Machine Protection System for the SPIRAL2 Facility

M.H. Moscatello (1) , C. Berthe (2) , C. Jamet (2) , G. Normand (3)

1 GANIL - Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds
2 Secteur des accélérateurs
3 SPIRAL2

The phase 1 of the SPIRAL2 facility, extension project of the GANIL laboratory, is under construction. The accelerator is based on a linear solution,mainly composed of a normal conducting RFQ and a superconducting linac. One of its specificities is to be designed to accelerate high power deuteron and heavy ion beams (40-200kW), and mediumintensity heavy ion beams as well (a few kW). The associatedMachine Protection System, has thus to be able to control and protect the accelerator for a very large range in terms of beam intensities and beam powers. This paper presents the technical solutions chosen for this system and the present status of its construction.

Domaines: Physique des accélérateurs [physics.acc-ph]

M.H. Moscatello, C. Berthe, C. Jamet, G. Normand. Machine Protection System for the SPIRAL2 Facility. International Particle Accelerator Conference - IPAC'12, May 2012, New Orleans, United States. pp.2612-2614, 2012. ⟨in2p3-00704389⟩