CERN-NUFACT-Note 25 A Distributed Frequency RF Scheme for Capture of Muons (2009)
Bob Palmer [1] has proposed a scheme for the capture of muons using only medium frequency RF. It comprises of a decay and drift area, where the correlation between momentum and time is formed. The
EXPERIENCE WITH THE GTS-LHC ION SOURCE (2009)
R. Scrivens, D. Hitz, L. Guillemet, J. Chartier, G. Rey-giraud
For the heavy ion programme of the LHC a new ECRIS type heavy ion source had to be designed and built for Linac3 to fullfill the intensity requirements. Experience acquired during the installation...
Ions for LHC: Towards Completion of the Injector Chain (2008)
Manglunki, Django, Albert, M, Angoletta, M E, Arduini, Gianluigi, Baudrenghien, P, Bellodi, G, ...
The commissioning of CERN's ion injector complex [1] to allow 1.1 PeV collisions of ions in LHC is well under way. After the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) in 2005 [2] and the Proton Synchrotron (PS) in...
IONS FOR LHC: STATUS OF THE INJECTOR CHAIN (2008)
D. Manglunki, A. Beuret, J. Borburgh, Ch. Carli, M. Chanel, L. Dumas, ...
The LHC will, in addition to proton runs, be operated with Pb ions and provide collisions at energies of 5.5 TeV per nucleon pair, i.e. more than 1.1 PeV per event, to experiments. The transformation...
LEIR: TOWARDS THE NOMINAL LEAD ION BEAM (2008)
M. Chanel, M. E Angoletta, V. Baggiolini, P. Belochitskii, A. Beuret, A. Blas, ...
The Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) is a central piece for LHC ion operation at CERN, transforming long Linac3 pulses into high density bunches needed for LHC. The first phase of LEIR commissioning...
THE LHC LEAD INJECTOR CHAIN (2008)
A. Beuret, J. Borburgh, A. Blas, H. Burkhardt, C. Carli, M. Chanel, ...
A sizeable part of the LHC physics programme foresees lead-lead collisions with a design luminosity of 10 27 cm-2 s-1. This will be achieved after an upgrade of the ion injector chain comprising...
CERN-NUFACT-Note 25 A Distributed Frequency RF Scheme for Capture of Muons (2007)
Bob Palmer [1] has proposed a scheme for the capture of muons using only medium frequency RF. It comprises of a decay and drift area, where the correlation between momentum and time is formed. The
European Organization For Nuclear Research (2007)
Cern Ps Division, A. M. Lombardi, R. Scrivens, G. Franchetti, G. Franchetti, S. Gilardoni, ...
Experimental and theoretical activities are underway at CERN [1] with the aim of examining the feasibility of a very-high-flux neutrino source (10 neutrinos/year). In the present scheme, a high-power...
A RF driven H- Source for LINAC4 (2007)
Küchler, D, Meinschad, Th, Peters, J, Scrivens, R
Future requirements on higher beam intensity and brightness will need an upgrade of the present CERN accelerator chain. Linac4 will be an essential part of the upgrade of the proton accelerator...
IONS FOR LHC: STATUS OF THE INJECTOR CHAIN (2007)
Manglunki, Django, Beuret, A, Borburgh, J, Carli, C, Chanel, M, Dumas, L, ...
The LHC will, in addition to proton runs, be operated with Pb ions and provide collisions at energies of 5.5 TeV per nucleon pair, i.e. more than 1.1 PeV per event, to experiments. The transformation...
Operation of the GTS-LHC Source for the Hadron Injector at CERN (2007)
Dumas, L, Hill, C, Hitz, D, Küchler, D, Mastrostefano, C, O'Neill, M, ...
The GTS-LHC ion source, designed and build by CEA Grenoble, was installed and commissioned at CERN in 2005. Since than the source has delivered oxygen and lead ion beams (O4+ and Pb27+ from the...
Towards An $H^{-}$ RF Source for Future CERN Accelerator Projectss (2007)
Küchler, D, Meinschad, T, Peters, J, Scrivens, R
An increase of beam intensity and brightness is essential for future upgrades of existing CERN proton accelerator facilities. A first step can be an injection of H- ions from a new higher energy H-...
A RF driven H- Source for LINAC 4. 2007-08-26 - 2007-08-31 (2007)
D. Kuechler, DESY Maschinenphysik, Th. Meinschad, J. Peters, R. Scrivens
Contribution to a conf. proceeding (journal)
Linac4 Technical Design Report (2006)
Arnaudon, L, Baudrenghien, P, Baylac, M, Bellodi, G, Body, Y, Borburgh, J, ...
