U. Scheeler

Advanced basic layout of the HElmholtz LInear Accelerator for cw heavy ion beams at GSI

W. Barth, Markus Basten, Christoph Burandt, Thorsten Conrad et autres

Abstract The design and construction of continuous wave (cw) high intensity linacs is a crucial goal of worldwide accelerator technology development. The standalone sc heavy ion linac HELIAC (HElmholtz LInear ACcelerator) is a common project of GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion …

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DYNAMION—A Powerful Beam Dynamics Software Package for the Development of Ion Linear Accelerators and Decelerators

Stepan Yaramyshev, W. Barth, Simon Lauber, M. Miski-Oglu et autres

Numerous ambitious particle accelerator facilities, based on proton and ion linear accelerators, have recently been in development for fundamental research, as well as for industrial applications. The advanced design of such new machines, as well as the upgrade and optimization of existing …

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High current heavy ion beam investigations at GSI-UNILAC

H. Vormann, W. Barth, M. Miski-Oglu, U. Scheeler et autres

Abstract The GSI Universal Linear Accelerator UNILAC and the synchrotron SIS18 will serve as injector for the upcoming FAIR-facility. The UNILAC-High Current Injector will be improved and modernized until FAIR is commissioned and the Alvarez post stripper accelerator is replaced. The reference …

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High brilliance beam investigations at the universal linear accelerator

W. Barth, U. Scheeler, H. Vormann, M. Miski-Oglu et autres

The more than 45-year-old GSI-UNILAC (universal linear accelerator) as well as the heavy ion synchrotron SIS18 will serve as a high-current heavy ion injector for the new Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) synchrotron SIS100. UNILAC will serve together with the …

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LINAC developments for heavy ion operation at GSI and FAIR

W. Barth, R. Hollinger, A. Adonin, M. Miski-Oglu et autres

The first cavity of a standalone superconducting (sc) continuous wave (cw) heavy ion Linac as a demonstration of the capability of 217 MHz multi gap Crossbar H-mode structures (CH) has been already commissioned at high acceleration gain. The worldwide first beam test …

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Slow Extraction Techniques at the Marburg Ion-Beam Therapy Centre

C. Krantz, R. Cee, Fiona Faber, Eike Feldmeier et autres

The Marburg Ion-Beam Therapy Centre offers hadron therapy using proton and carbon beams. The accelerator is based on a 65-m ion synchrotron by Danfysik/Siemens Healthcare. Beam extraction from the synchrotron is driven by a transverse RF knock-out (KO) system featuring Dynamic Intensity …

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From Standby Operation to Patient Treatment in 13 Months: Setting Up the MIT Accelerator Team

Andreas Peters, T. Haberer, U. Scheeler

When the University Hospital Heidelberg took over the responsibility for the Marburg Ionbeam Therapy Centre (MIT), HIT as their daughter company was mandated to build up the operation team, especially for the accelerator. Based on long-standing experiences of HIT a very similar …

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Recommissioning of the Marburg Ion-beam Therapy Centre (MIT) Accelerator Facility

U. Scheeler, R. Cee, Eike Feldmeier, M. Galonska et autres

The Marburg Ion-Beam Therapy Centre (MIT), located in Marburg, Germany, is in clinical operation since 2015. MIT is designed for precision cancer treatment using beams of protons or carbon nuclei, employing the raster scanning technique. The accelerator facility consists of a linac-synchrotron …

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Radiation-hardend camera tests at the SIS18 extraction

B. Walasek-Höhne, H. Bräuning, Charles Dorn, Roland Fischer et autres

Accelerator Shutdown Report

Stephan Reimann, U. Scheeler

This report describes the main service and upgrade measures of the GSI accelerator facility in 2013.The presented information is based on the work of the shutdown coordination and the corresponding MS-Project shutdown planning.

CUPID: New System for Scintillating Screen based Diagnostics

B. Walasek-Höhne, Dominique Acker, C. André, M. Bevcic et autres

Operational Aspects of the High Current Upgrade at the Unilac

J. Glatz, J. Klabunde, U. Scheeler, D. Wilms

With the new GSI High Current Injector, the beam pulse intensity will be increased by more than two orders of magnitude. The high beam power and the short stopping range at particle energies below 12 MeV/u can destroy accelerator components even during …