Author: Peggs, S.
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MOODB02 RF Modeling Plans for the European Spallation Source 56
 
  • S. Molloy, M. Lindroos, S. Peggs
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  • R. Ainsworth
    Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom
  • R.J.M.Y. Ruber
    Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
 
  The European Spallation Source (ESS) will be the world's most powerful next generation neutron source. The ESS linac is designed to accelerate highly charged bunches of protons to a final energy of 2.5 GeV, with a design beam power of 5 MW, for collision with a target used to produce the high neutron flux. In order to achieve this several stages of RF acceleration are required, each using a different technology. The high beam current and power require a high degree of control of the accelerating RF, and the specification that no more than 1 W/m of losses will be experienced means that the excitation and decay of the HOMs must be very well understood. Experience at other high power machines also implies that an understanding of the generation and subsequent trajectories of any field-emitted electrons should be understood. Thermal detuning of the HOM couplers due to multipacting is a serious concern here. This paper will outline the RF modeling plans - including the construction of mathematical models, simulations of HOMs, and multipacting - during the current Accelerator Design Update phase, and will discuss several of the more important issues for ESS.  
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TUPS096 ESS Parameter List Database and Web Interface Tools 1762
 
  • K. Rathsman, S. Peggs, P. Reinerfelt, G. Trahern
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  • J. Bobnar
    Cosylab, Ljubljana, Slovenia
 
  The European Spallation Source is an intergovernmental project building a multidisciplinary research laboratory based upon the world's most powerful neutron source. The main facility will be built in Lund, Sweden. Construction is expected to start around 2013 and the first neutrons will be produced in 2019. The ESS linac delivers 5 MW of power to the target at 2.5 GeV, with a nominal current of 50 mA. The Accelerator Design Update (ADU) collaboration of mainly European institutions will deliver a Technical Design Report at the end of 2012. To ensure consistency of the information being used amongst all subgroups throughout the period of accelerator design and construction, a parameter list database and web interface have been proposed. The main objective is to provide tools to identify inconsistencies among parameters and to enforce groups as well as individuals to work towards the same solution. Another goal is to make the Parameter Lists a live and credible endeavor so that the data and supporting information shall be useful to a wider audience such as external reviewers as well as being easily accessible.  
 
WEPS059 Layout of the ESS Linac 2631
 
  • H. Danared, M. Eshraqi, W. Hees, A. Jansson, M. Lindroos, S. Peggs, A. Ponton
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
 
  The European Spallation Source will use a 2.5 GeV, 50 mA pulsed proton linac to produce an average 5 MW of power on the spallation target. It will consist of normal-conducting part accelerating particles to 50 MeV in an RFQ and a drift-tube linac and a superconducting part with spoke resonators and two families of elliptical cavities. A high-energy beam transport takes the particles through an upgrade section and at least one bend and demagnifies the beam on to the target. The paper will present the current layout of the linac and discuss parameters that define its length from source to target.  
 
WEPS064 Upgrade Strategies for High Power Proton Linacs 2646
 
  • M. Lindroos, H. Danared, M. Eshraqi, D.P. McGinnis, S. Molloy, S. Peggs, K. Rathsman
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  • R.D. Duperrier
    CEA/DSM/IRFU, France
  • J. Galambos
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
 
  High power proton linacs are used as drivers for spallation neutron sources, and are proposed as drivers for sub-critical accelerator driven thorium reactors. A linac optimized for a specific average pulse current can be difficult, or inefficient, to operate at higher currents, for example due to mis-matching between the RF coupler and the beam loaded cavity, and due to Higher Order Mode effects. Hardware is in general designed to meet specific engineering values, such as pulse length and repetition rate, that can be costly and difficult to change, for example due to pre-existing space constraints. We review the different upgrade strategies that are available to proton driver designers, both for linacs under design, such as the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, and also for existing linacs, such as the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) in Oak Ridge. Potential ESS upgrades towards a beam power higher than 5 MW preserve the original time structure, while the SNS upgrade is directed towards the addition of a second target station.  
 
WEPS028 Lattice Design of a Rapid Cycling Medical Synchrotron for Carbon/Proton Therapy 2541
 
  • D. Trbojevic, J.G. Alessi, M. Blaskiewicz, C. Cullen, H. Hahn, D.I. Lowenstein, I. Marneris, W. Meng, J.-L. Mi, C. Pai, D. Raparia, A. Rusek, J. Sandberg, N. Tsoupas, J.E. Tuozzolo, A. Zaltsman, W. Zhang
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • N.M. Cook
    Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA
  • J.P. Lidestri
    HHMI, New York, USA
  • M. Okamura
    RBRC, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
  • S. Peggs
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
 
  Funding: Work supported by Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), No. BNL-C-10-03 between the Brookhaven National Laboratory and Best Medical International, Inc.
We present a design of the ion Rapid Cycling Medical Synchrotron (iRCMS) for carbon/proton cancer therapy facility. The facility design, produced at Brookhaven National Accelerator (BNL) at the Collider Accelerator Division (CAD) for the BEST Medical International, Inc., will be able to treat the cancer patients with carbon, lighter ions and protons. The low energy part accelerates ions and protons to the kinetic energy of 8 MeV. It consists of two ion sources (one of fully stripped carbon ions and one for protons), a Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) and linac. The 8 GeV beam is injected into a fast cycling synchrotron (iRCMS). The lattice design is a racetrack, with zero dispersion two parallel straight sections. There are 24 combined function magnets in the two arcs with a radius of ~5.6 meters with maximum magnetic field of less than 1.3 T. The acceleration is performed in 30 Hz up to the required energy for the cancer tumor treatment assuming the spot scanning technique. The maximum energy for carbon ions is 400 MeV. Ions are extracted in a single turn and fed to different beam lines for patient treatment.
 
 
FRYBA01 The European Spallation Source 3789
 
  • S. Peggs
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
 
  The principles of the design, and the technical and beam dynamics challenges of the ESS are presented, as well as possible future upgrade options.  
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