Author: Moriya, K.
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WEPEA072 Experimental Studies of Resonance Crossing in Linear Non-scaling FFAGs With the S-POD Plasma Trap 2675
 
  • S.L. Sheehy, D.J. Kelliher, S. Machida, C.R. Prior
    STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
  • K. Fukushima, K. Ito, K. Moriya, H. Okamoto
    HU/AdSM, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
 
  In a linear non-scaling FFAG the betatron tunes vary over a wide range during acceleration. This naturally leads to resonance crossing including first order integer resonances. The S-POD (Simulator for Particle Orbit Dynamics) plasma trap apparatus at Hiroshima University represents a physically equivalent system to a charged particle beam travelling in a strong focusing accelerator lattice. The S-POD system can be used as an ‘experimental simulation’ to investigate the effects of resonance crossing and its dependence on dipole errors, tune crossing speed and other factors. Recent developments and experiments are discussed.