Author: Plostinar, D.C.
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WEPC039 Modelling of the FETS MEBT Line using GPT 2094
 
  • D.C. Plostinar
    STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
  • R. Enparantza, M. Larrañaga
    Fundación TEKNIKER, Eibar (Gipuzkoa), Spain
 
  The Front End Test Stand project (FETS) currently under construction at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) will accelerate a 60 mA, 2 ms, 50 pps H beam up to 3 MeV. It consists of an H ion source, a three-solenoid low energy beam transport line (LEBT), an RFQ and a medium energy beam transport line (MEBT) with a fast-slow beam chopping system. As part of the MEBT development, a GPT simulation model has been prepared. The aim is to analyse and understand the transport of intense beams and the beam behaviour in the space-charge dominated regime. The beam quality is then evaluated in terms of RMS emittance growth, beam loss, chopping efficiency and halo development. Results previously obtained with different simulation codes are discussed throughout the paper.  
 
WEPC040 Initial 2D Investigations into the Design and Parameters of an EM Quadrupole for FETS 2097
 
  • M. Larrañaga, R. Enparantza
    Fundación TEKNIKER, Eibar (Gipuzkoa), Spain
  • D.C. Plostinar
    STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
 
  The Medium Energy Beam Transport (MEBT) line for the Front End Test Stand (FETS) at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) consists of a number of quadrupoles, re-bunching cavities and a fast-slow chopping system with dedicated beam dumps, as well as diagnostics. The type and design of the quadrupoles to be used merits special attention. Due to space restrictions, a hybrid quadrupole solution has been proposed in the past. However, because of the limited range of field adjustability achievable, this approach is not ideal. In this paper, a very preliminary investigation of an electromagnetic quadrupole (EMQ) design is presented. Magnetic simulations results performed with a 2D simulation code will be discussed including magnet optimisation details.  
 
WEPC041 Conceptual Design of a New 800 MeV H Linac for ISIS Megawatt Developments 2100
 
  • D.C. Plostinar, C.R. Prior, G.H. Rees
    STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
 
  Several schemes have been proposed to upgrade the ISIS Spallation Neutron Source at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). One scenario is to develop a new 800 MeV, H linac and a ~3 GeV synchrotron, opening the possibility of achieving several MW of beam power. In this paper the design of the 800 MeV linac is outlined. It consists of a 3 MeV Front End similar to the one now under construction at RAL (the Front End Test Stand -FETS). Above 3 MeV, a 324 MHz DTL will be used to accelerate the beam up to ~75 MeV. At this stage a novel collimation system will be added to remove the halo and the far off-momentum particles. To achieve the final energy, a 648 MHz superconducting linac will be employed using three families of elliptical cavities with transition energies at ~196 MeV and ~412 MeV. Alternative designs are also being investigated.