NUCLOTRON CONTROL SYSTEM

Abstract The superconducting synchrotron, named the Nuclotron is based on miniature iron-shaped field SC-magnets. It was put into operation in March 1993 at the Laboratory of High Energies of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna. Eleven runs of the new accelerator have been performed by the present time.The Nuclotron Control System (NCS) project, which is still under development, started in 1992 and has provided an efficient support for the machine commissioning through all its phases. This paper presents the current status of the whole system and some details of cryogenics, beam injection, and main power supplies subsystems

The New Light Ion Injector for NICA

Within the upgrade scheme of the injection complex of the NICA project and after a successful beam commissioning of a heavy ion linac, Bevatech GmbH will build a first part of a new light ion linac as an injector for the Nuclotron ring. The linac will provide a beam of polarised protons and light ions with a mass to charge ratio up to 3 and an energy of 7 MeV/u. The mandate of the Linac does not only include the hardware for the accelerating structures, focusing magnets and beam diagnostic devices, but also the LLRF control soft- and hardware based on the MicroTCA.4 standard in collaboration with the MicroTCA Technology Lab at DESY. An overview of the Linac is presented in this paper