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Superconducting linear accelerator; quarter wave resonator; lead plating; quality factor; RF electronics

We are in the process of constructing a superconducting linear accelerator (LINAC), to boost the energy of heavy ion beams from the 14UD Pelletron accelerator, at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. The accelerating structures in the LINAC are quarter wave resonators (QWR) coated with lead which is superconducting at liquid helium temperature. With feasibility studies having been completed during the course of the 4th and 5th five-year plan periods, culminating with the demonstration of beam acceleration using one accelerating module, the construction of the LINAC is now under way.

B Srinivasan¹ S K Singh¹ R G Pillay² M B Kurup² M K Pandey²

1. Nuclear Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai - 400 085, India
2. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 005, India

Published

9 August 2001