Power-Supply System for the Focusing Solenoids of Toshiba E37340 Klystrons of the LUE-200 Accelerator at the IREN Facility

Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters - The purpose of this article is to develop a power-supply system for the focusing solenoids of Toshiba E37340 klystrons, which are replacing the Toshiba...     

Triode Electron Gun of the LUE-200 Linear Accelerator,IREN Facility of the Laboratory of Neutron Physics,Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters - The electron injector (electron gun (EG)) is a triode system (cathode–control grid–anode with a second grid “wall”) with a grounded...     

The liquid-lithium target at the soreq applied research accelerator facility

The European Physical Journal A - In stars, the fusion of $$^{22}$$ Ne and $$^4$$ He may produce either $$^{25}$$ Mg, with the emission of a neutron, or $$^{26}$$ Mg and a $$\gamma $$ ray. At high...     

Folded tandem ion accelerator facility at trombay

The folded tandem ion accelerator (FOTIA) project at BARC has been commissioned. The analysed carbon beams of 40 nA(3⁺) and 25 nA(4⁺), at terminal voltage of 2.5 MV with N₂ + CO₂ as insulating gas, were obtained. The beams were characterized by performing the Rutherford back scattering (RBS) on gold, tin and iron targets. The beam energy of 12.5 MeV for ¹²C⁴⁺ was consistent with the terminal voltage of 2.5 MV. The N₂ + CO₂ mixture is being replaced by SF₆ gas in order to achieve 6 MV on the terminal. In this paper, some of the salient features of the FOTIA and its present status are discussed.     

Surface-roughness wakefield measurements at brookhaven accelerator test facility

An experiment has been carried out at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility to investigate the effect of a surface-roughness wakefield in narrow beam tubes with artificially created bumps. The measurements show that the synchronous modes decay significantly due to the randomization of the roughness pattern. It is pointed out that this decay mechanism has not been investigated in the previous experiment at DESY and the investigators' conclusion does not apply for surface-roughness wakefields in real surfaces.     

The compressed baryonic matter experiment at the future accelerator facility FAIR in Darmstadt

At the future Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt a dedicated heavy-ion experiment investigating the properties of highly compressed baryonic matter (CBM) is proposed. Its goal will be to explore the QCD phase diagram in the region of moderate temperatures but very high baryon densities. Physics observables of interest, the experimental challenge of measuring them and first feasibility studies on charm production will be discussed.     

Non-Liouvillian carbon nucleus accumulation at the ITEP storage accelerator facility

Physical start-up of the new heavy-ion storage accelerator facility has been successfully performed at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics. Carbon nuclei with an energy of 200 MeV/n are accumulated in the storage ring of the 10-GeV U-10 proton synchrotron, which is converted into an ion accumulator. The accumulation is accomplished using solid-target charge exchange of C⁴⁺ ions that are accelerated in the UK booster synchrotron. Thus, non-Liouvillian carbon nucleus accumulation is accomplished experimentally. Our immediate goal is to raise the amount of accumulated nuclei to 2 × 10¹², which corresponds to the possibilities of the available facility configuration.     

Extremely low vertical-emittance beam in the accelerator test facility at KEK

Electron beams with the lowest, normalized transverse emittance recorded so far were produced and confirmed in single-bunch-mode operation of the Accelerator Test Facility at KEK. We established a tuning method of the damping ring which achieves a small vertical dispersion and small x-y orbit coupling. The vertical emittance was less than 1% of the horizontal emittance. At the zero-intensity limit, the vertical normalized emittance was less than 2.8 x 10(-8) rad m at beam energy 1.3 GeV. At high intensity, strong effects of intrabeam scattering were observed, which had been expected in view of the extremely high particle density due to the small transverse emittance.     

Feasibility of low-energy radiative-capture experiments at the LUNA underground accelerator facility

The LUNA (Laboratory Underground for Nuclear Astrophysics) facility has been designed to study nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest. It is located deep underground in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy. Two electrostatic accelerators, with 50 and 400 kV maximum voltage, in combination with solid and gas target setups allowed to measure the total cross-sections of the radiative-capture reactions ^2H²H(p, )^3He³Heand ^14N¹⁴N(p, )^15O¹⁵Owithin their relevant Gamow peaks. We report on the gamma background in the Gran Sasso laboratory measured by germanium and bismuth germanate detectors, with and without an incident proton beam. A method to localize the sources of beam-induced background using the Doppler shift of emitted gamma rays is presented. The feasibility of radiative-capture studies at energies of astrophysical interest is discussed for several experimental scenarios.     

Beam-size measurement with optical diffraction radiation at KEK accelerator test facility

An experiment on the investigation of optical diffraction radiation (ODR) from a slit target as a possible tool for noninvasive electron beam-size diagnostics has been performed at the KEK accelerator test facility. The experimental setup has been installed at the diagnostics section of the extraction line. We have performed the first incoherent ODR observation from a slit target. The measured angular distributions are in reasonable agreement with the theoretical expectation. The beam-size effect onto the ODR angular pattern has been observed. Moreover, the sensitivity to the beam size as small as 14 microm has been achieved.     

