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ISIS Developments David Findlay Accelerator Division ISIS Department Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. ISIS OPTIMVS NEVTRONVM SPALLATIONENSIVM FONS MVNDI. ISIS — world’s leading spallation neutron source But ISIS accelerators primarily a neutron factory ~800 experiments/year
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ISIS Developments David Findlay Accelerator Division ISIS Department Rutherford Appleton Laboratory ISIS OPTIMVS NEVTRONVM SPALLATIONENSIVM FONS MVNDI
ISIS — world’s leading spallation neutron source • But ISIS accelerators primarily a neutron factory • ~800 experiments/year • ~1600 visitors/year • Output and reliability are key quantities
ISIS outline • 17 kV H– ion source • 35 kV DC gap • 665 keV RFQ — new • 70 MeV drift tube linac • 800 MeV proton synchrotron — new 2RF • Target station 1 — 50 pps at present40 pps when TS-2 running • Target station 2 — 10 pps — new • Obsolescence mitigation — on-going
10 amp-hours delivered on 12 December 2005 • 36,000 C • 2.25E+23 protons • 4.4E+24 neutrons • 7.5 g neutrons • ~£30M/g
Obsolescence mitigation • Replacing ageing equipment • E.g. the NINA big choke • linac RF systems • extraction fast kickers • ...
Aim of RFQ + 2RF: 200 µA → 300 µA • New beam dynamics régime in synchrotron • Commission 2RF with beam — Andy Seville • Beam losses — Steve Payne • Diagnostics — Ben Pine