IPAC2011 - List of Keywords (proton)

Paper	Title	Other Keywords	Page
MOODB03	Capture and Transport of the Laser Accelerated Ion Beams for the LIGHT Project	laser, solenoid, simulation, ion	59
	S.G. Yaramyshev, W.A. Barth, I. Hofmann, A. Orzhekhovskaya GSI, Darmstadt, Germany B. Zielbauer HIJ, Jena, Germany
	Funding: Work supported by EURATOM (IFK KiT Program) and HIC for FAIR An impressive advantage of Laser Ion Sources is an extremely high beam brilliance. The LIGHT project (Laser Ion Generation, Handling and Transport) is dedicated to the production of protons (ions), accelerated up to 10 MeV by using the GSI PHELIX laser at GSI, and injected into a conventional accelerator. A successful experimental campaign stimulated further investigation of the focusing, transport and collimation of the high energy and high brilliance proton beam. In addition to the advanced codes, describing the very early expansion phase of the proton-electron cloud, the versatile multiparticle code DYNAMION was implemented to perform beam dynamics simulations for different possible transport lines. Potentially transport lines compraises magnetic quadrupole lenses and/or solenoids for transverse beam focusing. A bunch rotation rf cavity decreasing the energy spread of the protons was included into the simulations. The results of the beam dynamics simulations are presented, as well as benchmarking activities with other codes. Further developments of the experimental test stand and the different possibilities of its integration to the GSI accelerators chain are discussed.
	Slides MOODB03 [2.185 MB]

MOPC006	A Coupled RFQ-IH Combination for the Neutron Source FRANZ	rfq, DTL, coupling, cavity	74
	M. Heilmann, O. Meusel, D. Mäder, U. Ratzinger, A. Schempp IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	Funding: HIC for FAIR The Frankfurt Neutron Source at the Stern-Gerlach-Zentrum is driven by a 2 MeV proton linac consisting of a 4-rod-radio-frequency-quadrupol (RFQ) and an 8 gap IH-DTL structure. RFQ and IH cavity will be powered by only one radio frequency (RF) amplifier to reduce costs. The RF-amplifier of the RFQ-IH combination is coupled into the RFQ. Internal inductive coupling along the axis connects the RFQ with the IH cavity ensuring the required power transition as well as a fixed phase relation between the two structures. The main acceleration of 120 keV up to 2.03 MeV will be reached by the RFQ-IH combination with 175 MHz and at a total length of 2.3 m. The losses in the RFQ-IH combination are about 200 kW.

MOPC032	Improvement of the RF System for the PEFP 100 MeV Proton Linac*	linac, LLRF, controls, EPICS	139
	K.T. Seol, Y.-S. Cho, H.S. Kim, H.-J. Kwon, Y.-G. Song KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea
	Funding: This work is supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Korean Government. The 100 MeV proton linear accelerator of the Proton Engineering Frontier Project (PEFP) has been developed and will be installed in Gyeong-ju site. The 20 MeV accelerator operated in Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) site will be also moved and reinstalled. The LLRF control systems for the 20 MeV accelerator were improved and have been operated within the stability of ±1% in RF amplitude and ±1 degree in RF phase. 7 sets of the extra LLRF control system will be installed with a RF reference system for the 100 MeV accelerator. Waveguide layout was also improved to install HPRF systems for the 100 MeV accelerator. Some of the HPRF components including klystrons, circulators, and RF windows are under purchase. The waveguide sections penetrating into the tunnel, which are fixed in a concrete floor with the bending structure for radiation shielding, were fabricated into a piece of waveguide to prevent the moisture and any foreign debris inside the concrete block. The details of the RF system improvement are presented.

MOPC053	Mechanical Design and Fabrication Studies for SPL Superconducting RF Cavities	cavity, niobium, linac, SRF	199
	S. Atieh, G. Arnau-Izquierdo, I. Aviles Santillana, O. Capatina, T. Renaglia, T. Tardy, N. Valverde Alonso, W. Weingarten CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	CERN’s R&D programme on the Superconducting Proton Linac’s (SPL) superconducting radio frequency (SRF) elliptical cavities made from niobium sheets explores new mechanical design and consequently new fabrication methods, where several opportunities for improved optimization were identified. A stainless steel helium vessel is under design rather than a titanium helium vessel using an integrated brazed transition between Nb and the SS helium vessel. Different design and fabrication aspects were proposed and the results are discussed hereafter.

MOPC068	LANSCE RF System Improvements for Current and Future Programs*	klystron, cavity, linac, neutron	238
	D. Rees, J.L. Erickson, R.W. Garnett, J.T.M. Lyles, L. Rybarcyk LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
	The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) is in the midst of an upgrade of the RF systems. This project will return LANSCE to its historical operating capability and sustain facility operations into the next decade. The LANSCE accelerator provides pulsed protons and spallation neutrons for defense and civilian applications. This project involves replacing all the existing 201 MHz RF stations and 805 MHz klystrons. LANSCE is also currently in the conceptual design phase of a program called the Material Test Station (MTS) to establish a 1 MW target station to irradiate fast reactor fuels and materials. A pre conceptual design is also in progress to extend the capabilities of MTS to a 2 MW target that will enable the first in a new generation of scientific facilities for the materials community. The emphasis of this new facility is "Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes" (MaRIE) which will be used to discover and design the advanced materials needed to meet 21st century national security and energy security challenges. The design and test results of the new RF systems will be presented as well as the RF system changes required to support the new missions.

MOPC120	Design of Superconducting Parallel-bar Deflecting/Crabbing Cavities	cavity, coupling, luminosity, SRF	361
	J.R. Delayen, S.U. De Silva ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
	The superconducting parallel-bar cavity is a deflecting/crabbing cavity with attractive properties, compared to other conventional designs, that is being considered for a number of applications. We present an analysis of several designs of parallel-bar cavities and their electromagnetic properties.

MOPS001	Electron-cloud Pinch Dynamics in Presence of Lattice Magnet Fields	electron, cyclotron, quadrupole, simulation	586
	G. Franchetti GSI, Darmstadt, Germany F. Zimmermann CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The pinch of the electron cloud due to a passing proton bunch was extensively studied in a field free region and in a dipolar magnetic field. For the latter study, a strong field approximation helped to formulate the equations of motion and to understand the complex electron pinch dynamics, which exhibited some similarities with the field-free situation. Here we extend the analysis to the case of electron pinch in quadrupoles and in sextupoles. We discuss the limits of validity for the strong field approximation and we evaluate the relative magnitude of the peak tune shift along the bunch expected for the different fields.

MOPS005	Beam Dynamics Simulations of J-PARC Main Ring for Upgrade Plan of Fast Extraction Operation	simulation, beam-losses, injection, power-supply	598
	Y. Sato, K. Hara, S. Igarashi, T. Koseki, K. Ohmi, C. Ohmori, M. Tomizawa KEK, Ibaraki, Japan H. Hotchi JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken, Japan
	Beam loss simulations under space charge effects are necessary to seek higher intensity proton beams. This paper presents simulations for fast extraction operation of Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) Main Ring. For upgrade plan, increasing protons per bunch and making higher repetition pattern are considered. Their optimal balance is discussed to minimize beam losses for aimed beam power considering space charge effects. We found that to optimize RF voltage pattern is a strong key to reduce beam losses for higher repetition. As benchmark works, we compare our simulations with the measured beam loss in our past operation.

MOPS013	Transverse Low Frequency Broad-band Impedance Measurements in the CERN PS	impedance, space-charge, extraction, injection	622
	S. Aumon EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland P. Freyermuth, S.S. Gilardoni, O. Hans, E. Métral, G. Rumolo CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The base-line scenario for the High-Luminosity LHC upgrade foresees an intensity increase delivered by the injectors. With its 53 years, the CERN PS would have to operate beyond the limit of its performances to match the future requirements. Beam instabilities driven by transverse impedance are an important issue for the operation of high intensity beams as for the high-brightness LHC beams. Measurements of transverse tune dependence with beam intensity were performed at injection kinetic energy 1.4~GeV and at LHC beam extraction momentum 26~GeV/c. This allows deducing the low frequency inductive broad-band impedance of the machine. Then an estimation of the real part of the impedance is made by the rise time measurement of a fast transverse instability believed to be a TMCI type. Those are the first step towards a global machine impedance characterization in order to push forward the performances of the accelerator.

MOPS017	Simulation Studies of Macro-particles Falling into the LHC Proton Beam	beam-losses, simulation, injection, vacuum	634
	F. Zimmermann, T. Baer, M. Giovannozzi, E.B. Holzer, E. Nebot Del Busto, A. Nordt, M. Sapinski CERN, Geneva, Switzerland N. Fuster Valencia University, Atomic Molecular and Nuclear Physics Department, Valencia, Spain Z. Yang EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
	We report updated simulations on the interaction of macro-particles falling from the top of the vacuum chamber into the circulating LHC proton beam. The path and charge state of micron size micro-particles are computed together with the resulting beam losses, which – if high enough - can lead to the local quench of SC magnets. The simulated time evolution of the beam loss is compared with observations in order to constrain some macro-particle parameters. We also discuss the possibility of a "multiple crossing" by the same macro-particle, the effect of a strong dipole field, and the dependence of peak loss rate and loss duration on beam current and on beam size.

MOPS021	Beam Dynamics of a Compact SC Isochronous Cyclotron - Preliminary Study of Central Region*	cyclotron, acceleration, ion, extraction	643
	J.X. Zhang, T.A. Antaya, R.E. Block MIT/PSFC, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
	Funding: Pennsylvania State University ARL S11-07 and N00024-02-D-6604 US Defense Threat Reduction Agency A compact high field superconducting isochronous cyclotron, Megatron (K250), is designed as a proof-of-principle for a single stage high power proton accelerator. This cyclotron is to accelerate proton to a final energy of 250 MeV with two 45° Dees with a radius ~40 cm. By employing a 20 mA external ECR proton source, the injected proton beam currents at high brightness are foreseen. Using phase selection in the center, a fully magnetized elliptical pole, low energy gain per turn, a precise relation between momentum and radius at large radius are expected. Two goals, a) to use this relationship to develop multi-turn extraction with passive elements only, to achieve a high external proton beam intensity (~1 mA); and b) to see if it is possible to achieve a high extraction efficiency (> 99%) without single turn extraction, with an energy spread \|DE/E\| ~0.1%. The RF acceleration is on the first harmonic with ωrf=ω0~64 MHz. Superconductor coils will provide a central field of B0 = 4.3 T and a peak hill field of 6.6 T. The general beam dynamics studies will be performed. Precise central field design including space charge effect will be shown in the presentation.

MOPS039	High Power Proton Linac Front-End: Beam Dynamics Investigation and Plans for the ESS	rfq, solenoid, emittance, injection	688
	A. Ponton ESS, Lund, Sweden
	Beam availibility is one of the major concerns for the designer of high power proton linacs. Since the Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) will shape and accelerate the beam in the early stage of its propagation it will have a significant impact on the particle dynamics throughout the rest of the linac. The key role of the RFQ is consequently to deliver high quality beams with optimal transmission. Furthermore understanding the space charge compensation mechanism in the Low Energy Beam Transport line (LEBT) is mandatory if one wants to perform calculations with realistic beams. The European Spallation Source (ESS) has put important R&D efforts in designing the linac front-end and deep beam dynamics studies have been undertaken. Results of the investigation work will be presented. We will then deal with the future plans for the ESS and we will finally give a full description of the RFQ and LEBT scheme.

MOPS059	Transverse Impedance Calculation for Simplified Model of Ferrite Kicker Magnet with Beta < 1	impedance, kicker, coupling, extraction	742
	N. Wang, Q. Qin IHEP Beijing, Beijing, People's Republic of China
	In high intensity rings, kicker magnet is usually considered as a main source to the total impedance. Transverse coupling impedance of a simplified kicker model has been derived analytically in the ultrarelativistic limit. We extend the result to the general case of v < c, and present the analytical formulae of both horizontal and vertical transverse impedances. Numerical results are given for the CSNS extraction kicker magnets.

MOPS082	Some Considerations on the Choice of Frequency and Geometrical Beta in High Power Proton Linacs in the Context of Higher Order Modes	cavity, HOM, linac, simulation	793
	M. Schuh, F. Gerigk CERN, Geneva, Switzerland M. Schuh MPI-K, Heidelberg, Germany C.P. Welsch Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
	Several high power superconducting (SC) proton linear accelerators are currently in the design stage around the world, such as for example the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Project X at Fermilab, the European ADS demonstrator MYRRAH in Mol and the Superconducting Proton linac (SPL) at CERN. In this contribution, the influence of Higher Order Modes (HOMs) in elliptical SC cavities is discussed as a function of the operation frequency, the number of cells and the geometrical beta of the cavity. Based on cavity design data beam dynamics simulations are executed for different linac layouts to quantify the influence of HOMs.

