2017•JACOWOpen access
Commissioning of the New Heavy Ion Linac at the NICA Project
Andrey V. Butenko, Alexander Vladimirovich Bazanov, Denis Donets, Boris V. Golovenskiy, Holger Höltermann, V. V. Kobets, Alexander Kovalenko, Konstantin A. Levterov, Dmitry Lyuosev, A. I. Martynov, Vladimir Mialkovskiy, Valery Monchinsky, Dominik Mäder, Holger Podlech, Dmitry O. Ponkin, U. Ratzinger, A. Schempp, Konstantin V. Shevchenko, Ilia Shirikov, A. A. Sidorin, Alexander V. Smirnov
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Abstract
The new accelerator complex Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) is now under development and construction at JINR, Dubna. This complex is assumed to operate using two injectors: modernized old Alvarez-type linac LU-20 as the injector of light polarized ions and a new Heavy Ion Linear Accelerator HILAc - injector of heavy ions beams. The new heavy ion linac accelerate ions with q/A values above 0.16 to 3.2 MeV/u is under commissioning. The main components are 4-Rod-RFQ and two IH drift tube cavities is operated at 100.6 MHz. Main results of the HILAc commissioning with carbon beam from the laser ion source are discussed.