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和加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省和加拿大政府的匹配资金，批准了对TRIUMF超导电子直线加速器(e-linac)的资本资助。该加速器将生产用于核和材料科学研究以及医疗应用的同位素。加拿大正在通过这个项目开发超导加速器技术，这可能会使加拿大参与未来使用该技术加速粒子的国际研究设施。这项申请申请资金，以允许研究生继续参与e-linac项目，从而获得有价值的加速器物理培训。在这个项目的前三年，我们的学生致力于电子直线加速器的关键诊断系统-束流轮廓监测器的设计、建造和操作，以及来自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，以促进原型低能量光束线的操作，并用于未来注射器冷冻模块的调试，随后是加速器冷冻模块，以及后来的日常操作。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。本课程将为学生提供一个学习加速器物理许多重要技能的绝佳机会。

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.