MOPZ001	MuSIC, the World's Highest Intensity DC Muon Beam using a Pion Capture System	solenoid, target, simulation, dipole	820
	A. Sato, Y. Kuno, H. Sakamoto Osaka University, Osaka, Japan S. Cook, R.T.P. D'Arcy UCL, London, United Kingdom M. Fukuda, K. Hatanaka RCNP, Osaka, Japan Y. Hino, N.H. Tran, N.M. Truong Osaka University, Graduate School of Science, Osaka, Japan Y. Mori KURRI, Osaka, Japan T. Ogitsu, A. Yamamoto, M.Y. Yoshida KEK, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan
	MuSIC is a project to provide the world's highest-intensity muon beam with continuous time structure at Research Center of Nuclear Physics (RCNP) of Osaka University, Japan. A pion capture system using a superconducting solenoid magnet and a part of superconducting muon transport solenoid channel have been build in 2010. The highest muon production efficiency was demonstrated by the beam test carried out in February 2011. The result concludes that the MuSIC can provide more than 10⁹ muons/sec using a 400 W proton beam. The pion capture system is one of very important technologies for future muon programs such as muon to electron conversion searches, neutrino factories, and a muon collider. The MuSIC built the first pion capture system and demonstrate its potential to provide an intense muon beam. The construction on the entire beam channel of the MuSIC will be finished in five years. We plan to carry out not only an experiment to search the lepton flavor violating process but also other experiments for muon science and their applications using the intense muon beam at RCNP.

MOPZ008	Particle Production Simulations for the Neutrino Factory Target	target, shielding, factory, simulation	835
	J.J. Back University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom X.P. Ding UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA I. Efthymiopoulos, S.S. Gilardoni, O.M. Hansen, G. Prior CERN, Geneva, Switzerland H.G. Kirk, N. Souchlas BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA R.J. Weggel Particle Beam Lasers, Inc., Northridge, California, USA
	Funding: EU FP7 EUROnu WP3 In the International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory (IDS-NF), a proton beam with a kinetic energy between 5 and 15 GeV interacts with a liquid mercury jet target in order to produce pions that will decay to muons, which in turn decay to neutrinos. The target is situated in a solenoidal field tapering from 20 T down to 1.5 T over a length of several metres, allowing for an optimised capture of pions in order to produce a useful muon beam for the machine. We present results of target particle production calculations using MARS, FLUKA and G4BEAMLINE simulation codes.

MOPZ012	The International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory	factory, target, cavity, storage-ring	847
	J.K. Pozimski, A. Kurup, K.R. Long Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom J.S. Berg BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	The International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory (the IDS-NF) has recently completed the Interim Design Report* (IDR) for the facility as a step on the way to the Reference Design Report (RDR). The IDR has two functions: it marks the point in the IDS-NF at which the emphasis turns to the engineering studies required to deliver the RDR and it documents the present baseline design for the facility which will provide 10²¹ muon decays per year from 25 GeV stored muon beams. The facility will serve two neutrino detectors; one situated at source-detector distance of between 3000–5000 km, the second at 7000–8000 km. The conceptual design of the accelerator facility will be described and its performance will be presented. The steps that the IDS-NF collaboration has taken since the IDR was finalized and plans to take to prepare the RDR will also be presented. * IDS-NF-020: https://www.ids-nf.org/wiki/FrontPage/Documentation?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=IDS-NF-020-v1.0.pdf Submitted on behalf of the IDS-NF collaboration

MOPZ034	Proton Contamination Studies in the MICE Muon Beam Line	lattice, quadrupole, positron, emittance	871
	S.D. Blot, Y.K. Kim University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA R.R.M. Fletcher UCR, Riverside, California, USA D.M. Kaplan Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA C.T. Rogers STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
	The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) aims to demonstrate transverse beam emittance reduction for a muon beam. To create these muons, a titanium target is dipped into the ISIS proton accelerator at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) to create pions, which are transported and decay to muons in the MICE beamline. Beam particle identification and triggering is performed using time of flight (ToF) detectors. When running the MICE beamline with positive polarity, protons produced in the target contaminate the muon beam with a sufficiently high rate to saturate the TOF detectors. Polyethylene sheets of varying thicknesses were installed to absorb the proton impurities in the beam. Studies with pion beams at momenta of 140, 200, and 240MeV/c were performed with different proton absorber thicknesses. The results of these studies show good agreement with theoretical range plots and will be presented.

MOPZ035	MICE Muon Beamline Particle Rate and Related Beam Loss in the ISIS Synchrotron	beam-losses, target, synchrotron, solenoid	874
	A.J. Dobbs Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom D. Adey University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom L. Coney UCR, Riverside, California, USA
	The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) will provide a proof of principle of ionization cooling, reduction of muon beam phase space, which will be needed at a future Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider. The MICE muon beam is generated by the decay of pions produced by dipping a cylindrical titanium target into the proton beam of the 800 MeV ISIS synchrotron at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K. Studies of the particle rate in the MICE beamline and correlations with induced beam loss in ISIS are described, including the most recent data taken in the summer of 2010, representing some of the highest loss and rate conditions achieved to date. Ideally, a high rate of muons in the MICE beamline is desired, in order to facilitate the cooling measurement. However, impact on the host accelerator equipment must also be minimized. The implications of the observed beam loss and particle rate levels for MICE and ISIS are discussed.

TUOAA01	The EUROnu Project: A High Intensity Neutrino Oscillation Facility in Europe	target, factory, linac, acceleration	894
	T.R. Edgecock STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom E.H.M. Wildner CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	EUROnu is a European Commission funded FP7 Design Study investigating three possible options for a future high intensity neutrino oscillation facility in Europe. These options are a CERN to Frejus Super-Beam, a Neutrino Factory and a Beta Beam. The aims of the project are to undertake the crucial R&D on each of the accelerator facilities and determine their performance and relative cost, including the baseline detectors for each facility. A comparison will then be made and the results reported to the CERN Council as part of the CERN Strategy Review.
	Slides TUOAA01 [7.638 MB]

TUOAA02	Status of UA9, the Crystal Collimation Experiment in the SPS	collimation, ion, simulation, beam-losses	897
	W. Scandale LAL, Orsay, France
	Funding: CERN, IHEP-Protvino, Imperial-College, INFN, JINR-Dubna, LBNL, PNPI-Gartchina, SLAC UA9 was operated in the CERN-SPS for more than two years in view of investigating the feasibility of the halo collimation with bent crystals. Silicon crystals 2 mm long with bending angles of about 150 urad were used as primary collimators. The crystal collimation process was steadily achieved through channeling with high efficiency. The crystal orientation was easily set and optimized with the installed goniometer which has an angular reproducibility of about ± 10 μrad. In channeling orientation, the loss rate of the halo particles interacting with the crystal is reduced by a factor of ten, whilst the residual off-momentum halo escaping from the crystal-collimator area is reduced by a factor five. The crystal channeling efficiency of about 75 % is reasonably consistent with simulations and with single pass data collected in the North Area of the SPS. The accumulated observations, shown in this paper, support our expectation that the coherent deflection of the beam halo by a bent crystal should considerably help in enhancing the collimation efficiency in LHC.
	Slides TUOAA02 [4.297 MB]

TUYA01	Achievements and Lessons from the Tevatron	antiproton, collider, luminosity, electron	903
	V.D. Shiltsev Fermilab, Batavia, USA
	The Tevatron Run-2 will come to an end at the time of IPAC'11. This talk will concentrate on exploration of the accelerator physics issues that were dealt with in achieving the current (very high) level of performance in the Tevatron and will review achievements, challenges and lessons learned on the way.
	Slides TUYA01 [5.881 MB]

TUZB01	Superconducting RF Technology for Proton and Ion Accelerators	cavity, linac, cryomodule, SRF	966
	G. Devanz CEA/DSM/IRFU, France
	The worldwide status of superconducting RF cavities and cryomodules for low velocity ion and proton particles is reviewed, with emphasis on the construction and tests of prototypes. A number of different multicell structures at a range of operating frequencies have been successfully realized. This review will cover the progress of several facilities under construction or being proposed: Spiral2, IFMIF-EVEDA, SPL, ESS, FRIB and ADS drivers.
	Slides TUZB01 [10.630 MB]

TUZB02	Ultra High Vacuum for High Intensity Proton Accelerators	vacuum, ion, radiation, radioactivity	971
	N. Ogiwara JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken, Japan
	In high intensity proton accelerators neutrons, as well as gamma rays, are generated. At the J-PARC synchrotron the cumulative energy dose will be of the order of several-mSv/h over 1 month user operation. In order to minimize the radiation exposure during maintenance, it is necessary to construct a vacuum system with reliable components which have a long life in such a high level of radiation. In addition, in all machines it is necessary to keep the operating pressure of the beam in ultra high vacuum (UHV) to suppress pressure instability. At J-PARC RCS the UHV conditions were realized without baking and the beam operation has been successful to date. General considerations for vacuum systems for high intensity linear and circular accelerators will be provided in the talk.
	Slides TUZB02 [3.380 MB]

TUPC045	Recirculating Electron Linacs (REL) for LHeC and eRHIC	electron, linac, lattice, dipole	1099
	D. Trbojevic, J. Beebe-Wang, Y. Hao, D. Kayran, V. Litvinenko, V. Ptitsyn, N. Tsoupas BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	Funding: Work performed under a Contract Number DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the auspices of the US Department of Energy. We present a design of a CW Electron Recovery Linacs (ERL) for future electron hadron colliders eRHIC and LHeC. In eRHIC, a six-pass ERL would be installed in the existing tunnel of the present Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The 5-30 GeV polarized electrons will collide with RHIC’s 50-250 (325) GeV polarized protons or 20-100 (130) GeV/u heavy ions. In LHeC a 3-pass 60 GeV CW ERL will produce polarized electrons for collisions with 7 TeV protons. After collision, electron beam energy is recovered and electrons are dumped at low energy. Two superconducting linacs are located in the two straight sections in both ERLs. The multiple arcs are made of Flexible Momentum Compaction lattice (FMC) allowing adjustable momentum compaction for electrons with different energies. The multiple arcs, placed above each other, are matched to the two linac’s straight sections with splitters and combiners.

TUPC048	First Measurement Results of the LHC Longitudinal Density Monitor	photon, ion, synchrotron, diagnostics	1105
	A. Jeff, M. Andersen, A. Boccardi, S. Bozyigit, E. Bravin, T. Lefèvre, A. Rabiller, F. Roncarolo CERN, Geneva, Switzerland A.S. Fisher SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA C.P. Welsch Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
	Funding: The primary author is funded by the E.U. under the DITANET Marie Curie network. Knowledge of the longitudinal distribution of particles is important for various aspects of accelerator operation, for example to check the injection quality and to characterize the development of ghost bunches before and during the physics periods. A new detector, the LHC Longitudinal Density Monitor (LDM) is a single-photon counting system measuring synchrotron light by means of an avalanche photodiode detector. The unprecedented energies reached in the LHC allow synchrotron light diagnostics to be used with both protons and heavy ions. The LDM is able to longitudinally profile the whole ring with a resolution close to the target of 50 ps. On-line correction for the effects of the detector deadtime, pile-up and afterpulsing allow a dynamic range of 10⁵ to be achieved. The LDM operated during the 2010 lead ion run and during 2011 with protons. Measurements from both runs are presented in this contribution along with an analysis of the LDM performance and an outlook for future upgrades.

TUPC063	Energy Verification in Ion Beam Therapy	simulation, synchrotron, ion, closed-orbit	1141
	F. Moser ATI, Wien, Austria M. Benedikt, U. Dorda EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria
	Funding: Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research, CERN Technology Doctoral Student Program The adoption of synchrotrons for medical applications necessitates a comprehensive on-line verification of all beam parameters, autonomous of common beam monitors. In particular for energy verification, the required precision of down to 0.1 MeV, in absolute terms, poses a special challenge regarding the betatron-core driven 3rd order extraction mechanism which is intended to be used at MedAustron. Two different energy verification options have been studied and their limiting factors were investigated: 1) A time-of-flight measurement inside the synchrotron, limited by the orbit circumference information and measurement duration as well as extraction uncertainties. 2) A calorimeter-style system in the extraction line, limited by radiation hardness and statistical fluctuations. The paper discusses in detail the benefits and specific aspects of each method.

