International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators
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Multi-Purpose Accelerator-Accumulator ITEP–TWAC for Nuclear Physics and Practical Applications N.N. Alexeev, D.G. Koshkarev, and B.Y. Sharkov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Moscow, Russian Federation Corresponding Author: Boris.Sharkov@itep.ru The ITEP-TWAC facility consisting of proton injector I2, ion injector I3, booster synchrotron UK
and accelerator-accumulator U10 is now in operation delivering 4000 hours per year of proton and heavy ion beams in several modes of acceleration and accumulation using multiple charge exchange
injection technique. A new design of laser ion source with 100 J CO2-laser has been started to use
for high current Al- and Fe-ion beam generation for experiments with particle energy of several
hundreds MeV/u. Experimental area of ITEP-TWAC facility includes now five zones of beam
utilization. Two fast extracted beams from U10 ring to the target hall and to the building for
nuclear physics and practical applications. The 25 MeV beam of linac I2 is used in parallel for
both injection to synchrotron U10 and different applications. Some progress is achieved also in
extension of experimental area and multi-purpose utilizing of machine to be used in a time sharing
mode and running in parallel of several experiments and routine operation with various beams for
a number of users. The machine status analysis and current results of activities aiming at both
subsequent improvement of beam parameters and extending beam applications are presented.
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