16–21 Aug 2026
Daejeon Convention Center
Asia/Seoul timezone

Status of commissioning of the Frankfurt Neutron Source FRANZ

TUPO083
18 Aug 2026, 16:00
2h
1F Exhibition Hall (Daejeon Convention Center)

1F Exhibition Hall

Daejeon Convention Center

Poster Presentation MC1.A03 Other beams TUPO - Poster Session

Speaker

Dr Hendrik Hähnel (Goethe University Frankfurt, HFHF - Helmholtz Research Academy Hesse for FAIR, Campus Frankfurt)

Description

The Frankfurt Neutron Source FRANZ is a compact-accelerator driven neutron source based on the $^7Li(p,n)^7Be$ reaction using a 2 MeV proton beam. Following successful stand-alone RF conditioning of the IH-DTL up to 10 kW cw, the coupled RFQ-IH-DTL cavity was assembled, tuned and conditioned up to 200 kW. First beam experiments have been performed, demonstrating proton acceleration to 2 MeV. We report on the high-power conditioning, coupling and llrf tuning procedure, as well as initial beam commissioning results.

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Author

Dr Hendrik Hähnel (Goethe University Frankfurt, HFHF - Helmholtz Research Academy Hesse for FAIR, Campus Frankfurt)

Co-authors

Adem Ates (Goethe University Frankfurt) Leonie Bauer (Goethe University Frankfurt, HFHF - Helmholtz Research Academy Hesse for FAIR, Campus Frankfurt) Benjamin Dedic (Goethe University Frankfurt) Julia Gröbel (Goethe University Frankfurt) Jan Kaiser (Goethe University Frankfurt) Dr Klaus Kuempel (Goethe University Frankfurt) Philipp Müller (Goethe University Frankfurt) Prof. Holger Podlech (Goethe University Frankfurt, HFHF - Helmholtz Research Academy Hesse for FAIR, Campus Frankfurt) Ulrich Ratzinger (Goethe University Frankfurt, HFHF - Helmholtz Research Academy Hesse for FAIR, Campus Frankfurt) Alexander Schall (Goethe University Frankfurt) Rudolf Tiede (Goethe University Frankfurt) Joannis Traios (Goethe University Frankfurt) Christopher Wagner (Goethe University Frankfurt) Ralph Assmann (Goethe University Frankfurt, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research) Chuan Zhang (HFHF - Helmholtz Research Academy Hesse for FAIR, Campus Frankfurt, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research)

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