TUPC066	Charged Particle Beam Profile Detector based on Yb-doped Optical Fibers	radiation, ion, linac, laser	1150
	C.S. Søndergaard Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark A. Baurichter, B.R. Nielsen Danfysik A/S, Jyllinge, Denmark G. Boudreault Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, PET and Cyclotron Unit, Copenhagen, Denmark K. Hansen, D.V. Madsen, J. Rasmussen, B.F. Skipper Aarhus School of Engineering, Aarhus, Denmark M. Kristensen Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark S.P. Møller ISA, Aarhus, Denmark A. Peters HIT, Heidelberg, Germany
	Funding: The Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, contract # 002-2005-1 A radiation robust, high dynamic range beam profile detector based on scintillating fibers will be presented. The beam profile detector has been developed for particle therapy type ion beams of multiple hundreds MeV/n in the intensity range from 10⁵ to 10⁹ ions/s as a simple and less expensive replacement for MWPC based detectors. Scintillating fibers are typically based on doped polymers, which are sensitive to radiation damage. Here we report on the advantage of using silica optical fibers doped with rare-earth elements for the purpose of detecting ionizing radiation. Specifically, we find that ytterbium doped fibers generate a strong emission signal in the near-infrared from the Yb³⁺ state when penetrated by ionizing radiation, and that the emission has a high resistance against the accumulated dose in the fiber. We demonstrate the use of such fibers in a beam profile detector for charged particle beams in medical applications (radionuclide production and hadron therapy); more generally they are a promising alternative for prolonged used in ionizing radiation, such as accelerator diagnostics equipment or space applications.

TUPC084	Performance of the Scintillation Profile Monitor in the COSY Synchrotron	vacuum, synchrotron, electron, target	1201
	V. Kamerdzhiev, J. Dietrich, K. Reimers FZJ, Jülich, Germany
	Residual gas scintillation is used for measuring profile of the proton beam circulating in the COSY synchrotron. The problem of low rate of scintillation events detected by a multichannel photomultiplier is coped with by injecting small amounts of pure nitrogen into the SPM vacuum chamber. This leads to a temporary local pressure bump of no more than an order of magnitude. A commercially available piezo-electric dosing valve allows good control over the amplitude and duration of the pressure bump. Since the average pressure in the machine is hardly changed, the method is fully compatible with experiment operation. This approach offers a robust and inexpensive way to measure the beam profile. The design of the SPM is discussed. The latest measurement results and comparison to the ionization profile monitor data is presented.

TUPC098	Beam Profile Measurement using Flying Wire Monitors at the J-PARC Main Ring*	injection, simulation, space-charge, emittance	1239
	S. Igarashi, K. Ohmi, Y. Sato, M.J. Shirakata, M. Tejima, T. Toyama KEK, Ibaraki, Japan Y. Hashimoto, K. Satou J-PARC, KEK & JAEA, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
	Transverse beam profiles have been measured using flying wire monitors at the main ring of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The flying wire is a beam profile monitor using a thin carbon fiber as a target. The beam is scanned with the wire target at the maximum speed of 5 m/s. The secondary particles from the beam-wire scattering are detected using a scintillation counter as a function of the wire position. The measurement has revealed a characteristic temporal change of the beam profile during the injection period of 120 ms. A multiparticle tracking simulation program, SCTR, taking account of space charge effects has successfully reproduced the beam profiles.

TUPC099	New Measurements of Proton Beam Extinction at J-PARC	injection, secondary-beams, linac, vacuum	1242
	K. Yoshimura, Y. Hori, Y. Igarashi, S. Mihara, H. Nishiguchi, Y. Sato, M. Shimamoto, Y. Takeda, M. Uota KEK, Ibaraki, Japan M. Aoki, S. Hikida, H. Nakai Osaka University, Osaka, Japan Y. Hashimoto J-PARC, KEK & JAEA, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
	Proton beam extinction, defined as a residual to primary ratio of beam intensity, is one of the most important parameters to realize the future muon electron conversion experiment (COMET) proposed at J-PARC. To achieve the required extinction level of 10^-9, we started measuring extinction at main ring (MR) as its first step. According to the various measurements done at the different positions, empty RF buckets of RCS, which were considered to be swept away by the RF chopper, contained about 10^-7 ~ 10^-5 of the main beam pulse due to chopper inefficiency. We have developed a new beam monitor with improved performance for further studies at the abort line. In addition, we have started new measurements at the Hadron experimental hall by using slow-extracted beam. In this paper, we present recent results and future prospect of beam extinction measurements.

TUPC129	A Beam Position System for Hadrontherapy Facilities	electron, photon, controls, vacuum	1323
	A. Faus-Golfe, C. Belver-Aguilar, C. Blanch Gutierrez, J.J. García-Garrigós IFIC, Valencia, Spain E. Benveniste, M. Haguenauer, P. Poilleux LLR, Palaiseau, France
	Funding: MICINN-FPA:AIC10-D-000518 Essential parts of the needed instrumentation for the beam control in the Hadrontherapy accelerators are the Beam Position Monitors (BPM). The measurement of the beam position in Hadronterapy accelerators become more important at the secondary transport lines towards the patient room where this parameter must be completely determined. The BPM described in this paper is a new type of BPM based on four scintillating fibers coupled to four photodiodes to detect the light produced by the fibers when intercepting the beam. We present here the study of the different photodiodes able to read the light emitted by the scintillating fiber, the tests performed in order to find the most suitable photodiode to measure the beam position from the variations in the beam current, the mechanical design and the corresponding acquisition electronics.

TUPC131	Overview of ESS Beam Loss Monitoring System	ion, beam-losses, neutron, SRF	1329
	L. Tchelidze, A. Jansson ESS, Lund, Sweden
	European Spallation Source (ESS) is a multi-MW proton linear accelerator that will be built in Lund, Sweden. Due to the high power of the machine, losses need to be minimized to avoid damaging the accelerator components and quenching superconducting magnets. Loss monitors have to be positioned all across the accelerator, so that they form a reliable protection system. A careful analysis of the loss nature for ESS is in progress to determine the locations for the loss detectors. This paper presents preliminary results of the simulations for the detector response functions, which are calculated for several different energies and incident angles of protons, at certain parts of the accelerator. A simple, baseline geometry configuration is used in the calculations. This paper also gives an overview of the considered ESS beam loss monitoring system. It describes the types of the detectors which are planned to be used at ESS, and discusses the number of detectors needed along different parts of the machine. As planned, a primary tool for measuring losses at ESS will be ionization chambers, the conceptual design of which is given in this paper based on the response time considerations.

TUPC135	Beam Loss Monitors Comparison at the CERN Proton Synchrotron	beam-losses, injection, radiation, electron	1341
	S.S. Gilardoni, S. Aumon, E. Effinger, J. Gil Flores CERN, Geneva, Switzerland U. Wienands SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
	CERN is planning the renovation and upgrade of the beam loss detection system for the Proton Synchrotron (PS). Improved performance in speed–to be able to monitor beam loss on a bunch-by-bunch basis–and in long-term stability–to reduce or avoid the need for periodic calibration–are aimed for. To select the most suitable technology, different detectors were benchmarked in the machine with respect to the same beam loss. The characteristics of the different detectors, the results of the measurement campaign and their suitability as future monitors for the PS are presented.

TUPC136	Analysis of Fast Losses in the LHC with the BLM System	beam-losses, injection, quadrupole, superconducting-magnet	1344
	E. Nebot Del Busto, T. Baer, B. Dehning, E. Effinger, J. Emery, E.B. Holzer, A. Marsili, A. Nordt, M. Sapinski, R. Schmidt, B. Velghe, J. Wenninger, C. Zamantzas, F. Zimmermann CERN, Geneva, Switzerland N. Fuster Valencia University, Atomic Molecular and Nuclear Physics Department, Valencia, Spain Z. Yang EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
	About 3600 Ionization Chambers are located around the LHC ring to detect beam losses that could damage the equipment or quench superconducting magnets. The BLMs integrate the losses in 12 different time intervals (from 40 us to 83.8 s) allowing for different abort thresholds depending on the duration of the loss and the beam energy. The signals are also recorded in a database at 1 Hz for offline analysis. During the 2010 run, a limiting factor in the machine availability were sudden losses appearing around the ring on the ms time scale and detected exclusively by the BLM system. It is believed that such losses originate from dust particles falling into the beam, or being attracted by its strong electromagnetic field. This document describes some of the properties of these "Unidentified Falling Objects" (UFOs) putting special emphasis on their dependence on beam parameters (energy, intensity, etc). The subsequent modification of the BLM beam abort thresholds for the 2011 run that were made to avoid unnecessary beam dumps caused by these UFO losses are also discussed.

TUPC141	LHC Beam Loss Pattern Recognition	beam-losses, monitoring, resonance, collider	1353
	A. Marsili, E.B. Holzer, P.M. Puzo CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	One of the systems protecting CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the Beam Loss Monitoring system (BLM). More than 3600 monitors are installed around the ring. The beam losses are permanently integrated over 12 different time intervals (from 40 microseconds to 84 seconds). When any loss exceeds the thresholds defined for the integration window, the beam is removed from the machine. Understanding the origin of a beam loss is crucial for machine operation, as it can help to avoid a repeat of the same scenario. The signals read from given monitors can be considered as entries of a vector. This article presents how a loss map of unknown cause can be decomposed using vector based analysis derived from well-known loss scenarios. The algorithms achieving this decomposition are described, as well as the accuracy of the results.

TUPC162	Thin Foil-based Secondary Emission Monitor for Low Intensity, Low Energy Beam Profile Measurements	antiproton, electron, ion, target	1413
	J. Harasimowicz, J.-L. Fernández-Hernando, C.P. Welsch Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom L. Cosentino, P. Finocchiaro, A. Pappalardo INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy J. Harasimowicz The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
	Funding: Work supported by STFC, the EU under GA-ITN-215080, the Helmholtz Association and GSI under VH-NG-328. A secondary emission monitor (SEM) was developed for beam profile measurements at the Ultra-low energy Storage Ring (USR) that will be installed at the future Facility for Low-energy Antiproton and Ion Research (FLAIR) in Darmstadt, Germany. The detector consists of an Aluminium foil on negative potential, a grounded mesh placed in front of the foil, a chevron type microchannel plate (MCP), a phosphor screen and a camera connected to a PC. Simulations of the optimized design together with experimental results with keV protons are presented in this contribution. In addition, the usability of the detector for low energy antiproton beam profile measurements is discussed.

TUPS019	Synchrotron Radiation in the LHC Vacuum System	photon, vacuum, dipole, radiation	1563
	V. Baglin, G. Bregliozzi, J.M. Jimenez, G. Lanza CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	CERN is currently operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with 3.5 TeV per beam. At this energy level, when the protons trajectory is bent, the protons emit synchrotron radiation (SR) with a critical energy of 5.5 eV. Under operation, SR induced molecular desorption is routinely observed in the LHC arcs, long straight sections and experiments. This contribution recalls the SR parameters over the LHC ring for the present and nominal beam parameters. Vacuum observations during energy ramp, after accumulation of dose and along the LHC ring are discussed. Expected pressure profiles and long term behaviours of vacuum levels will be also addressed.

TUPS020	Leak Tightness of LHC Cold Vacuum Systems	vacuum, cryogenics, superconducting-magnet, controls	1566
	P. Cruikshank, S.D. Claudet, W. Maan, L. Mourier, A. Perrier-Cornet, N. Provot CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The cold vacuum systems of the LHC machine have been in operation since 2008. While a number of acceptable helium leaks were known to exist prior to cooldown and have not significantly evolved over the last years, several new leaks have occurred which required immediate repair activities or mitigating solutions to permit operation of the LHC. The LHC vacuum system is described together with a summary and timetable of known air and helium leaks and their impact on the functioning of the cryogenic and vacuum systems. Where leaks have been investigated and repaired, the cause and failure mechanism is described. We elaborate the mitigating solutions that have been implemented to avoid degradation of known leaks and minimize their impact on cryogenic operation and LHC availability, and finally a recall of the consolidation program to be implemented in the next LHC shutdown.

TUPS034	Development and Construction of the Beam Dump for J-PARC Hadron Hall	hadron, gun, status, radiation	1608
	A. Agari, E. Hirose, M. Ieiri, Y. Katoh, M. Minakawa, R. Muto, M. Naruki, Y. Sato, S. Sawada, Y. Shirakabe, Y. Suzuki, H. Takahashi, M. Takasaki, K.H. Tanaka, A. Toyoda, H. Watanabe, Y. Yamanoi KEK, Tsukuba, Japan H. Noumi RCNP, Osaka, Japan
	Funding: This work is supported by Grant-in-Aid (No.22740184) for Young Scientists (B) of the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [MEXT]. A facility of Hadron hall at Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) had been constructed in June 2007. Hadron hall is designed to handle intense slow-extraction proton beam from the main accelerator of J-PARC, i.e. 50-GeV-PS. The first transportation of the proton beam to the hall was successfully made in Jan. 2009. A beam dump constructed at the end of the primary proton beam line in Hadron hall is designed to safely absorb 15 μA (=750-kW) proton beam. Its central core of the dump is made of copper with water cooling and is surrounded by iron and concrete for radiation protection. We made thermal and mechanical FEM analysis for investigating heat generation and mechanical stress from energy deposition. We also made cooling experiments for measuring heat transfer coefficient of candidates for new cooling device. As a result, the adopted device has direct cooling paths which are prepared as long holes made by Gun Drill from the outer surface of the copper core. In addition, the beam dump is designed to safely move to 50-m downstream as one body for future expansion of Hadron hall. This paper reports development and construction of the beam dump in Hadron hall.

