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Commissioning Status of the H- Ion Source for the LANSCE Accelerator Modernization Project

WEP4337
20 May 2026, 16:00
2h
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Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC4.T01: Hadron accelerators: Proton and Ion Sources Poster session

Speaker

Madison Howard (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Description

The LANSCE Accelerator Modernization Project (LAMP) will replace the front-end of the existing LANSCE accelerator, from ion sources through the end of the 100-MeV drift-tube linac. LAMP requires higher peak H- beam currents, and longer lifetimes, than provided by the existing LANSCE H- ion sources. The project is currently constructing an SNS multicusp cesiated source design with an internal RF antenna. This paper discusses the H- source performance requirements for LAMP, and progress towards assembling, commissioning, and operating an SNS-type source at the LAMP RFQ Test Stand (RFQTS).

Funding Agency

Work supported by Triad National Security, LLC for the National Nuclear Security Administration of U.S. Department of Energy under contract 89233218CNA000001.

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Author

Madison Howard (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Co-authors

Anna Alexander (Los Alamos National Laboratory) April Smith (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Mr Benjamin Sims (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Remington Thornton (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Dr Torben Grumstrup (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

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