Instrumentation Developments and Beam Studies for the Fermilab Proton Improvement Plan LINAC Upgrade and New RFQ Front-End

TL;DR

This paper discusses Fermilab's Proton Improvement Plan to upgrade the linac with new instrumentation and a RFQ front-end, aiming to increase proton throughput and improve beam quality.

Contribution

It presents beam studies and instrumentation developments for the new RFQ front-end and upgrades to Fermilab's proton linac.

Findings

Successful beam measurements of the new RFQ front-end

Enhanced beam instrumentation for improved diagnostics

Achieved increased proton throughput as planned

Abstract

Fermilab is developing a Proton Improvement Plan (PIP) to increase throughput of its proton source. The plan addresses hardware modifications to increase repetition rate and improve beam loss while ensuring viable operation of the proton source through 2025. The first phase of the PIP will enable the Fermilab proton source to deliver 1.8e17 protons per hour by mid-2013. As part of this initial upgrade, Fermilab plans to install a new front-end consisting of dual H- ion sources and a 201 MHz pulsed RFQ. This paper will present beam studies measurements of this new front-end and discuss new beam instrumentation upgrades for the Fermilab linac.