TUPS037	Preliminary Assessment of Beam Impact Consequences on LHC Collimators	simulation, collimation, controls, beam-losses	1617
	M. Cauchi, R.W. Assmann, A. Bertarelli, R. Bruce, F. Carra, A. Dallocchio, D. Deboy, N. Mariani, A. Rossi, N.J. Sammut CERN, Geneva, Switzerland M. Cauchi, P. Mollicone UoM, Msida, Malta L. Lari IFIC, Valencia, Spain
	The correct functioning of the LHC collimation system is crucial to attain the desired LHC luminosity performance. However, the requirements to handle high intensity beams can be demanding. In this respect, the robustness of the collimators plays an important role. An accident which causes the proton beam to hit a collimator might result in severe beam-induced damage and, in some cases, replacement of the collimator, with consequent downtime for the machine. In this paper, several case studies representing different realistic beam impact scenarios are shown. A preliminary analysis of the thermal response of tertiary collimators to beam impact is presented, from which the most critical cases can be identified. Such work will also help to give an initial insight on the operational constraints of the LHC by taking into account all relevant collimator damage limits.

TUPS038	Design of a Beam Dump for 3 to 100 MeV for the New H⁻ Beam in the CERN Linac4	linac, vacuum, radiation, ion	1620
	C. Maglioni CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	In this paper the design of a beam dump for the energy range from 3 to 100 MeV is reported. The dump is developed as temporary dump for the commissioning phase of the Linac4 Project, under construction at CERN, and will be installed in different periods to withstand a beam of different intensities and energies, following the chronological assembly of the linac. The dump design and its functionalities, as well as material choice, criticalities and cooling system are described. Finally, the results from the numerical and analytical thermo-mechanical analyses are reported, while the use of the dump also at 160 MeV is investigated.

TUPS048	Equipment and Techniques for the Replacement of the ISIS Proton Beam to Target Window	target, shielding, radiation, neutron	1638
	S.D. Gallimore, S.J.S. Jago STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
	The ISIS Spallation Neutron Source has been in operation at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory for over 25 years. Much of the original equipment installed during the construction of the facility is still in operation. The window separating the proton beam transfer line from the neutron target is a key component in the accelerator complex. During the operational life of the Beam Entry Window it has absorbed a considerable amount of energy deposited from the proton beam as it passes from the accelerator vacuum to the target area. Due to the difficulties in accessing and handling the window assembly, a decision was made to replace this component in a planned maintenance period. This paper describes the specialist remote handling equipment and techniques that were developed during the 3 year build up to the removal and replacement of the of the highly active Beam Entry Window.

TUPS050	Target Optimisation Studies for MuSR Applications	target, simulation, beam-losses, neutron	1641
	A. Bungau, C. Bungau, R. Cywinski University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom P.J.C. King, J.S. Lord STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
	Considering the ISIS muon target as a reference, Geant4 simulations have been performed to optimise the target parameters with respect to muon and pion yield. Previous studies suggested that the muon production can be optimised by using a thin graphite slab target with an incident proton energy significantly lower than initially considered. The current paper discusses a possible target design fully optimised for MuSR studies.

TUPS054	Beam-power Deposition in a 4-MW Target Station for a Muon Collider or a Neutrino Factory	target, solenoid, factory, simulation	1653
	H.G. Kirk BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA J.J. Back University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom X.P. Ding UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA V.B. Graves ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA K.T. McDonald PU, Princeton, New Jersey, USA N. Souchlas, R.J. Weggel Particle Beam Lasers, Inc., Northridge, California, USA
	Funding: This work is supported in part by the US DOE Contract NO. DE-AC02-98CH10886. We present the results of power deposition in various components of the baseline target station of a Muon Collider or a Neutrino Factory driven by a 4-MW proton beam.

TUPS058	HiRadMat: A New Irradiation Facility for Material Testing at CERN	target, ion, vacuum, radiation	1665
	I. Efthymiopoulos, S. Evrard, H. Gaillard, D. Grenier, C. Heßler, M. Meddahi, A. Pardons, C. Theis, P. Trilhe, H. Vincke CERN, Geneva, Switzerland N. Charitonidis EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
	HiRadMat (High Irradiation to Materials) is a new facility under construction at CERN designed to provide high-intensity pulsed beams to an irradiation area where material samples as well as accelerator component assemblies can be tested. The facility uses a 440 GeV proton beam extracted from the CERN SPS with a pulse length of 7.2 μs, to a maximum pulse energy of 3.4 MJ. In addition to protons, ion beams with an energy of 173.5 GeV/nucleon and a total pulse energy of 21 kJ can be used. The facility is expected to become operational in autumn 2011. The first tests will include candidate materials and prototype assemblies of LHC collimators foreseen to operate at the ultimate LHC beam powers. Experiments on beam windows and high-power target material options, such as tungsten powder, are also planned. The paper will describe the layout and design parameters for the facility and the way experiments can be operated. Ideas on online and post-irradiation tests and instrumentation will be outlined.

TUPS070	An Experiment at HiRadMat: Irradiation of High-Z Materials	target, simulation, collider, ion	1698
	J. Blanco, C. Maglioni, R. Schmidt CERN, Geneva, Switzerland N.A. Tahir GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	Calculations of the impact of dense high intensity proton beams at SPS and LHC into material have been presented in several papers,,*. This paper presents the plans for an experiment to validate the theoretical results with experimental data. The experiment will be performed at the High Radiation to Materials (HiRadMat) facility at the CERN-SPS. The HiRadMat facility is dedicated to shock beam impact experiments. It allows testing of accelerator components with respect to the impact of high-intensity pulsed beams. It will provide a 440 GeV proton beam with a focal size down to 0.1 mm, thus providing very dense beam (energy/cross section). The transversal profile of the beam is considered to be Gaussian with a tunable σ from 0.1 mm to 2 mm. This facility will allow to study “high energy density” physics as the energy density will be high enough to create strong coupled plasma in the core of high-Z materials (copper, tungsten) and to produce strong enough shock waves to create a density depletion channel along the beam axis (tunneling effect). The paper introduces the layout of the experiment and the monitoring system to detect tunneling of protons through the target. N.A.Tahir et al. HB2010 Proc., Morschach, Switzerland. N.A.Tahir et al. NIMA 606(1-2) 2009 186. * N.A.Tahir et al. 11th EPAC, Genoa, Italy, 2008, WEPP073.

TUPS077	Shaping of Ion Pulses from an Electron Beam Ion Source for Particle Injection into Accelerators	ion, electron, ion-source, injection	1716
	F. Ullmann, A. Schwan DREEBIT GmbH, Dresden, Germany U. Hagen, O. Heid, H. von Jagwitz Siemens AG, Healthcare Technology and Concepts, Erlangen, Germany G. Zschornack Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Angewandte Physik, Dresden, Germany
	Electron Beam Ion Sources (EBISs) provide highly charged ions for many applications, amongst others for particle injection into accelerators. Although EBISs are limited in ion output they feature a lot of advantages which qualify them for accelerator injection. The ion pulses extracted from the ion sources can be directly injected into an accelerator sequence which however requires ion pulses with distinct shape and length. We present the production of ion pulses matching the requirements of particle injection. The ions are produced by trapping in a high density electron beam for a certain time with electrostatic potentials providing for their axial trapping. The ions are extracted by lowering the trapping potential, i.e. opening the trap. Due to the ion energy distribution within the trapping region ion extraction can be controlled by controlling the trapping potential. A specific time dependent control mode of the trapping potential thus allows to produce ion pulses with designated shape and length. Source parameters such as working gas pressure, electron beam current and energy are influencing the energy distribution of the ions which in turn is influencing pulse shaping.

TUPS080	Low Energy Bunching with a Double Gap RF Buncher	bunching, ion, ion-source, injection	1725
	H. von Jagwitz, U. Hagen, O. Heid, S. Setzer Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany
	A compact double gap bunching system for low energy proton beams is presented. The system is designed for the bunching of a low current proton beam (less than 50μA) with an energy of 10 keV. The buncher operates at 150 MHz and bunches without significantly changing the beam energy. The beam is generated by an Electron Beam Ion Source and has to be bunched for the subsequent acceleration in a 150 MHz linear accelerator. The buncher contains two short gaps and an RF electrode inbetween. Thus the full length of the buncher in the beamline is in the range of 2 cm. The location of the bunch focus depends on the buncher power. The bunched beam was analysed at a distance of 550 mm with a fast faraday cup. The bunching effectivity was determined as 50%, which means that 50% of the protons of the beam were located in bunches with a width of 60°, which is a reasonable value of acceptance for a conventional accelerator cavity. Some theory and detailed results will be presented.

TUPS086	Ultra-high Resolution Observation Device for Carbon Stripper Foil	radiation, monitoring, vacuum, scattering	1740
	Y. Takeda, Y. Irie, I. Sugai KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
	To observe a growth process of a pinhole on a HBC-foil due to beam irradiation, an up to 10 um of device for ultra-high resolution observation is needed. For the environment where we use the device for observation is so severe as under high radiation and in vacuum, there is no device available for long-time observation. Then, we designed and created a wholly new method based system which enables constant observation by ultra-high resolution even under high radiation environment. We attempted several experiments, compared materials usable under radiation environment, checked up various optical systems which enables high resolution, and finally developed the best method. As a result, we successfully invented an ultra-high resolution observation device available for monitoring an object about 8 meters distant by 8.3um resolution.

TUPS104	A Two Stage Fast Beam Chopper for Next Generation High Power Proton Drivers	rfq, ion, neutron, ion-source	1786
	M.A. Clarke-Gayther STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
	The Front End Test Stand (FETS) project at RAL will test a two stage fast beam chopper, designed to address the requirements of high power proton drivers for next generation spallation sources, neutrino factories, and radioactive waste transmutation plants. A description is given of the status of development of the proposed two stage beam chopper. The results of a recent study on the dimensional optimisation of the proposed slow-wave structures, together with details of an updated beam line configuration for the chopper components, will be presented.

TUPS105	Beam Brightness Booster with Self-Stabilization of Electron-Proton Instability	ion, electron, brightness, space-charge	1789
	V.G. Dudnikov, C.M. Ankenbrandt Muons, Inc, Batavia, USA
	The brightness and intensity of a circulating proton beam now can be increased up to the space charge tune shift limit by means of charge exchange injection or by electron cooling but cannot be increased above this limit. Significantly higher brightness can be produced by means of charge exchange injection with space charge compensation. The brightness of the space charge compensated beam is limited at low level by an electron-proton (e-p) instability. Fortunately, the e-p instability can be self-stabilized at a high beam density. The “cesiation effect” significantly increases negative ion emission from gas discharges, and surface-plasma sources for intense high brightness negative ion beam production have been developed. These developments make it possible to produce stable “superintense” circulating beams with intensity and brightness far above the space charge limit. A beam brightness booster (BBB) for significant increases of accumulated beam brightness is discussed. Superintense beam production can be simplified by developing a nonlinear nearly-integrable focusing system with broad betatron tune spread and a broadband feedback system for e-p instability suppression. M. Reiser, “Theory and Design of Charged Particle Beam”, second edition, p. 565-570, Wiley-VCH, (2006).

TUPZ001	90 m Optics Commissioning	optics, coupling, injection, scattering	1795
	S. Cavalier LAL, Orsay, France H. Burkhardt, M. Fitterer, G.J. Müller, S. Redaelli, R. Tomás, G. Vanbavinckhove, J. Wenninger CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	Special β* = 90 m optics have been developed for the two very high luminosity insertions of the LHC, as a first step towards to allow for very low angle precision measurements of the proton-proton collisions in the LHC. These optics were developed to be compatible with the standard LHC injection and ramp optics. The target value of β* = 90 m is reached by an un-squeeze from the injection β* = 11 m. We describe the implementation of this optics in the LHC and the first experience in the commissioning of these optics.