Linac4 is an H- linear accelerator, intended to replace Linac2 as injector to the PS Booster (PSB). By delivering to the PSB a beam at 160 MeV energy, Linac4 will provide the conditions to double the...
The SPL (II) at CERN, a Superconducting 3.5 GeV H- Linac (2006)
Gerigk, F, Baylac, M, Bellodi, G, Benedico-Mora, E, Body, Y, Caspers, F, ...
A revision of the physics needs and recent progress in the technology of superconducting (SC) RF cavities have triggered major changes in the design of a SC H-linac at CERN. With up to 5MW beam...
Design and Validation with Measurements of the LEIR Injection Line (2006)
Roncarolo, F, Carli, C, Chanel, M, Dumas, L, Scrivens, R
The CERN Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) commissioning started in the year 2005. O4+and Pb54+ion beams are transferred at 4.2 MeV/nucleon from Linac 3 to LEIR through a low energy transfer line, for which...
Scintillating screens study for LEIR/LHC heavy ion beams (2005)
Bal, C, Bravin, E, Lefèvre, T, Scrivens, R, Taborelli, M
It has been observed on different machines that scintillating ceramic screens (like chromium doped alumina) are quickly damaged by low energy ion beams. These particles are completely stopped on the...
$H^{-}$ Source Development at CERN (2005)
Hill, C, Küchler, D, Scrivens, R, Steiner, T
Future CERN programmes for LHC and ISOLDE require increasing the beam intensity and brightness from the PS Booster (PSB). This could be achieved by injection from a higher energy H- linac. A new...
Characterisation and Performance of The CERN ECR4 Ion Source (2004)
Hill, C E, Andresen, C, Chamings, J, Coco, V, Küchler, D, Lombardi, A M, ...
To optimise the heavy ion injector for the LHC, a good knowledge of the parameters of the ECR4 ion source and the beam transport in the Low Energy Beam Transport (LEBT) for a lead ion beam is...
GTS-LHC: A New Source For The LHC Ion Injector Chain (2004)
Hill, C E, Küchler, D, Scrivens, R, Hitz, D, Guillemet, L, Leroy, R, ...
The ion injector chain for the LHC has to be adapted and modified to reach the design beam parameters. Up to now an ECR4 delivered the ion beam for the SPS fixed target physics programme. This source...
GTS-LHC: A New Source For The LHC Ion Injector Chain (2004)
Hill, C E, Küchler, D, Scrivens, R, Hitz, D, Guillemet, L, Leroy, R, ...
The ion injector chain for the LHC has to be adapted and modified to reach the design beam parameters. Up to now an ECR4 delivered the ion beam for the SPS fixed target physics programme. This source...
Characterisation and Performance of The CERN ECR4 Ion Source (2004)
Hill, C E, Andresen, C, Chamings, J A, Coco, V, Küchler, D, Lombardi, A M, ...
To optimise the heavy ion injector for the LHC, a good knowledge of the parameters of the ECR4 ion source and the beam transport in the Low Energy Beam Transport (LEBT) for a lead ion beam is...
Proton and Ion Sources for High Intensity Accelerators (2004)
Future high intensity ion accelerators, including the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), the European Spallation Source (ESS), the Superconducting Proton Linac (SPL) etc, will require high current and...
The LHC Lead Injector Chain (2004)
Beuret, A, Borburgh, J, Blas, A, Burkhardt, H, Carli, Christian, Chanel, M, ...
A sizeable part of the LHC physics programme foresees lead-lead collisions with a design luminosity of 1027 cm-2 s-1. This will be achieved after an upgrade of the ion injector chain comprising...
The LHC Lead Injector Chain (2004)
Beuret, A, Borburgh, J, Blas, A, Burkhardt, H, Carli, Christian, Chanel, M, ...
A sizeable part of the LHC physics programme foresees lead-lead collisions with a design luminosity of 1027 cm-2 s-1. This will be achieved after an upgrade of the ion injector chain comprising...
New Developments of a Laser Ion Source for Ion Synchrotrons (2004)
Kondrashev, S, Balabaev, A, Konukov, K, Sharkov, B Yu, Shumshurov, A V, Camut, O, ...
Laser Ion Sources (LIS) are well suited to filling synchrotron rings with highly charged ions of almost any element in a single turn injection mode. We report the first measurements of the LIS output...
The Study of a European Neutrino Factory Complex (2003)
Gruber, P, Aleksa, Martin, Amand, J F, Autin, Bruno, Baldy, J L, Benedikt, Michael, ...
