The RFQ as a neutron source both for high intensity and micropulses

This paper reports on the capability of the RFQ to accelerate extraordinary high beam currents in the low β range with respect to neutron production. At present available beam intensities rather appear limited by sources than linacs. However, since the ions are injected into the FRQ on ground potential, one still can expect considerable improvements here. The following discussion takes into account such ion energies that are easily obtainable with the RFQ. It turns out that, even on the basic of a 1 MeV/amu limit, this must not necessarily be demanded