TUPZ004	The NICA Facility in Polarized Proton Operation Mode	collider, ion, injection, booster	1804
	A.D. Kovalenko, N.N. Agapov, Y. Filatov, V.D. Kekelidze, R.I. Lednicky, I.N. Meshkov, V.A. Mikhaylov, A.O. Sidorin, A. Sorin, G.V. Trubnikov JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
	Basic goal of the planned NICA facility at JINR is focused on the studying of heavy ion collisions over the energy range √s ~ 411 GeV/u. Capabilities of the proposed scheme were carefully analyzed in this case and reaching of the desired average luminosity, L = 1·10²⁷ cm^-2 s⁻¹ for gold-gold collisions at √s = 9 GeV/u, have been confirmed. The other important NICA research domain is the experiments with polarized proton beams at the highest possible energy, the highest luminosity and polarization degree as well. The main aim is to provide √s ~ 25 GeV and L ~ 1·10³¹ cm^-2 s⁻¹. The unsolved aspects of the problem are discussed, possible solutions are analyzed and necessary modifications of the NICA scheme are considered as well.

TUPZ007	First Ion Collimation Commissioning Results at the LHC	ion, collimation, betatron, simulation	1813
	G. Bellodi, R.W. Assmann, R. Bruce, M. Cauchi, J.M. Jowett, G. Valentino, D. Wollmann CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	First commissioning of the LHC Pb ion beams to 1.38 A TeV energy was successfully achieved in November 2010. Ion collimation has been predicted to be less efficient than for protons at the LHC, because of the complexity of the physical processes involved: nuclear fragmentation and electromagnetic dissociation in the primary collimators creating fragments with a wide range of Z/A ratios, that are not intercepted by the secondary collimators but lost in the dispersion suppressor sections of the ring. In this article we present first comparisons of measured loss maps with theoretical predictions from simulation runs with the ICOSIM code. An extrapolation to define the ultimate intensity limit for Pb beams is attempted. The scope of possible improvements in collimation efficiency coming from the installation of new collimators in the cold dispersion suppressors and combined betatron and momentum cleaning is also explored.

TUPZ012	Machine-induced Showers entering the ATLAS and CMS Detectors in the LHC	simulation, background, collimation, beam-losses	1825
	R. Bruce, R.W. Assmann, V. Boccone, H. Burkhardt, F. Cerutti, A. Ferrari, M. Huhtinen, W. Kozanecki, Y.I. Levinsen, A. Mereghetti, A. Rossi, Th. Weiler CERN, Geneva, Switzerland N.V. Mokhov Fermilab, Batavia, USA
	One source of experimental background in the LHC is showers induced by particles hitting the upstream collimators or particles that have been scattered on the residual gas. We estimate the flux and distribution of particles entering the ATLAS and CMS detectors through FLUKA simulations originating from tertiary collimator hits and inelastic beam-gas interactions. Comparisons to MARS results are also presented.

TUPZ014	Luminosity Optimization for a Higher-Energy LHC	emittance, luminosity, damping, radiation	1831
	C.O. Domínguez, F. Zimmermann CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	A Higher-Energy Large Hadron Collider (HE-LHC) is an option to further push the energy frontier of particle physics beyond the present LHC. A beam energy of 16.5 TeV would require 20-T dipole magnets in the existing LHC tunnel, which should be compared with 7 TeV and 8.33 T for the nominal LHC. Since the synchrotron radiation power increases with the fourth power of the energy, radiation damping becomes significant for the HE-LHC. It calls for transverse and longitudinal emittance control vis-à-vis beam-beam interaction and Landau damping. The heat load from synchrotron radiation, gas scattering, and electron cloud also increases with respect to the LHC. In this paper we discuss the proposed HE-LHC beam parameters; the time evolution of luminosity, beam-beam tune shifts, and emittances during an HE-LHC store; the expected heat load; and luminosity optimization schemes for both round and flat beams.

TUPZ016	First Run of the LHC as a Heavy-ion Collider	ion, luminosity, heavy-ion, injection	1837
	J.M. Jowett, G. Arduini, R.W. Assmann, P. Baudrenghien, C. Carli, M. Lamont, M. Solfaroli Camillocci, J.A. Uythoven, W. Venturini Delsolaro, J. Wenninger CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	A year of LHC operation typically consists of an extended run with colliding protons, ending with a month in which the LHC has to switch to its second role as a heavy ion collider and provide a useful integrated luminosity to three experiments. The first such run in November 2010 demonstrated that this is feasible. Commissioning was extremely rapid, with collisions of Pb nuclei achieved within 55 h of first injection. Stable beams for physics data-taking were declared a little over one day later and the final integrated luminosity substantially exceeded expectations.

TUPZ031	Near Beam-gas Backgrounds for LHCb at 3.5 TeV	simulation, background, hadron, vacuum	1876
	D.R. Brett, R. Appleby UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom F. Alessio, G. Corti, R. Jacobsson CERN, Geneva, Switzerland M.H. Lieng UNIDO, Dortmund, Germany V. Talanov IHEP Protvino, Protvino, Moscow Region, Russia
	Funding: STFC We consider the machine induced backgrounds for LHCb arising from collisions of the beam with residual gas in the long straight sections of the LHC close to the experiment. We concentrate on the background particle fluxes initiated by inelastic beam-gas interactions with a direct line of sight to the experiment, with the potential impact on the experiment increasing for larger beam currents and changing gas pressures. In this paper we calculate the background rates for parameters foreseen with LHC running in 2011, using realistic residual pressure profiles. We also discuss the effect of using a pressure profile formulated in terms of equivalent hydrogen, through weighting of other residual gases by their cross section, upon the radial fluxes from the machine and the detector response. We present the expected rates and the error introduced through this approximation.

TUPZ034	Impact of Arc Phase Advance on Chromatic Optics in RHIC	optics, quadrupole, injection, ion	1885
	R. Calaga, R. Miyamoto, G. Robert-Demolaize, S.M. White BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA R. De Maria, R. Tomás CERN, Geneva, Switzerland G. Vanbavinckhove NIKHEF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
	Funding: This work is partially supported by the US Department of Energy through the LHC Accelerator Research program (LARP). The phase advance between the two interaction points in RHIC is optimized for dynamic aperture for a initial design beta-star. This may not hold true as RHIC presently operates with a considerably reduced beta-star. Additionally the reduction of the available beam aperture due to an enlarged chromatic beta-beating is evident. Results from phase advance scans between the two IPs to reduce the chromatic beta-beating in model and measurements are presented. Impact on the single beam lifetime and momentum aperture is compared to the nominal optics.

WEOBA01	ARIEL: TRIUMF’s Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory	target, TRIUMF, electron, ISAC	1917
	L. Merminga, F. Ames, R.A. Baartman, C.D. Beard, P.G. Bricault, I.V. Bylinskii, Y.-C. Chao, R.J. Dawson, D. Kaltchev, S.R. Koscielniak, R.E. Laxdal, F. Mammarella, M. Marchetto, G. Minor, A.K. Mitra, Y.-N. Rao, M. Trinczek, A. Trudel, V.A. Verzilov, V. Zvyagintsev TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vancouver, Canada
	TRIUMF has recently embarked on the construction of ARIEL, the Advanced Rare Isotope Laboratory, with the goal to significantly expand the Rare Isotope Beam (RIB) program for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, Nuclear Medicine and Materials Science. ARIEL will use proton-induced spallation and electron-driven photo-fission of ISOL targets for the production of short-lived rare isotopes that are delivered to experiments at the existing ISAC facility. Combined with ISAC, ARIEL will support delivery of three simultaneous RIBs, up to two accelerated, new beam species and increased beam development capabilities. The ARIEL complex comprises a new SRF 50 MeV 10 mA CW electron linac photo-fission driver and beamline to the targets; one new proton beamline from the 500 MeV cyclotron to the targets; two new high power target stations; mass separators and ion transport to the ISAC-I and ISAC-II accelerator complexes; a new building to house the target stations, remote handling, chemistry labs, front-end and a tunnel for the proton and electron beamlines. This report will include overview of ARIEL, its technical challenges and solutions identified, and status of design activities.
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WEOBA03	Non-scaling Fixed Field Alternating Gradient Permanent Magnet Cancer Therapy Accelerator	acceleration, cavity, lattice, permanent-magnet	1923
	D. Trbojevic BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA V.S. Morozov JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA
	Funding: Work performed under U.S. DOE Contract Number DE-AC02-98CH10886. We present a design of the proton therapy accelerator from 31 MeV to 250 MeV by using racetrack lattice made of Non-Scaling Fixed Field Alternating Gradient (NS-FFAG) arcs and two parallel straight sections. The magnets in the arcs are separated function Halbach type magnets. The dipole bending field is 2.3 T, while the Neodymium Iron Boron magnetic residual induction is Br=1.3 T. The radial orbit offsets in the NS-FFAG arcs, for the kinetic energy range between 31 MeV < Ek < 250 MeV or momentum offset range -50% < δp/p < 50%, are -11.6 mm < x max < 16.8 mm, correspondingly. The straight sections used for the cavities and single turn injection/extraction kickers and septa are with zero orbit offsets. The permanent magnets accelerator should reduce overall and operating cost. It could fit into 8 x 12 m space.
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WEODA02	Collimation Studies with Hollow Electron Beams	electron, collimation, antiproton, gun	1939
	G. Stancari, G. Annala, T.R. Johnson, G.W. Saewert, V.D. Shiltsev, D.A. Still, A. Valishev Fermilab, Batavia, USA
	Funding: Fermi Research Alliance, LLC operates Fermilab under Contract DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the US Department of Energy. This work was partially supported by the US LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP). Recent experimental studies at the Tevatron collider have shown that magnetically confined hollow electron beams can act as a new kind of collimator for high-intensity beams in storage rings. In a hollow electron beam collimator, electrons enclose the circulating beam. Their electric charge kicks halo particles transversely. If their distribution is axially symmetric, the beam core is unaffected. This device is complementary to conventional two-stage collimation systems: the electron beam can be placed arbitrarily close to the circulating beam; and particle removal is smooth, so that the device is a diffusion enhancer rather than a hard aperture limitation. The concept was tested in the Tevatron collider using a hollow electron gun installed in one of the existing electron lenses. We describe some of the technical aspects of hollow-beam scraping and the results of recent measurements.
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WEPC012	Steering-corrected 88 MHz QWRs for SARAF Phase II	cavity, linac, simulation, lattice	2028
	J. Rodnizki, J. Ashkenazy, D. Berkovits, Z. Horvitz Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel A. Kolomiets, B. Mustapha, P.N. Ostroumov ANL, Argonne, USA
	Funding: This work is partially supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. SARAF phase II linac is designed for 5 mA 40 MeV proton and deuteron beams. One option is to base the design on Quarter Wave Resonators (QWR). It is suggested to compensate the QWR non-symmetric magnetic field component by introducing a drift tube face tilt angle. Here we explore the applicability of this steering correction scheme to the acceleration of a CW high current low β light ion beam in an end-to-end 88 MHz QWR lattice. This can serve as a case study for multi-megawatt machines that are currently being designed by ANL. An analytical approximation is used to evaluate the on-axis beam steering behavior. Two 88 MHz QWR cavities, β=0.08 and 0.15, were designed, field and beam dynamics were simulated and optimized. Using the tube face tilt angle concept the beam steering along a QWR can be reduced to the order of 0.1 mrad. Beam dynamics lattice examination including error analysis demonstrated an efficient high performance 40 MeV linac based on 3 superconducting modules with 19 QWRs (Ep < 35 MV/m and Bp < 70 mT). The fields obtained at recent ANL tests for a 73 MHz QWR (70 MV/m and 10⁵ mT) imply that Ep is not a real limiting factor. P.N. Ostroumov and K. W. Shepard, PRST-AB 4, 110101 (2001).

WEPC021	Optical Design of the Proton Beam Lines for the Neutron Research Complex INR RAS and Medical Application	neutron, target, linac, beam-losses	2049
	M.I. Grachev, E.V. Ponomareva RAS/INR, Moscow, Russia
	The optical design for the layout of the beam lines for the neutron research complex INR RAS and medical application on the basis of the Linear accelerator are presented here. The proposed schemes have been realized at the INR RAS. The necessary size and shape of the proton beam at the location of the neutron target are obtained. Methods and results for the tuning of the high current beams are presented in this paper.

WEPC031	Optics Corrections at RHIC	optics, dipole, betatron, quadrupole	2070
	G. Vanbavinckhove CERN, Geneva, Switzerland M. Bai, G. Robert-Demolaize BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	Excessive beta-beat, deviation of measured beta function from the calculated beta functions based on an model, in high energy colliders can lead to large deviation of beta function at collision point as well as other adverse effects. The segment-by-segment technique was successfully demonstrated in the LHC operation for reducing the beta-beat. It was then applied to RHIC polarized proton operation in 2011. This paper reports the experimental results of optics correction at RHIC. Future plan is also presented.

