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| THPC107 | Beam Dynamical Issues of the KEK All-ion Accelerator | 3227 |
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R&D works to realize an all-ion accelerator (AIA)* capable of accelerating all species of ions with any possible charge state, based on the induction synchrotron concept, which was demonstrated using the KEK 12 GeV-PS in 2006**, are going on at KEK. The KEK AIA, which is a modification of the existing KEK 500 MeV Booster Ring of a rapid cycle synchrotron, may be an injector-free accelerator. An ion beam from the high-voltage terminal of 200 kV is directly injected into the accelerator ring. Several key issues associated with the low energy injection must be addressed. Space-charge limited current due to a small relativistic b and a short life-time due to scattering with the residual molecules and eddy-current induced magnetic fields associated with guide-fields ramping from a low field level are among them. Careful considerations on them suggest that there are significant constrains on the operational performance and gives achievable beam parameters assuming the present parameters of the KEK AIA.
*K. Takayama, Y. Arakida, T. Iwashita, Y. S himosaki, T. Dixit, K. Torikai, J. of Appl. Phys. 101, 063304 (2007). |