Beam commissioning of J-PARC linac after Tohoku Earthquake and its beam loss mitigation

J-PARCリニアックにおける東日本大震災後のビームコミッショニングとビームロス低減

池上 雅紀*; Fang, Z.*; 二ツ川 健太*; 宮尾 智章*; Liu, Y.*; 丸田 朋史; 佐甲 博之   ; 三浦 昭彦 ; 田村 潤  ; Wei, G.

Ikegami, Masanori*; Fang, Z.*; Futatsukawa, Kenta*; Miyao, Tomoaki*; Liu, Y.*; Maruta, Tomofumi; Sako, Hiroyuki; Miura, Akihiko; Tamura, Jun; Wei, G.

The beam operation of J-PARC linac was interrupted by the Tohoku earthquake in March 2011. After significant effort for its restoration, we have resumed the beam operation of J-PARC linac in December 2011. After resumption of beam operation, we have been suffering from beam losses which were not observed before the earthquake. Tackling with the beam loss issues, we have been reached the same beam power for user operation as before the earthquake. In this paper, we present the experience in the beam start-up tuning after the earthquake with emphasis on the beam loss mitigation efforts.