physics pp. 651–658 Superconducting LINAC booster for the Mumbai pelletron

Abstract. We are in the process of constructing a superconducting linear accelerator (LINAC), to boost the energy of heavy ion beams from the 14UD Pelletron accelerator, at Tata Institute of Fun-damental Research, Mumbai. The accelerating structures in the LINAC are quarter wave resonators (QWR) coated with lead which is superconducting at liquid helium temperature. With feasibility studies having been completed during the course of the 4th and 5th five-year plan periods, culminat-ing with the demonstration of beam acceleration using one accelerating module, the construction of the LINAC is now under way