WEPC043	Beam Transport in a Dielectric Wall Accelerator for Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy	focusing, beam-transport, emittance, accelerating-gradient	2106
	Y.-J. Chen, D.T. Blackfield, S.D. Nelson, B. R. Poole LLNL, Livermore, California, USA
	Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U. S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA2A27344. We are developing a compact dielectric wall accelerator (DWA) for intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) with a goal of fitting the compact proton DWA in a single room. To make the accelerator compact, the DWA needs to have a very high accelerating gradient. Also, beam transport in the DWA should be done with as few external lenses as possible. We have developed a transport scheme to transport the proton bunch in the DWA and to focus the charge bunch on the patient without using any external focusing lenses. The transport scheme would allow us change the proton beam spot size on the patient easily and rapidly. Results of simulations using 3-D, EM PIC code, LSP* will be presented. * G. J. Caporaso, Y-J Chen and S. E. Sampayan, Rev. of Accelerator Science and Technology, vol. 2, p. 253 (2009). ** Alliant Techsystems Inc., http://www.lspsuite.com/.

WEPC066	High Order Non-linear Motion in Electrostatic Rings	lattice, focusing, storage-ring, simulation	2172
	D. Zyuzin, R. Maier, Y. Senichev FZJ, Jülich, Germany
	The advantages of an electrostatic storage ring as compared to a magnetic ring are obvious from the point of view to search for the proton electric dipole moment (pEDM). However the magnetic and electrostatic fields have the different nature and, consequently, different features. In particular, particles moving in electrostatic field, can change their own kinetic energy as electrical field coincides with the direction of motion, which is not so for the magnetic field, where the force is always perpendicular to the direction of motion. The electrostatic rings found many applications in the atomic physics and partly the beam dynamics has been already investigated. However in EDM ring some additional specific features are added, which are considered in this paper.

WEPC075	ITEP-TWAC Progress Report	ion, laser, injection, target	2193
	N.N. Alexeev, P.N. Alekseev, V. Andreev, A. Balabaev, V.I. Nikolaev, A.S. Ryabtsev, Yu.A. Satov, V.A. Schegolev, B.Y. Sharkov, A. Shumshurov, V.P. Zavodov ITEP, Moscow, Russia
	The program of the ITEP-TWAC Facility upgrade for next three years has been approved last year in the frame of National Research Center Kurchatov Institute taking up ITEP in accordance with government decision. It includes expanding of multimode using proton and heavy ion beams in different applications on a base of new accelerator technologies development. The laser ion source advantage of high temperature plasma generation has to be transformed to high current and high charge state ion beam of Z/A up to 0.4 for elements with A ~ 60 to be effectively stacked in the accumulator ring with multiple charge exchange injection technique. The new high current heavy ion RFQ section is in progress for the beam test. Accelerating system of accumulator ring U-10 is modified to increase compression voltage for stacked beam by factor of four. Design of proton injection and beam slow extraction for UK ring is performed for its utilizing as self-depending synchrotron in medical application and for imitation of cosmic radiation. The machine status analysis and current results of activities aiming at both subsequent improvement of beam parameters and expanding beam applications are presented.

WEPC146	Design and Implementation of Distributed Control System for PEFP 100-MeV Proton Accelerator*	controls, EPICS, monitoring, vacuum	2334
	Y.-G. Song, Y.-S. Cho, J.-H. Jang, H.-J. Kwon KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea
	Funding: This work is supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Korean Government. The Proton Engineering Frontier Project (PEFP) has been developing the control system for 100-MeV proton accelerator. The PEFP control system should be designed to fit control conditions based on networked and distributed real-time system composed of several sub-systems such as machine control, diagnostic control, timing, and interlock. In order to implement the distributed control system, the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) has been chosen as the middleware of PEFP control system. The EPICS software provides a distributed architecture that supports a wide range of solution such as independent programming tool, operator interface tool, database and web-based archiving tools. In this paper, we will present the details of the design and implementation issues of the PEFP control system.

WEPC162	Investigations into Non-linear Beam Dynamics in Electrostatic Storage Rings	lattice, quadrupole, focusing, dynamic-aperture	2361
	D. Newton, C.P. Welsch Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom O.E. Gorda MPI-K, Heidelberg, Germany D. Newton The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom A.I. Papash JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
	Funding: Work supported by STFC, the Helmholtz Association and GSI under contract VH-NG-328. Electrostatic (ES) storage rings provide a cost-effective solution to the problem of confining low energy (beta << 1) charged particles and ions, whilst controlling the beam properties, for use in multi-pass experiments. However, compared to magnetic storage rings, the beam dynamics calculations for an ES ring show subtle differences, especially in the coupling of the longitudinal and transverse velocities and in the focusing properties of bending element fringe fields. Using the nominal design for a prototype ES ring, realistic trajectories (including fringe fields and non-linear field components) have been calculated and a comparison is made with linear lattice simulations. The effect of the non-linear field components on the beam parameters is discussed.

WEPC170	Handling of BLM Abort Thresholds in the LHC	beam-losses, monitoring, injection, quadrupole	2382
	E. Nebot Del Busto, B. Dehning, E.B. Holzer, S. Jackson, G. Kruk, M. Nemcic, A. Nordt, A. Orecka, C. Roderick, M. Sapinski, A. Skaugen, C. Zamantzas CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The Beam Loss Monitoring system (BLM) for the LHC consists of about 3600 Ionization Chambers located around the ring. Its main purpose is to request a beam abort when the measured losses exceed a certain threshold. The BLM detectors integrate the measured signals in 12 different time intervals (running from 40 us to 83.8 s) enabling for a different set of abort thresholds depending on the duration of the beam loss. Furthermore, 32 energy levels running from 0 to 7 TeV account for the fact that the energy density of a particle shower increases with the energy of the primary particle, i.e. the beam energy. Thus, about 1.3·10⁶ thresholds must be handled and send to the appropriate processing modules for the system to function. These thresholds are highly critical for the safety of the machine and depend to a large part on human judgment, which cannot be replaced by automatic test procedures. The BLM team has defined well established procedures to compute, set and check new BLM thresholds, in order to avoid and/or find non-conformities due to manipulation. These procedures, as well as the tools developed to automate this process are described in detail in this document.

WEPC172	Beam-induced Quench Test of a LHC Main Quadrupole	simulation, beam-losses, quadrupole, monitoring	2388
	A. Priebe, K. Dahlerup-Petersen, B. Dehning, E. Effinger, J. Emery, E.B. Holzer, C. Kurfuerst, E. Nebot Del Busto, A. Nordt, M. Sapinski, J. Steckert, A.P. Verweij, C. Zamantzas CERN, Geneva, Switzerland A. Priebe EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
	Unexpected beam loss might lead to transition of a superconducting accelerator magnet to a normal conducting state. The LHC beam loss monitoring (BLM) system is designed to abort the beam before the energy deposited in the magnet coils reaches a quench-provoking level. In order to verify the threshold settings generated by simulation, a series of beam-induced quench tests at various beam energies have been performed. The beam losses are generated by means of an orbit bump peaked in one of the main quadrupole magnets. The analysis not only includes BLM data but also data from the electrical quench protection and cryogenic systems. The measurements are compared to Geant4 simulations of energy deposition inside the coils and corresponding BLM signal outside the cryostat. The results are also extrapolated to higher beam energies.

WEPC173	LHC Magnet Quench Test with Beam Loss Generated by Wire Scan	beam-losses, simulation, electron, quadrupole	2391
	M. Sapinski, F. Cerutti, K. Dahlerup-Petersen, B. Dehning, J. Emery, A. Ferrari, A. Guerrero, E.B. Holzer, M. Koujili, A. Lechner, E. Nebot Del Busto, M. Scheubel, J. Steckert, A.P. Verweij, J. Wenninger CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	Beam losses with millisecond duration have been observed in the LHC in 2010 and 2011. They are expected to be provoked by dust particles falling into the beam. These losses could compromise the LHC availability if they provoke quenches of superconducting magnets. In order to investigate the quench limits for this loss mechanism, a quench test using the wire scanner has been performed, with the wire movement through the beam mimicking a loss with similar spatial and temporal distribution as in the case of dust particles. This paper will show the conclusions reached for millisecond-duration dust-provoked quench limits. It will include details on the maximum energy deposited in the coil as estimated using FLUKA code, showing good agreement with quench limit estimated from the heat transfer code QP3. In addition, information on the damage limit for carbon wires in proton beams will be presented, following electron microscope analysis which revealed strong wire sublimation.

WEPC175	FLUKA Studies of the Asynchronous Beam Dump Effects on LHC Point 6	insertion, simulation, quadrupole, dipole	2397
	R. Versaci, V. Boccone, B. Goddard, A. Mereghetti, R. Schmidt, V. Vlachoudis CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The LHC is a record-breaking machine for beam energy and intensity. An intense effort has therefore been deployed in simulating critical operational scenarios of energy deposition. FLUKA is the most widely used code for this kind of simulations at CERN because of the high reliability of its results and the ease to custom detailed simulations all along hundreds of meters of beam line. We have investigated the effects of an asynchronous beam dump on the LHC Point 6 where, beams with a stored energy of 360 MJ, can instantaneously release up to a few J cm^-3 in the cryogenic magnets which have a quench limit of the order of the mJ cm^-3. In the present paper we will briefly introduce FLUKA, describe the simulation approach, and discuss the evaluated maximum energy release onto the superconducting magnets during an asynchronous beam dump. We will then analyse the shielding provided by collimators installed in the area and discuss safety limits for the operation of the LHC.

WEPO011	Design study of Electromagnet for 13MeV PET Cyclotron	cyclotron, extraction, simulation, focusing	2415
	B.N. Lee, J.-S. Chai, H.W. Kim, J.H. Oh, H.S. Song SKKU, Suwon, Republic of Korea
	Funding: National Research Foundation of Korea Cyclotron electromagnet for RI production which is used for PET scanning has been designed. Designed pancake-shape electromagnet is an advanced type of KIRAMS-13's electromagnet which has the H-type electromagnet. The AVF structure with hill and valley was used for getting strong axial focusing and producing the energy of proton beam up to 13MeV with a thin stripper foil. To design and analyse the magnet, 3D CAD (CATIA V5)and TOSCA (OPERA-3D)were used, respectively. To reduce the calculation time, routine files were developed which can generate model, mesh and field map automatically in TOSCA modeller and post processor. The beam dynamics program OPTICY is used for calculation of the tunes. KIRAMS-13* is the cyclotron had been manufactured by KIRAMS. KIRAMS is short for Korea Institutes of Radiological and Medical Science.

WEPO019	Magnetic Model of the CERN Proton Synchrotron Main Magnetic Unit	focusing, multipole, synchrotron, dipole	2439
	M. Juchno EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
	The CERN Proton Synchrotron (PS) will remain one of the key elements of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) injector system for the next 20-25 years. Tuning the machine characteristics to the requirements for the LHC and its upgrades will require the establishment of an accurate magnetic model of the PS combined-function magnets, which is the subject of this paper. In the scope of this research, a detailed 2D quasi-static analysis of the PS magnets was performed, which allowed to investigate the magnetic field evolution and the contribution of separate magnet circuits at different field levels. An experimental validation of this new model was carried out through ad-hoc field measurements machine studies iterated with an optical model of the PS machine to recreate the measured optical parameters of the beam.

WEPO021	Quadrupole Magnet with an Integrated Dipole Steering Element for the ISIS Beam Transport Line	dipole, quadrupole, target, beam-transport	2445
	S.J.S. Jago, J. Shih, S.F.S. Tomlinson STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom S.M. Gurov BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
	A refurbishment of beam transport line to the original ISIS target station at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory has recently been completed. This work involved a slight change to the optics in the area, which included the requirement for extra steering capabilities. Due to the space constraints in the region, a quadrupole magnet with an integrated dipole steering element was developed. The steering dipole consists of four saddle shaped coils situated within the bore of the quadrupole magnet providing a maximum steering angle of 2.5mrad. This paper outlines the magnetic and mechanical design of the steering element.

WEPS006	CNAO RF System: Hardware Description.	cavity, resonance, controls, impedance	2493
	L. Falbo, G. Burato CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy M.M. Paoluzzi, G. Primadei CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	CNAO is the Italian National Center of Oncological Hadrontherapy in Pavia. Proton beams are accelerated in the synchrotron and extracted in the energy range 60 to 250 MeV/u and carbon ion beams in the energy range 120 to 400 MeV/u. Trapping at the injection energy of 7 MeV/u and acceleration up to the extraction energy are done by an RF cavity which covers the needed wide range of frequency (0.4 to 3 MHz) and voltage (25 V to 5 kV) thanks to the use of a Vitrovac amorphous alloy. RF Gymnastics, including phase jumps to increase the momentum spread and empty bucket channelling, is requested and has been performed. A description of the hardware characteristics of the CNAO RF system and of its performance in terms of dynamic and static behaviour are reported in this paper.

