# Pulsed Beam Tests at the SANAEM RFQ Beamline

## TL;DR

This paper reports on pulsed beam testing and high power RF conditioning of the RFQ at SANAEM, including beam characterization, simulation-based matching, and successful RF power tests.

## Contribution

It presents the first pulsed beam test results at SANAEM RFQ beamline and details the RF conditioning process, advancing the facility's beamline development.

## Key findings

- Successful pulsed beam tests conducted
- RF power supply and transmission line tested successfully
- Beam acceptance matching achieved through simulation

## Abstract

A proton beamline consisting of an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) source, two solenoid magnets, two steerer magnets and a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ) is developed at the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority's (TAEA) Saraykoy Nuclear Research and Training Center (SNRTC-SANAEM) in Ankara. In Q4 of 2016, the RFQ was installed in the beamline. The high power tests of the RF power supply and the RF transmission line were done successfully. The high power RF conditioning of the RFQ was performed recently. The 13.56 MHz ICP source was tested in two different conditions, CW and pulsed. The characterization of the proton beam was done with ACCTs, Faraday cups and a pepper-pot emittance meter. Beam transverse emittance was measured in between the two solenoids of the LEBT. The measured beam is then reconstructed at the entrance of the RFQ by using computer simulations to determine the optimum solenoid currents for acceptance matching of the beam. This paper will introduce the pulsed beam test results at the SANAEM RFQ beamline. In addition, the high power RF conditioning of the RFQ will be discussed.