19–24 May 2024
Music City Center
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An overview of the LAMP front-end upgrade at LANSCE

TUPS18
21 May 2024, 16:00
2h
Blues (MCC Exhibit Hall A)

Blues

MCC Exhibit Hall A

Poster Presentation MC4.A08 Linear Accelerators Tuesday Poster Session

Speaker

Kip Bishofberger (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Description

The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) is one of the oldest operating high-average-power accelerators in the United States, having recently celebrated its 50th anniversary of operation. LANSCE is comprised of an 800-MeV linac capable of concurrently accelerating both H+ and H- ions, and can presently provide beam to six separate user stations. The LANSCE accelerator operates with much of its original equipment, including the Cockcroft-Walton injectors and drift-tube linacs.
As part of the proposed LANSCE Modernization Project (LAMP), a refurbishment and upgrade effort would replace the initial portion of the LANSCE accelerator, from ion sources to the end of the 100-MeV drift-tube linac. This paper describes the overall approach taken to establish performance goals, downselect a preferred technology approach, and identify viable pathways towards implementation.

Funding Agency

Work was performed under the auspices of the US Department of Energy by Triad National Security under contract 89233218CNA000001.

Footnotes

LA-UR-23-33637

Region represented North America
Paper preparation format Word

Primary author

Kip Bishofberger (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Co-authors

Dimitre Dimitrov (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Gregory Dale (Los Alamos National Laboratory) John Lewellen (Los Alamos National Laboratory) John Tapia (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Juan Barraza (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

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