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| MOPA09 | RIKEN Ring Cyclotron (RRC) | 1 |
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| The RIKEN Ring Cyclotron (RRC) has been in stable operation over 28 years, and has been used for supplying many types of heavy-ion beams for various experiments. Since 2007, it has also been used for supplying beams to the three Ring Cyclotrons at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory (RIBF). The RRC has three types of injectors: the AVF cyclotron for comparatively light ions, variable-frequency linac for heavy-ions (RILAC), and the RIKEN Heavy-ions Linac 2 (RILAC2) for using high-intensity very-heavy ions. The total operation time of the RRC is more than 4000 h/year. Recently, some problems caused by age-related deterioration have often been occurring in the RRC. Some main coils of sector magnets had a sign of layer short. Two Magnetic Deflection Channels and some electrodes of Electrostatic Deflection Channel were damaged by some beam-loss. Several leaks of vacuum have happened at a feed-through of trim coils in the E-sector, at a bellows between the Resonator No.2 and the S-sector magnet, and at some copper cooling water pipes in the Resonator No.1 and the Resonator No.2. These present statuses of the RRC are presented in this paper. | ||
| WEPB01 | Status Report on the Operation of the RIBF Ring Cyclotrons | 1 |
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| Operational status of four ring cyclotrons (RRC, fRC, IRC, SRC) from August 2014 to July 2015 is reported. We are engaging in the improvements and adjustments for increasing beam intensities year after year, and maintenances for the stabilization of beam supply. In these contributions, we will report the past performances of accelerated beams, statistics of operational and tuning time on corresponding period, as well as failures and copings with them. | ||
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Heavy-Ion Beam Acceleration at RIKEN for the Super-Heavy Element Search | |
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| The RIKEN heavy ion linac (RILAC) is composed of a variable-frequency Wideröe linac, an 18 GHz ECR ion source, a variable-frequency folded-coaxial radio frequency quadrupole linac (FC-RFQ) as a pre-injector, and a Charge-State Multiplier system (CSM) as a booster. The operation of RILAC was started to supply heavy ion beams for experiments in 1981. The 18 GHz ECR ion source and the FC-RFQ were installed in 1996. The CSM was installed in 2000. The maximum beam energy, boosted by the CSM, is 6.0 MeV/nucleon. A GAs-filled Recoil Isotope Separator (GARIS) was moved from the E1 experiment room of the RRC to the No. 1 target room of the RILAC in 2000. In RIKEN Nishina center, the experiment on the super-heavy element (Z=113) search was carried out at RILAC from September 2003 to October 2012. As a result, three events for Z=113 have been successfully observed. The heavy-ion beam acceleration at RIKEN for the super-heavy element search will be reported. | ||
| WEPB17 | Status of Superconducting Quarter Wave Resonator Development at MHI | 1 |
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| MHI's activities for development of Superconducting Quarter Wave Resonator (QWR) are reported. MHI has experiences of developments and fabrications of several superconducting ellipse cavities. And now MHI is developing the superconducting QWR for heavy ion accelerators. | ||
| WEPB22 | Supply of Metallic Beams from RIKEN 18-GHz ECRIS Using Low-Temperature Oven | 1 |
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| In the RIKEN 18-GHz electron cyclotron resonance ion source, the practical use of low-temperature oven was achieved for the supply of metallic beams. At the RIKEN Radioisotope Beam Factory, Ca-48 beam is one of the important beams, as a primary beam to produce the secondary beam of neutron-rich medium-heavy nuclei. In order to enhance the intensity and stability of Ca-48 beam, we newly introduced a low-temperature oven and so-called "hot liner." A mixture of CaO and Al powders was placed into the crucible of the oven and heated to produce metallic calcium by a reductive reaction. We succeeded in high-intensity and stable supply of Ca-48 beam, as well as the reduction of material consumption rate. In addition, we succeeded in the supply of Zn-70 beam using the low-temperature oven. In supplying Zn-70 beam, only the ZnO powder was placed into the crucible, and the hot liner was not used. In this contribution, the configuration of low-temperature oven, the effect of the hot liner, the supply situations of Ca-48 and Zn-70 beams for a long-term experiment, and the attempts to supply other metallic beams using the low-temperature oven will be reported. | ||