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In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird ein schnelles Choppersystem für einen hochintensiven niederenergetischen Protonenstrahl untersucht. Das Choppersystem wird in der Niedrigenergiesektion (LEBT) der Frankfurter Neutronenquelle FRANZ eingesetzt. Der Treiberstrahl hat dort eine Energie von 120 keV und eine Intensität von bis zu 200 mA Protonen. Gefordert ist die Erzeugung eines gepulsten Strahls mit einem 50 bis 100 ns langen Pulsplateau und einer Wiederholrate von 250 kHz. Nach der Diskussion verschiedener Chopperkonzepte wird der Einsatz eines Kickersystems vorgeschlagen. Magnetische und elektrische Kicker werden im Hinblick auf Geometrie, Ablenkfelder, Strahldynamik, Emittanzwachstum, Leistungsbedarf sowie Betrieb im Schwingungs- oder im Pulsmodus untersucht. Die Realisierung des Choppersystems wird mit Hilfe von numerischen Simulationen und Vorexperimenten geprüft. Ein eigens dazu entwickelter Particle-in-cell (PIC)-Code wird vorgestellt. Er erlaubt die Simulation von Vielteilchen-Prozessen in zeitabhängigen Kickerfeldern unter Berücksichtigung der Effekte der Sekundärelektronen. Die Vorexperimente für die Ansteuerung des Kickers werden präsentiert. Für den magnetischen Kicker wurde eine niederinduktive Testspule und für den elektrischen Kicker ein Transformator bestehend aus einem nanokristallinen Ringbandkern aufgebaut. Abschließend werden die beiden Systeme miteinander verglichen. Ein magnetischer Kicker ist auch bei hohen Strahlintensitäten weniger anfällig für Strahlverluste und kann ohne die Gefahr von Spannungsdurchschlägen betrieben werden. Bei den geforderten hohen Wiederholraten ist jedoch der Leistungsbedarf nicht annehmbar, so dass im Ausblick die Weiterentwicklung eines elektrischen Kickersystems vorgeschlagen wird.
The ARMADILLO bunch compressor currently being designed at IAP is capable of reaching a longitudinal pulse compression ratio of 45 for proton beams of 150 mA at 2 MeV. It will provide one nanosecond proton pulses with a peak current of 7.7 A. The system guides nine linacμbunches deflected by a 5 MHz rf kicker and uses four dipole magnets - two homogeneous and two with field gradients - to merge them on the target. For longitudinal focusing and an energy variation of ±200 keV two multitrack rf cavities are included. ARMADILLO will be installed at the end of the Frankfurt Neutron Source FRANZ making use of the unique 250 kHz time structure. This contribution will provide an overview of the layout of the system as well as recent advances in component design and beam dynamics of the compressor.
Chopper systems are used to pulse charged particle beams. In most cases, electric deflection systems are used to generate beam pulses of defined lengths and appropriate repetition rates. At high beam intensities, the field distribution of the chopper system needs to be adapted precisely to the beam dynamics in order to avoid aberrations. An additional challenge is a robust design which guarantees reliable operation. For the Frankfurt Neutron Source FRANZ, an E×B chopper system is being developed which combines static magnetic deflection with a pulsed electric field in a Wien filter configuration. It will generate proton pulses with a flat top of 50 ns at a repetition rate of 250 kHz for 120 keV, 200 mA beams. For the electric deflection, pre-experiments with static and pulsed fields were performed using a helium ion beam. In pulsed mode operation, ion beams of different energies were deflected with voltages of up to ±6 kV and the resulting response was measured using a beam current transformer. A comparison between experiments and theoretical calculations as well as numerical simulations are presented.
This novel kind of neutron beam facility will provide 1 ns short neutron pulses with an approximately thermal energy distribution around 30 keV. The pulse repetition rate will be up to 250 kHz, the total proton number per pulse will be up to 6×1010 in the final stage, starting with a p – source current of 200 mA. A second target station will allow n – activation experiments by cw beam operation. An intense 2 MeV proton beam will drive a neutron source by the 7 Li (p,n) 7 Be reaction. The facility is under construction at the physics experimental hall of the J.W. Goethe – University. The 1m thick concrete tunnel was installed in 2009. In 2011 all rf amplifiers will be delivered and installed. Successful 200 mA proton source experiments in 2010 at a test stand will be followed by experiments on the 120 kV FRANZ terminal in 2011. The 250 kHz, 100 ns chopper in front of the rf linac is under construction, while the 2 MeV bunch compressor design was finished and the technical design of all components has started. The main accelerator cavity is under construction. First 2 MeV beam tests are expected for end of 2012.
In this thesis, a novel 257 kHz chopper device was numerically developed, technically designed and experimentally commissioned; a 4-solenoid, low-energy ion beam transport line was numerically investigated, installed and experimentally commissioned; and a novel massless beam-separation system was numerically developed.
The chopper combines a pulsed electric field with a static magnetic field in an ExB or Wien-filter type field configuration. Chopped beam pulses with a 257 kHz repetition rate and rise times of 110 ns were experimentally achieved using a 14 keV helium beam.
Due to the achieved results, the complete LEBT line for the future Frankfurt Neutron Source FRANZ is ready to deliver a dc or a pulsed beam. At the same time, the LEBT section represents an attractive test stand for the study of low-energy ion beams. It combines magnetic lenses, which allow space-charge compensated beam transport, and a chopper system capable of producing short beam pulses in the hundred nanosecond range. Since these beam pulses are transported onwards, their longitudinal and transverse properties can be analyzed. The pulse duration and time of flight are well below the rise time for the space-charge compensation through residual gas ionization. This opens the possibility for dedicated investigations of the transport of short, low-energy beam pulses including longitudinal and transverse space-charge effects and of relevant issues like the dynamics of space-charge compensation and electron effects in short pulses.