Graduate student support for accelerator physics projects with the e-linac at TRIUMF

2010年6月，通过加拿大创新基金会以及不列颠哥伦比亚省和加拿大政府的配套资金，批准了对TRIUMF超导电子直线加速器（称为电子直线加速器）的资本供资。该加速器将生产用于核和材料科学研究以及医学应用的同位素。加拿大正在通过这一项目开发超导加速器技术，这可能导致加拿大参与今后利用这一技术加速粒子的国际研究设施。 该申请要求资金，使研究生能够继续参与电子直线加速器项目，从而接受加速器物理学方面的宝贵培训。在这个项目的前三年，我们的学生已经在设计，建造和操作的束流剖面监测器，电子直线加速器的关键诊断系统，并在这些设备的数据分析。一名学生还帮助开发了高级应用软件，以促进原型低能光束线的操作，并为未来的注入器低温试验机和加速器低温试验机的调试，以及以后的日常操作提供便利。由学生开发的设备和软件的全面部署将从2014年在电子大厅安装电子直线加速器开始，随后将延长调试和运行时间。这段时间将为学生提供一个极好的机会，学习加速器物理学的许多重要技能。

Capital funding for a superconducting electron linear accelerator at TRIUMF, known as the e-linac, was approved in June 2010, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation and matching funding from the Governments of British Columbia and Canada. The accelerator will produce isotopes for nuclear and materials science research, and for medical applications. Superconducting accelerator technology is being developed in Canada through this project, which may lead to Canadian participation in future international research facilities that use this technique for particle acceleration. This application requests funds to allow graduate students to continue participation in the e-linac project, thereby receiving valuable training in accelerator physics. In the first three years of this project, our students have worked on the design, construction, and operation of beam profile monitors, a key diagnostic system for the e-linac, and in the analysis of data from these devices. A student has also helped develop high-level application software to facilitate operation of the prototype low energy beamline, and for future commissioning of the Injector Cryomodule followed by the Accelerator Cryomodule, and later to facilitate routine operations. Full deployment of the equipment and software developed by the students will commence with the installation of the e-linac in the e-hall in 2014, followed by an extended period of commissioning and operation. This period will offer an excellent opportunity for students to learn many important skills in accelerator physics.