WEPS007	CNAO Synchrotron Commissioning	synchrotron, extraction, pick-up, betatron	2496
	C. Priano, G. Balbinot, G. Bazzano, J. Bosser, E. Bressi, M. Caldara, H. Caracciolo, L. Falbo, A. Parravicini, M. Pullia, C. Viviani CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy C. Biscari, A. Ghigo INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma), Italy
	The CNAO (National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy), located in Pavia, is the first Italian center for deep hadrontherapy with proton and carbon ion beams. The CNAO synchrotron initial commissioning has been carried out using proton beams in the full range of energies: 60 to 250 MeV/u. The first foreseen treatments will need energies between 120 and 170 MeV/u. The nominal proton currents have been reached. The energy scaling of the synchrotron systems and parameters leads to an extracted energy that matches the measured particle range better than 0.1 mm, fitting the treatment requirements, with repeatable beam size and beam current in the treatment room at all investigated energies. A summary of the main results of the synchrotron commissioning is presented.

WEPS016	Update on Comparison of the Particle Production using MARS Simulation Code	target, factory, simulation, solenoid	2514
	G. Prior, S.S. Gilardoni CERN, Geneva, Switzerland X.P. Ding UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA H.G. Kirk, N. Souchlas BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	Funding: EU FP7 EUROnu WP3 In the International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory (IDS-NF), a 5-15 GeV (kinetic energy) proton beam impinges a Hg jet target in order to produce pions that will decay into muons. The muons are then captured and transformed into a beam that can be passed to the downstream acceleration system. The target sits in a solenoid field tapering from 20 T down to below 2 T over several meters permitting a optimized capture of the pions that will produce useful muons for the machine. The target and pion capture system have been simulated in MARS simulation code and this work presents an updated comparison of the particles production using the MARS code versions m1507 and m1510.

WEPS022	Ions for LHC: Performance of the Injector Chain	ion, luminosity, linac, injection	2529
	D. Manglunki, M. E. Angoletta, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, A. Blas, T. Bohl, C. Carli, E. Carlier, S. Cettour Cave, M. Chanel, K. Cornelis, H. Damerau, A. Findlay, S.S. Gilardoni, S. Hancock, J.M. Jowett, D. Kuchler, S. Maury, E. Métral, S. Pasinelli, M. Schokker, G. Tranquille, B. Vandorpe, U. Wehrle, J. Wenninger CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The first LHC Pb ion run took place at 1.38 A TeV/c per beam in autumn 2010. After a short period of running-in, the injector chain was able to fill the collider with up to 137 bunches per ring, with an intensity of 10⁸ Pb ions/bunch, about 50% higher than the design value. This yielded a luminosity of 3E25 Hz/cm², allowing the experiments to accumulate just under 10 inverse microbarn each during the four week run. We review the performance of the individual links of the injector chain, and address the main issues limiting the LHC luminosity, in view of reaching 10²6 Hz/cm² in 2011, and substantially beyond when the LHC energy increases after the long shutdown in 2013-14.

WEPS025	First Beam Experiments at ISIS with a Low Output-impedance Second Harmonic Cavity	cavity, impedance, simulation, synchrotron	2538
	Y. Irie, S. Fukumoto, K. Muto, H. Nakanishi, T. Oki, A. Takagi KEK, Ibaraki, Japan D. Bayley, I.S.K. Gardner, R.J. Mathieson, A. Seville, J.W.G. Thomason STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom J.C. Dooling, D. Horan, R. Kustom ANL, Argonne, USA M.E. Middendorf ORNL RAD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
	A Low Output-Impedance (LOI) rf drive, which may be suitable for future high intensity accelerator applications, has been developed jointly by ANL, ISIS and KEK for an ISIS synchrotron second harmonic cavity. The cavity is ferrite-loaded, and is driven by a high-power triode (240 kW plate dissipation) with a plate-to-grid feedback circuit. The impedance is designed to be 20~30 ohms over a 2-6 MHz frequency range. Beam induced voltage has been measured with the ISIS beam, and compared with that calculated from the designed output impedance.

WEPS028	Lattice Design of a Rapid Cycling Medical Synchrotron for Carbon/Proton Therapy	synchrotron, extraction, ion, injection	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.

WEPS029	Innovative Superconducting Non Scaling Fixed Field Alternating Gradient Isocentric Gantry for Carbon Cancer Therapy*	focusing, ion, radiation, dipole	2544
	D. Trbojevic BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA V.S. Morozov JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA
	Funding: Work performed under a Contract Number DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the auspices of the US Department of Energy. Numbers of proton/carbon cancer therapy facilities in recent years is rising fast due to a clear advantage with respect to the other radiation therapy treatments. Cost of the ion cancer therapy is dominated by the delivery systems. An update on a design of the carbon and proton isocentric gantries is presented, using the non-scaling alternating gradient fixed field magnets (NS-FFAG). Size and weight of these magnets much smaller than any other magnets used today in cancer therapy treatment. The weight of the transport elements of the carbon isocentric gantry is estimated to be 1.5 tons to be compared to the 130 tons weight of the top-notch Heidelberg facility gantry. For the transport elements of the proton, the permanent magnet isocentric gantry is 500 kg.

WEPS033	Matching a Laser Driven Proton Injector to a CH - Drift Tube Linacs	laser, solenoid, acceleration, electron	2556
	A. Almomani, M. Droba, U. Ratzinger IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany I. Hofmann HIJ, Jena, Germany
	Experimental results and theoretical predictions in laser acceleration of protons achieved energies of ten to several tens of MeV. The LIGHT project (Laser Ion Generation, Handling and Transport) is proposed to use the PHELIX laser accelerated protons and to provide transport, focusing and injection into a conventional accelerator. This study demonstrates transport and focusing of laser-accelerated 10 MeV protons by a pulsed 18 T magnetic solenoid. The effect of co-moving electrons on the beam dynamics is investigated. The unique features of the proton distribution like small emittances and high yield of the order of 10¹3 protons per shot open new research area. The possibility of creating laser based injectors for ion accelerators is addressed. With respect to transit energies, direct matching into DTL's seems adequate. The bunch injection into a proposed CH⁻ structure is under investigation at IAP Frankfurt. Options and simulation tools are presented.

WEPS036	First Coupled CH Power Cavity for the FAIR Proton Injector	cavity, coupling, linac, DTL	2565
	R. M. Brodhage, C. Fix, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany G. Clemente, L. Groening GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	For the research program with cooled antiprotons at FAIR a dedicated 70 MeV, 70 mA proton injector is required. The main acceleration of this room temperature linac will be provided by six CH cavities operated at 325 MHz. Each cavity will be powered by a 2.5 MW Klystron. For the second acceleration unit from 11.5 MeV to 24.2 MeV a 1:2 scaled model has been built. Low level RF measurements have been performed to determine the main parameters and to prove the concept of coupled CH cavities. For this second tank technical and mechanical investigations have been performed in 2010 to develop a complete technical concept for the manufacturing. In Spring 2011, the construction of the first power prototype has started. The main components of this cavity will be ready for measurements in summer 2011. At that time, the cavity will be tested with a preliminary aluminum drift tube structure, which will allow precise frequency and field tuning. This paper will report on the recent technical development and achievements. It will outline the main fabrication steps towards that novel type of proton DTL. Also first low level RF measurements are expected.

WEPS038	Development of CH-Cavities for the 17 MeV MYRRHA-Injector	cavity, DTL, acceleration, rfq	2571
	D. Mäder, H. Klein, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger, M. Vossberg, C. Zhang IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	Funding: European Union FP7 MAX Contract Number 269565 MYRRHA is conceived as an accelerator driven system (ADS) for transmutation of high level nuclear waste. The neutron source is created by coupling a proton accelerator of 600 MeV with a 4 mA proton beam, a spallation source and a sub-critical core. The IAP of Frankfurt University is responsible for the development of the 17 MeV injector operated at 176 MHz. The injector consists of a 1.5 MeV 4-Rod-RFQ and six CH-drifttube-structures. The first two CH-structures will be operated at room temperature and the other CH-structures are superconducting cavities assembled in one cryo-module. To achieve the extremely high reliability required by the ADS application, the design of the 17 MeV injector has been intensively studied, with respect to thermal issues, minimum peak fields and field distribution.

WEPS039	General Layout of the 17 MeV Injector for MYRRHA	cavity, rfq, linac, ECR	2574
	H. Podlech, M. Busch, F.D. Dziuba, H. Klein, D. Mäder, U. Ratzinger, A. Schempp, R. Tiede, C. Zhang IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany M. Amberg HIM, Mainz, Germany
	Funding: European Union FP7 MAX Contract Number 269565 The MYRRHA Project (Multi Purpose Hybrid Reactor for High Tech Applications) at Mol/belgium will be a user facility with emphasis on research with neutron generated by a spallation source. One main aspect is the demonstration of nuclear waste technology using an accelerator driven system. A superconducting linac delivers a 4 mA, 600 MeV proton beam. The first accelerating section is covered by the 17 MeV injector. It consists of a proton source, an RFQ, two room temperature CH cavities and 4 superconducting CH-cavities. The initial design has used an RF frequency of 352 MHz. Recently the frequency of the injector has been set to 176 MHz. The main reason is the possible use of a 4-rod-RFQ with reduced power dissipation and energy, respectively. The status of the overall injector layout including cavity design is presented.
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WEPS040	The Driver Linac of the Neutron Source FRANZ	rfq, neutron, DTL, cavity	2577
	U. Ratzinger, B. Basten, L.P. Chau, H. Dinter, M. Droba, M. Heilmann, M. Lotz, O. Meusel, I. Müller, D. Mäder, Y.C. Nie, D. Noll, H. Podlech, A. Schempp, W. Schweizer, K. Volk, C. Wiesner, C. Zhang IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	FRANZ is under construction at the Goethe University Frankfurt. A 2MeV ± 100 keV proton beam will produce 1 keV to 200 keV neutrons on a Li7 target. Experiments are planned in the field of nuclear astrophysics as well as in applied physics. A dc operated proton source with a maximum beam current of 200 mA was successfully beam tested end of 2010. FRANZ will have two experimental areas: One for activation experiments with cw proton beams of a few mA generating a usable neutron flux of some 10 billion per square cm per second, the other one for 250 kHz, 1 ns short neutron bunches generated by 1 ns proton pulses of a few Ampere beam current. A special 2 MeV, 175 MHz high current cavity is realized at present as a RFQ-DTL combination. Novel techniques have been invented to reach the needed pulsed target beam current by a bunch compressor system. Work supported by HICforFAIR and GSI.

WEPS051	Linac for the Compact Pulsed Hadron Source Project at Tsinghua University Beijing	rfq, DTL, linac, neutron	2607
	X. Guan TUB, Beijing, People's Republic of China
	Funding: Work supported by the “985 Project” of the Ministry of Education of China, & Tsinghua University Independent Science and research Plan 20091081263. A project of the Compact Pulsed Hadron Source (CPHS) led by the Department of Engineering Physics of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China has been reported in this paper. CPHS consists of a proton linac, a neutron target station (a Be target, moderators and reflector), and a small-angle neutron scattering instrument, a neutron imaging/radiology station, and a proton irradiation station. The accelerator part is composed of an ECR ion source. LEBT section, a RFQ accelerator, a DTL linac and a HEBT. An ECR ion source will give us a up to 60mA at 50keV proton beam with proton ration larger than 85%, and 0. 2 πmm mrad normalized emittance. A short LEBT will be used to matching the beam from ion source to the RFQ entrance. A 3 meters long RFQ machine can accelerate the proton to 3MeV. The Drift Tube Linac with permanent magnets focusing lens will accept the proton beam direct from RFQ. A 4.3 meters length of DTL with 43 cells will accelerate the beam up to 13MeV. The initial phase of the CPHS construction is scheduled to complete in the end of 2012.

WEPS053	The Conceptual Design of One of Injector II of ADS in China	rfq, solenoid, simulation, linac	2613
	Y. He, H. Jia, C. Li, Y. Liu, Z.J. Wang, C. Xiao, Y. Yang, B. Zhang, H.W. Zhao IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China
	A 10mA / 50 MeV superconducting proton linac as the demo of an ADS driver is designing and constructing in China. One of 10 MeV segments and corresponding prototypes are designed and fabricating at Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It consists of 2.5 MeV RFQ and superconducting structure from 2.5 to 10 MeV. The conceptual design and development of prototype are introduced in the paper.

