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The general scheme and current status of an electron linear accelerator with an S-band travelling wave (f = 2856 MHz) accelerating structure—a driver for a pulsed neutron source (the Intense Resonance Neutron source (IREN)) at the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research—are presented. The parameters of the accelerating system and the measured parameters of the electron beam—pulse-beam current, duration of the current pulse, repetition rate, electron-energy spectrum, and loading characteristics of the accelerating structure—are given. The beginning of the implementation of the project of the second stage of the IREN facility, which forms the basis for the development of the accelerator aimed at increasing its beam power, is reported. Technical solutions underlying the modernization of the accelerator’s electrophysical systems are discussed: accelerating system, RF power supplies, and modulators.
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Original Russian Text © Ju. Boettcher, E.A. Golubkov, V.A. Egorov, Yu.K. Zaytseva, V.N. Zamrij, A.S. Kayukov, V.V. Kobets, A.Zh. Korokin, V.F. Minashkin, V.G. Pyataev, A.N. Repkin, A.V. Skrypnik, A.P. Sumbaev, K.V. Udovichenko, V.G. Shabratov, V.A. Schvets, V.N. Shvetsov, V.M. Pavlov, 2014, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2014.
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Boettcher, J., Golubkov, E.A., Egorov, V.A. et al. The LUE-200 accelerator at the IREN facility: Current status and development. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 11, 665–671 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477114050069
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