The SSC linac

The SSC linear accelerator will, in 1995, produce a 25 mA, 600 MeV, H-beam with transverse normalized rms emittance less than 0.3π mm mrad in 35 μs pulses at a 10 Hz repetition rate. By the time the collider is operational, the linac will have to operate with an availability for collider filling in excess of 98%. These stringent technical requirements have been translated into a very clean optics design, now in the final stages of hardware design. This paper will highlight some design features and review the status of design, procurement, fabrication and foreign contributions. (orig.)