Cold Power Tests of the sc 325 MHz CH-Cavity

At the Institute for Applied Physics (IAP), Frankfurt University, a superconducting 325 MHz CH-Cavity has been designed, built and first tests have successfully been performed. The cavity is determined for a 11.4 AMeV, 10 mA ion beam at the GSI UNILAC. Consisting of 7 gaps this resonator is envisaged to deliver a gradient of 5 MV/m. Novel features of this structure are a compact design, low peak fields, improved surface processing and power coupling. Furthermore a tuner system based on bellow tuners driven by a stepping motor and a piezo actuator and attached inside the resonator will control the frequency. In this contribution measurements executed at 4 K and 2 K at the cryo lab in Frankfurt will be presented

An acoustically-driven biochip: particle-cell interactions under physiological flow conditions [Abstract]

Introduction: The interaction of particulate drug carriers with cells has generally been assessed in stationary microplate assays. These setups fail to reflect the flow conditions in vivo which generate substantial hydrodynamic drag forces [1]. In order to address this shortcoming, a microfluidic biochip with the capability of imitating a wide range of shear rates and pulsation modes has been developed. This device, which is based on an incorporated surface acoustic wave pump, was used to study the interaction of targeted microparticles with epithelial cells under flow conditions

Opportunities for Nuclear Astrophysics at FRANZ

The "Frankfurter Neutronenquelle am Stern-Gerlach-Zentrum" (FRANZ), which is currently under development, will be the strongest neutron source in the astrophysically interesting energy region in the world. It will be about three orders of magnitude more intense than the well-established neutron source at the Research Center Karlsruhe (FZK)

Further R&D For A New Superconducting Cw Heavy Ion Linac@GSI

A low energy beam line (1.4 MeV/u) behind the GSI High Charge State Injector (HLI) will provide cw-heavy ion beams with high beam intensity. It is foreseen to build a new cw-heavy ion LINAC for post acceleration up to 7.3 MeV/u. In preparation an advanced R&D program isdefined: The first LINAC section (financed by HIM andpartly by HGF-ARD-initiative) comprising a sc CH-cavity embedded by two sc solenoids will be tested in2014/15 as a demonstrator. After successful testing theconstruction of an advanced cryo module comprising fourCH cavities is foreseen. As an intermediate step towardsan entire cw-LINAC the use of a double of two CH-cavities is planned: A short 5 cell cavity should bemounted directly behind the demonstrator cavity inside ashort cryostat. The design of the cw LINAC based onshorter sc CH-cavities would minimize the overalltechnical risk and costs. Besides with this cavity anoptimized operation of the whole LINAC especially withrespect to beam quality could be achieved. Last but notleast the concept of continuous energy variation applyingphase variation between the two cavities with constantbeta profile could be tested