IPAC2012 - List of Authors (Peach, K.J.)

Paper	Title	Page
THPPD049	Conceptual Design of a Superconducting Septum for FFAGs	3620
	H. Witte BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA M. Aslaninejad, J. Pasternak Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom K.J. Peach, T. Yokoi JAI, Oxford, United Kingdom
	Funding: This work was supported by STFC grant ST/G008531/1 and EPSRC Grant EP/E032869/1. The fixed magnetic field in FFAG (Fixed Field Alternating Gradient) accelerators means that particles can be accelerated very rapidly. This makes them attractive candidates for many applications, for example for accelerating muons for a neutrino factory or for charged particle therapy (CPT). To benefit fully from this the particles have to be extracted at the same rate. In combination with the high magnetic rigidity of the particles this represents a significant challenge, especially where variable energy extraction is required, which implies extraction at variable radius. This paper presents a conceptual design of a 4T superconducting septum for the PAMELA accelerator, which is an FFAG for a combined proton/carbon ion therapy facility. The field in the septum is varied as a function of the horizontal position, which allows variable energy extraction without the need for sweeping of the magnetic field.

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Conceptual Design of a Superconducting Septum for FFAGs

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H. Witte
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
M. Aslaninejad, J. Pasternak
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
K.J. Peach, T. Yokoi
JAI, Oxford, United Kingdom

Funding: This work was supported by STFC grant ST/G008531/1 and EPSRC Grant EP/E032869/1.
The fixed magnetic field in FFAG (Fixed Field Alternating Gradient) accelerators means that particles can be accelerated very rapidly. This makes them attractive candidates for many applications, for example for accelerating muons for a neutrino factory or for charged particle therapy (CPT). To benefit fully from this the particles have to be extracted at the same rate. In combination with the high magnetic rigidity of the particles this represents a significant challenge, especially where variable energy extraction is required, which implies extraction at variable radius. This paper presents a conceptual design of a 4T superconducting septum for the PAMELA accelerator, which is an FFAG for a combined proton/carbon ion therapy facility. The field in the septum is varied as a function of the horizontal position, which allows variable energy extraction without the need for sweeping of the magnetic field.