The Neutrino Factory is a new concept for an accelerator that produces a high-intensity, high-energy beam of electron and muon neutrinos - the ultimate tool for neutrino oscillation studies and the...
Options for upgrading the intensity of the CERN lead pre-injector ion source (2002)
Hill, C E, Küchler, D, Kugler, H, Scrivens, R
CERN's heavy ion pre-injector has been in service since 1994, providing lead ions for fixed target collisions at 177 GeV per nucleon in the SPS. In the LHC era, heavy ion collisions require an...
The study of a European Neutrino Factory complex (2002)
Gruber, P, Aleksa, M, Amand, JF, Autin, B, Baldy, JL, Benedikt, M, ...
Studies on ECR4 for the CERN ion programme (2001)
Hill, C E, Küchler, D, Scrivens, R, Wenander, F
The CERN heavy ion community, and some other high energy physics experiments, are starting to demand other ions, both heavy and light, in addition to the traditional lead ions. Studies of the...
Comparison of Simulation Codes for the Beam Dynamics of Low-Energy Ions (2001)
Hanke, K, Heising, S, Probert, G, Scrivens, R
Results are presented of the simulation of low–energy ion dynamics with three different codes: KOBRA, IGUN and CPO. To share work between different codes one needs to be confident that they...
Tests of the CERN proton linac performance for LHC-type beams (2000)
Feschenko, A V, Hill, C E, Lombardi, A M, Liou, A, Scrivens, R, Vretenar, Maurizio
As the pre-injector of the LHC injector chain, the proton linac at CERN is required to provide a high-intensity (180mA) beam to the Proton Synchrotron Booster. The results of measurements at this...
Phase Rotation, Cooling And Acceleration Of Muon Beams: a Comparison Of Different Approaches (2000)
Franchetti, Giuliano, Gilardoni, S S, Gruber, P, Hanke, K, Haseroth, H, Holzer, E B, ...
Experimental and theoretical activities are underway at CERN [1] with the aim of examining the feasibility of a very-high-flux neutrino source (»1021 neutrinos/year). In the present scheme, a...
Tests of the CERN proton linac performance for LHC-type beams (2000)
Feschenko, A V, Hill, C E, Lombardi, A M, Liou, A, Scrivens, R, Vretenar, Maurizio
As the pre-injector of the LHC injector chain, the proton linac at CERN is required to provide a high-intensity (180mA) beam to the Proton Synchrotron Booster. The results of measurements at this...
Tests of the CERN Proton Linac Performance for LHC-Type Beams (2000)
Hill, C. E., Lombardi, A., Scrivens, R., Vretenar, M., Feschenko, A., Liou, A.
As the pre-injector of the LHC injector chain, the proton linac at CERN is required to provide a high-intensity (180mA) beam to the Proton Synchrotron Booster. The results of measurements at this...
Tests of the CERN Proton Linac Performance for LHC-Type Beams (2000)
Hill, C E, Lombardi, A M, Scrivens, R, Vretenar, Maurizio, Feschenko, A V, Liou, A
As the pre-injector of the LHC injector chain, the proton linac at CERN is required to provide a high-intensity (180mA) beam to the Proton Synchrotron Booster. The results of measurements at this...
Phase Rotation, Cooling And Acceleration Of Muon Beams: A Comparison Of Different Approaches (2000)
Franchetti, G., Gilardoni, S., Gruber, P., Hanke, K., Haseroth, H., Holzer, E. B., ...
Experimental and theoretical activities are underway at CERN with the aim of examining the feasibility of a very-high-flux neutrino source. In the present scheme, a high-power proton beam (some 4 MW)...
A Feasibility study of a neutrino source based on a muon storage ring (2000)
Holtkamp, N, Finley, DA, Anderson, T, Andreev, N, Ankenbrandt, CM, Assadi, S, ...
CERN PS laser ion source development (1999)
Fournier, P, Grégoire, G, Haseroth, H, Khomenko, S, Kondrashev, S A, Kugler, H, ...
CERN, together with ITEP and TRINITI (Russia), is developing a CO2 laser ion source. The key design parameters are: 1.4 1010 ions of Pb25+ in a pulse of 5.5 ms, with a 4-rms emittance of 0.2 10-6 rad...
The CERN laser-ion source (1996)
Collier, J, Hall, G, Haseroth, H, Kugler, H, Kuttenberger, A, Langbein, K, ...
Laser ion-source development at CERN (1996)
Collier, J, Hall, G, Haseroth, H, Kugler, H, Kuttenberger, A, Langbein, K, ...