Nanosecond pulsed proton beam: Upgrade of the accelerator-based neutron facility HiSPANOS at CNA (Spain)

The 3 MV Tandem Pelletron accelerator at the Spanish Accelerator Laboratory (CNA) has been recently upgraded to produce pulsed ion beams for neutron Time-Of-Flight (TOF) measurements. The upgrade has consisted of two actions: a pulsing system installed at the low energy part of the Tandem accelerato...

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Autores: Macias Martínez, Miguel, Fernández Martínez, Begoña, Labrador, Juan A., Romero, A., Praena, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/181776
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/181776
https://doi.org/10.1393/ncc/i2019-19063-4
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:The 3 MV Tandem Pelletron accelerator at the Spanish Accelerator Laboratory (CNA) has been recently upgraded to produce pulsed ion beams for neutron Time-Of-Flight (TOF) measurements. The upgrade has consisted of two actions: a pulsing system installed at the low energy part of the Tandem accelerator and a new line fully equipped. The pulsing system provides approximately one nanosecond pulse width of protons with variable repetition rates from kHz down to MHz. The new line is equipped with conventional devices and a pick-up for timing measurements with high resolution. The properties of the whole system have been tested under various working conditions and they are described in some detail.