sb/NUPPEC0511/1

operation and development AGOR

facility

sb/NUPPEC0511/2

capabilities

• all elements: 1H to 238U

• polarized protons and deuterons

• experimental setups

• Big Bite Spectrometer

• BINA/SALAD

• TRIµP separator

• irradiation setup

sb/NUPPEC0511/3

capabilities

• all elements: 1H to 238U

• polarized protons and deuterons

Q/A

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0E

/A [M

eV

]

10

100

Qz= 0

Qr+2Q

z = 3

B = 4.1 T

• protons E = 120 - 190 MeV

• Q/A = 0.5 E/A = 34 - 90 MeV

• heavy ions

(E/A)min = 5.5 MeV

(E/A)max = 600 (Q/A)2 MeV

sb/NUPPEC0511/4

activities

• operation for experiments (3000 hours net/year)• nuclear physics• fundamental interactions • instrumentation• radiobiology• radiation hardness testing

• development to meet requirements future experiments• high intensity heavy ions

• research accelerator applications

• space related• biomedical• material science

sb/NUPPEC0511/5

high intensity heavy ion beams

• current operational status

• ≥ 2 x 1011 pps up to Ar

• 1010 pps for Pb

• ECRIS output main limitation

• stepwise approach

• phase 1 (2005 - 2006) 2 × 1011 pps up to Pbfeasibility fully established

• phase 2 (2007 - 2009) 5 × 1012 pps up to Pb (1kW)feasibility to be established

• needed for experiments TRIµP-programme

• goal: 5 × 1012 pps for all beams up to Pb

sb/NUPPEC0511/6

phase 1

• upgrade ECRIS ionsource (completed august 2005)

• based on AECR (LBL,USA)

• collaboration JYFL, Finland and ANL, USA

• goal: tenfold intensity increase

• output meets expectations

• improvement beamline ionsource - cyclotron (2006)

• goal: fourfold intensity increase

sb/NUPPEC0511/7

phase 1

• study fundamental limits beam intensity

• injection: transverse space charge effects

• acceleration: charge exchange residual gas

• extraction: power dissipation electrostatic deflector

• present status

• accelerated beamintensity up to 4.2 µAinjection effiency independent of intensity

• residual gas interaction strongly dependent on charge statepotential showstopper for specific ions

• extracted beampower up to 200 Wextraction efficiency independent of intensity

ESD sufficient up to 100 W beampower if εext ≥ 75 %

• within factor 10 from objectives phase 2

• highest intensity not yet available for experiments

sb/NUPPEC0511/8

280 W 12C4+ beam

radius [mm]

200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

curr

ent

[µA

]

0

1

2

3

4

5

extracted beam

3 µA, 200 W

sb/NUPPEC0511/9

phase 2 (2007 - 2009)

• new ECRIS ionsource

• European collaboration FP6 I3-EURONSdevelopment superconducting sources LNS, LPSC, GSI, GANIL, JYFL, CERN, ..., KVI

sb/NUPPEC0511/10

phase 2 (2007 - 2009)

• new ECRIS ionsource

• European collaboration FP6 I3-EURONSdevelopment superconducting sources LNS, LPSC, GSI, GANIL, JYFL, CERN, ..., KVI

• improvement extraction channels • ESD: collaboration MSU-NSCL

• EMC2, QP: industry contracts

sb/NUPPEC0511/11

phase 2 (2007 - 2009)

• improvement extraction channels • collaboration MSU-NSCL; industry contracts

• power density up to 1 MW /cm3

� damage on ms-timescale • protect equipment against beamloss

• European collaboration FP6 EURISOL-DS GANIL, LNL, GSI, JYFL, CERN, .., KVI

• new ECRIS ionsource

• European collaboration FP6 I3-EURONSdevelopment superconducting sources LNS, LPSC, GSI, GANIL, JYFL, CERN, ..., KVI

sb/NUPPEC0511/12

biomedical research

• radiobiology: radiation tolerance healthy tissuerelevant for clinical practice

• future plans

• comparison proton ↔ heavy ion therapy• Bragg-peak RBE of protons

• instrumentation• protontherapy cyclotron• dose imaging• proton therapy delivery system

sb/NUPPEC0511/13

space related research

• space research

• detector tests for SolarOrbiter en BepiColombofirst experiments with protons 2005

• development charged particle telescope

• four year contract under negociation

• radiation hardness electronic components

• EADS Bremen, TRAD Toulouse

• first experiments with protons in 2005

• development heavy ion irradiations planned

sb/NUPPEC0511/14

Operation at h=5 (15-Nov-2005)

• extend operations to h=5 mode

• lower energy possible:

• h=4 Emin=5.8 MeV/A

• h=5 Emin=3.8 MeV/A

Q/A

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2

E/A

[M

eV

]

10

100

1H

1+

4He

2+

3He

2+

Ar

Ne

Mg

3H

1+

νr + 2νz = 3

νz = 0

B = 4.1 T

208Pb

27+

Emin

(h=4)

Emin

(h=5)

40Ar

8+ 6 MeV/A

Radius [mm]

200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

I (h

=4)

0.00

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.10

I (h

=5

)

0.00

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.05

h=4

h=5