Superconducting linac and associated accelerator development at NSC

There has been significant progress in the programme to develop a superconducting linear accelerator as a booster for the Pelletron accelerator at the Nuclear Science Centre. This paper presents the current status of the development in all the major components of the accelerator.     

Propagation of a beam halo in accelerator test facility 2 at KEK

The beam halo is a major issue for interaction region (IR) backgrounds at many colliders, for example, future linear colliders, B factories, and also it is an important problem at ATF2. In this paper, we report on the halo propagation along the ATF2 beam line with realistic apertures, the nonlinear optics influence on the increasing number of halo particles input is analyzed, and the transmitted halo particles distribution just before the last BPM is then described, the results from which will benefit the Compton recoil electrons measurement.     

Quantum neural networks: Current status and prospects for development

The idea of quantum artificial neural networks, first formulated in [34], unites the artificial neural network concept with the quantum computation paradigm. Quantum artificial neural networks were first systematically considered in the PhD thesis by T. Menneer (1998). Based on the works of Menneer and Narayanan [42, 43], Kouda, Matsui, and Nishimura [35, 36], Altaisky [2, 68], Zhou [67], and others, quantum-inspired learning algorithms for neural networks were developed, and are now used in various training programs and computer games [29, 30]. The first practically realizable scaled hardware-implemented model of the quantum artificial neural network is obtained by D-Wave Systems, Inc. [33]. It is a quantum Hopfield network implemented on the basis of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs). In this work we analyze possibilities and underlying principles of an alternative way to implement quantum neural networks on the basis of quantum dots. A possibility of using quantum neural network algorithms in automated control systems, associative memory devices, and in modeling biological and social networks is examined.     

激光等离子体加速器的兴起与发展

激光等离子体加速器是近几十年来在世界范围内兴起的一种新型粒子加速器,它在科学研究和日常生活中都有着广泛的应用前景。文章分别从激光电子加速与激光离子加速两方面介绍了它的基本原理与实验发展历程。作为一个新生事物,它取得许多振奋人心的结果,同时也面临着一系列挑战。文章最后对激光等离子体加速器的发展和应用进行了归纳和展望。     

The development of a facility for radio‐frequency experiments at ISIS

Ferromagnetism has been observed in a family of organic molecular crystals based on the nitronyl nitroxide radical. We present the results of μSR experiments on a number of nitronyl nitroxide compounds. The zero‐field spin precession of muons implanted in diamagnetic states can be used to follow the magnetic order parameter as a function of temperature. Five of the materials studied show magnetic transitions, although the transition temperature and the nature of the magnetic ground state in each case are quite different. μSR can be used to study these ground states and thus help to relate the observed magnetic properties to the crystal structure of each material. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

The nucleon facility at PSI

The new nucleon area (NA) at PSI is designed as a multi-purpose facility with nucleon beams. The area can be used for experiments with polarized or unpolarized protons or neutrons. For both kinds of nucleons the available energy ranges from about 100 MeV up to a maximum of about 590 MeV.     

The LEBIT facility at MSU

The low-energy beam and ion trap facility LEBIT at the NSCL at MSU has demonstrated that rare isotopes produced by fast-beam fragmentation can be slowed down and prepared such that precision experiments with low-energy beams are possible. For this purpose high-pressure gas-stopping is employed combined with advanced ion manipulation techniques. Penning trap mass measurements on short-lived rare isotopes have been performed with a 9.4 T Penning trap mass spectrometer. Examples include ⁶⁶As, which has a half-live of only 96 ms, and the super-allowed Fermi-emitter ³⁸Ca, for which a mass accuracy of 8 ppb (280 eV) has been achieved. The high accuracy of this new mass value makes ³⁸Ca a new candidate for the test of the conserved vector current hypothesis.      

空间薄膜反射镜的研究发展现状

空间薄膜反射镜由于具有面密度低,易于折叠展开且成本低等优点很好地满足了空间反射镜的超轻量、超大口径的要求,因此在空间科学研究领域倍受关注。介绍了空间薄膜反射镜的发展,包括薄膜反射镜的理论基础,充气式薄膜反射镜和静电拉伸薄膜反射镜及其他类型的反射镜的代表成果。而后对空间薄膜反射镜的技术难点进行了分析;重点讨论了薄膜反射镜用聚酰亚胺薄膜的生产情况以及薄膜反射镜的面形控制、面形检测和反射镜支撑结构的设计。最后总结了反射镜近期的研制情况、存在的问题和应用发展趋势。认为空间薄膜反射镜作为国内外空间科学的热点,在未来的几十年内将在航天领域的太空望远镜、空间侦察相机、人造太阳、微波天线等方面得到广泛应用。