STATUS OF THE LINAC-COMMISSIONING FOR THE HEAVY ION CANCER THERAPY FACILITY HIT

The accelerator part of the clinical facility for cancer therapy using energetic proton and ion beams (C, He and O) has been designed by GSI, is presently installed, and under comissioning at the Radiologische Universitatsklinik in Heidelberg, Germany. In this contribution the current status of the linear accelerator is reported. After first tests of the RFQ at GSI with a proton beam, the commissioning of the injector linac in Heidelberg has started recently. The commissioning is performed in three steps for the LEBT, the RFQ and the IH-DTL successively. For this purpose, a versatile beam diagnostics test bench has been designed. This paper will provide for a status report of the linac commissioning.