is under development at Russian Federal Nuclear Center All-Russia Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov). The National Research Center Kurchatov Institute (KCTEF) has developed a technical project and design documentation for a heavy ion linac. The linac provides the acceleration of the beams with the mass-to-charge ratio within the range of 4–8 in a pulsed mode up to energy of 4 MeV per nucleon with a current of 10 mA. The accelerator consists of a laser ion source, an RFQ section and two DTL sections operating at multiple frequencies. The world’s most powerful laser ion source can generate a Bi27+ ion beam with a current of at least 3 mA at a pulse duration of 5 μs. In the linac, at least 95% of the injected beam current is captured in acceleration.