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@inproceedings{sargsyan:hb2023-wea4i2,
author = {E. Sargsyan and G. Bellodi and F.D.L. Di Lorenzo and J. Etxebarria and J.-B. Lallement and A.M. Lombardi and M. O’Neil},
% author = {E. Sargsyan and G. Bellodi and F.D.L. Di Lorenzo and J. Etxebarria and J.-B. Lallement and A.M. Lombardi and others},
% author = {E. Sargsyan and others},
title = {{Linac4 Source and Low Energy Experience and Challenges}},
% booktitle = {Proc. HB'23},
booktitle = {Proc. 68th Adv. Beam Dyn. Workshop High-Intensity High-Brightness Hadron Beams (HB'23)},
eventdate = {2023-10-09/2023-10-13},
pages = {290--296},
paper = {WEA4I2},
language = {english},
keywords = {rfq, emittance, linac, solenoid, simulation},
venue = {Geneva, Switzerland},
series = {ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on High-Intensity and High-Brightness Hadron Beams},
number = {68},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {04},
year = {2024},
issn = {2673-5571},
isbn = {978-3-95450-253-0},
doi = {10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-WEA4I2},
url = {https://jacow.org/hb2023/papers/wea4i2.pdf},
abstract = {{At the end of Long Shutdown 2 (LS2), in 2020 Linac4 became the new injector of CERN’s proton accelerator complex. The previous version of the Linac4 H⁻ ion source (IS03), produced an operational pulsed peak beam current of 35 mA, resulting in 27 mA after the Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ). This limited transmission was mainly due to the extracted beam emittance exceeding the acceptance of the RFQ. A new geometry of the Linac4 source extraction electrodes has been developed with the aim of decreasing the extracted beam emittance and increasing the transmission through the RFQ. The new source (IS04) has been studied and thoroughly tested at the Linac4 source test stand. At the start of the 2023 run, the IS04 was installed as operational source in the Linac4 tunnel and is being successfully used for operation with 27 mA peak current after the RFQ. During high-intensity tests, the source, the linac, and the transfer-line to the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) were also tested with a peak beam current of up to 50 mA from the source resulting in 35 mA at the PSB injection. This paper discusses the recent developments, tests, and future plans for the Linac4 H⁻ ion source.}},
}