WEPS054	The Comparison of ADS Injector II with HWR Cavity and CH Cavity	cavity, linac, emittance, simulation	2616
	Z.J. Wang, Y. He IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China
	High current superconducting proton linac is being studied for Accelerator-driven System (ADS) Project hold by the Chinese Academic of Sciences (CAS). The injector II, which will accelerate proton beam from 2.1 MeV to 10 MeV, will be operated with superconducting cavity. At low energy part, there are two alternative choose, one is HWR cavity, the other is CH cavity. In this paper, the comparison of design with the two type cavities will be presented in view of beam dynamics.

WEPS055	Beam Commissioning Plan of PEFP 100-MeV linac	linac, DTL, rfq, site	2619
	J.-H. Jang, Y.-S. Cho, H.-J. Kwon KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea
	Funding: This work was supported by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Korean Government. Proton engineering frontier project (PEFP) is developing a 100-MeV proton linear accelerator. It is scheduled to install the linac at Kyeungju site from the end of 2011. The linear accelerator consists of a 50-keV injector, a 3-MeV radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ), and a 100-MeV drift tube linac (DTL). An important characteristic of this accelerator is extracting 20-MeV proton beams just after four DTL tanks. In this region, a medium energy beam transport (MEBT) will be installed for matching the proton beam to the following accelerator and extracting proton beams. The 100-MeV proton beams will be supplied to the users through another beam line which is located after the linac. This work summarized the beam commissioning plan of the proton linear accelerator.

WEPS056	First Beam Test of 81.5 MHz RFQ for ITEP-TWAC	rfq, simulation, ion, emittance	2622
	V. Andreev, N.N. Alexeev, A. Kolomiets, B. Kondratyev, V.A. Koshelev, A.M. Kozodaev, V.G. Kuzmichev, Y. Orlov, V. Stolbunov, T. Tretyakova ITEP, Moscow, Russia
	The 4 vane RFQ resonator with magnetic coupling windows as initial part of high-current Heavy Ion Linac for ITEP TWAC Facility is presently under commissioning at ITEP. It was constructed for acceleration of ions with 1/3 charge-to-mass ratio to the energy of 1.57 MeV/u with beam current up to 100 mA. Additional beam dynamics simulations have been carried out for actual fields of the RFQ in order to determine both extreme output beam properties for different ion species with charge-to-mass ratio in the range of 1-0.25 and limitations for high-brightness of the high-current injector. The beam test of RFQ has been started with protons at relatively low electrode voltage for experimental studying the RFQ beam dynamics. First results of the beam test in comparison with beam dynamics simulations are presented.

WEPS059	Layout of the ESS Linac	linac, cryomodule, cavity, rfq	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.

WEPS060	Design and Optimization of ESS LINAC	linac, cavity, quadrupole, cryomodule	2634
	M. Eshraqi ESS, Lund, Sweden
	The {\sc linac} of the European Spallation Source will accelerate the proton beam to its final energy mainly by using superconducting structures. Therefore choosing the right transition energy between these superconducting structures as well as choosing the cavity length and number of cells which enhances the acceleration is of great importance. Two types of {\sc linac}s will be studied, a {\sc linac} with superconducting quadrupoles and a {\sc linac} with normal conducting, resistive, quadrupoles. The procedure to find the optimized {\sc linac} will be described here.

WEPS061	ESS LINAC, Design and Beam Dynamics	linac, cavity, emittance, quadrupole	2637
	M. Eshraqi, H. Danared ESS, Lund, Sweden
	The European Spallation Source, {\sc ESS}, will use a linear accelerator delivering a high intensity proton beam with an average beam power of 5~MW to the target station at 2.5~GeV in long pulses of 2~msec. The ESS {\sc Linac} will use two types of superconducting cavities, spoke resonators at low energy and elliptical cavities at high energies. The possibilities to upgrade to a higher power {\sc Linac} at fixed energy are considered. This paper will present a review of the superconducting {\sc Linac} design and the beam dynamics studies.

WEPS062	Design and Beam Dynamics Study of Hybrid ESS LINAC	linac, cavity, cryomodule, accelerating-gradient	2640
	M. Eshraqi, H. Danared, W. Hees, A. Jansson ESS, Lund, Sweden
	The European Spallation Source, {\sc ESS}, will use a superconducting linear accelerator delivering high current long pulses with an average beam power of 5~MW to the target station at 2.5~GeV. A new cryomodule architecture is proposed which allows for a transition between cryomodules in the sub-100~K region, this region can work even at room temperature. This new hybrid design will generate a lower heat load with respect to a fully segmented design - while still providing easy access to individual cryomodules for maintenance and repair. This paper will present a review of the {\sc linac} design, beam dynamics studies and a preliminary cryogenic analysis of the transition region.

WEPS063	Compersation of Effect of Malfunctioning Spoke Resonators on Ess Beam Quality	cavity, linac, quadrupole, DTL	2643
	M. Eshraqi ESS, Lund, Sweden
	The {\sc linac} of the European Spallation Source will accelerate the proton beam to 2.5~GeV, 98\% of this energy is gained using superconducting structures. The superconducting {\sc linac} is composed of two types of cavities, double spoke resonators and five-cell elliptical cavities. The {\sc linac}, which is five times more powerful than the most powerful existing {\sc linac}, and the spoke cavities that have never been used at such a scale make it necessary to study the effect of one or a few spoke resonators not functioning properly and to find a solution where the defect is compensated by retuning of the neighbouring cavities.

WEPS064	Upgrade Strategies for High Power Proton Linacs	linac, cavity, target, neutron	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.

WEPS067	An H-Mode Accelerator with PMQ Focusing as a LANSCE DTL Replacement	DTL, linac, cavity, focusing	2655
	S.S. Kurennoy, L. Rybarcyk, T.P. Wangler LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
	High-efficiency normal-conducting RF accelerating structures based on H-mode cavities with a transverse beam focusing by permanent-magnet quadrupoles (PMQ) have been developed for beam velocities in the range of a few percent of the speed of light. At these low beam velocities, an inter-digital H-mode (IH-PMQ) linac is an order of magnitude more efficient than a standard drift-tube linac (DTL). At the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), upgrades of the proton linac front end are currently under consideration. In view of these plans, we explore a further option of replacing the aging LANSCE DTL by an efficient H-PMQ accelerator. Here we assume that a 201.25-MHz RFQ-based front end up to 750 keV (4% of the speed of light) is followed first by IH-PMQ structures and then by cross-bar H-mode cavities with PMQ focusing (CH-PMQ). Such an H-PMQ linac would bring proton and H⁻ beams to the energy of 100 MeV and transfer them into the existing side-coupled-cavity linac (CCL). Results of the combined electromagnetic and beam-dynamics modeling of the proposed H-PMQ accelerator will be presented. S.S. Kurennoy et al., “H-Mode Accelerating Structures with PMQ Beam Focusing,” PRST-AB, 2011 (submitted).

WEPS068	Progress towards an RFQ-based Front End for LANSCE	rfq, beam-transport, linac, neutron	2658
	R.W. Garnett, S.S. Kurennoy, J.F. O'Hara, L. Rybarcyk LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA A. Schempp IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	Funding: This work is supported by the U. S. Department of Energy Contract DE-AC52-06NA25396. The LANSCE linear accelerator at Los Alamos National Laboratory provides H⁻ and H⁺ beams to several user facilities that support Isotope Production, NNSA Stockpile Stewardship, and Basic Energy Science programs. These beams are initially accelerated to 750 keV using Cockcroft-Walton (CW) based injectors that have been in operation for over 37 years. They have failure modes which can result in prolonged operational downtime due to the unavailability of replacement parts. To reduce long-term operational risks and to realize future beam performance goals in support of the Materials Test Station (MTS) and the Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes (MaRIE) Facility, plans are underway to develop a Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) based front end as a modern injector replacement for the existing CW injectors. Our progress to date will be discussed.

WEPS069	The C70 ARRONAX and Beam Lines Status	cyclotron, simulation, target, quadrupole	2661
	F. Poirier, F. Haddad SUBATECH, Nantes, France S. Auduc, S. Girault, C. Huet, E. Mace, F. Poirier Cyclotron ARRONAX, Saint-Herblain, France J.L. Delvaux IBA, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
	Funding: The cyclotron ARRONAX is supported by the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire, local authorities, the French government and the European Union. The C70 Arronax project is a high intensity (up to 350 ·10^-6 A) and high energy (70 MeV) multi-particle cyclotron aiming at R&D on material and radiolysis, and production of rare radioisotopes. The project began its hands-on phase in December 2010, and is now undergoing beam lines’ modification in experimental halls for both present and future experiments. Characterization of the beams at the end of the beam lines is of particular importance to determine the capacity of the cyclotron for the end-line experimental users. A program of beam characterization is being performed based on dedicated diagnostics, e.g. beam profilers, Faraday cups, alumina foils, and also on a series of Geant4 beam simulations. The results of the measurements, along with the simulations, are detailed in this report for proton and alpha particle beams, as well as the future prospects of the characterization program.

WEPS071	High Power, High Energy Cyclotrons for Muon Antineutrino Production: the DAEdALUS Project	cyclotron, target, beam-losses, extraction	2667
	J.R. Alonso, T. Smidt MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
	Neutrino physics is very much at the forefront of today's research. Large detectors installed in deep underground locations study neutrino masses, CP violation, and oscillations using neutrino-sources including long- and short-baseline beams of neutrinos from muons decaying in flight. DAEdALUS* looks at neutrinos from stopped muons, “Decay At Rest (DAR)” neutrinos. The DAR neutrino spectrum has no electron antineutrinos (nu-e-bar) (pi-minus are absorbed), so a detector with much hydrogen (water-Cherenkov or liquid scintillator) is sensitive to appearance of nu-e-bar’s oscillating from nu-mu-bar via inverse-beta-decay. Oscillations are studied using shorter baselines, less than 20 km reaching the same range as the current and planned high-energy neutrino lines at Fermilab. As the neutrino flux is not variable, nor is the energy, the baseline is varied, plans call for 3 accelerator-based neutrino sources at 1.5, 8 and 20 km with staggered beam-on cycles. Key is cost-effectively generating megawatt beams of 800 MeV protons. A superconducting ring cyclotron is being designed by L. Calabretta and his group*. This revolutionary design could find application in many ADS-related fields. DAEdALUS Expression of Interest, arXiv:10⁰⁶.0260 ** Calabretta et al., "A Superconducting Ring Cyclotron to Search for CP Violation in the Neutrino Sector", this conference

WEPS073	A Low Energy Cyclotron Injector for DAEdALUS Experiment	cyclotron, extraction, cavity, space-charge	2673
	L.A.C. Piazza, M.M. Maggiore INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy L. Calabretta, D. Campo, D. Rifuggiato INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy A. Calanna CSFNSM, Catania, Italy
	Multi Megawatt accelerators are today requested for different use. In particular the experiment DAEdALUS, recently proposed by MIT scientist to search for CP violation in the neutrino sector, needs three accelerator with energy of about 800 MeV, average power of some MW and duty cycle of 20%. To reduce the cost of the accelerators a cyclotron complex consisting of an injector and of a booster ring cyclotron has been proposed. The main characteristics of the new kind of a separated sector cyclotron injector able to accelerate a H²⁺ molecule beam up to 50 MeV/n will be presented. Due to the low duty cycle, the peak current to be accelerated is 5 mA. The problem related to the injection of a H²⁺ beam, delivered by a compact ion source, and to the space charge effects will be discussed. The main parameters of the magnetic sectors, RF cavities, the isochronous magnetic field and the beam dynamics along the injection and extraction path and during the acceleration will be presented, too. J. Alonso et al., “A Novel Search for CP Violation in the Neutrino Sector: DAEdALUS”, June 2010. e-Print: arXiv:10⁰⁶.0260 ** L. Calabretta et al., ICCA, Lanzhou 2010; http://www. JACoW.org.

WEPS074	H⁻ Injection Studies of FFAG Accelerator at KURRI	injection, linac, beam-transport, neutron	2676
	K. Okabe, Y. Niwa, I. Sakai University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui, Japan Y. Ishi, Y. Kuriyama, J.-B. Lagrange, Y. Mori, R. Nakano, B. Qin, T. Uesugi, E. Yamakawa KURRI, Osaka, Japan
	Aiming to demonstrate the basic feasibility of the accelerator driven sub-critical reactor (ADSR), proton Fixed Field Alternating Gradient (FFAG) accelerator complex as a neutron production driver has been constructed in Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI). In order to upgrade beam power of the FFAG neutron source, a project about a new H⁻ linac injector for FFAG main ring instead of present injector has been started. A charge exchange multi-turn beam injection has been performed for the first time at FFAG main ring in KURRI. In this paper, the detail of injection system and beam study of low energy H⁻ injection at FFAG is described.

WEPS077	Present Status of FFAG Proton Accelerator at KURRI*	neutron, ion, controls, linac	2685
	Y. Mori, Y. Ishi, Y. Kuriyama, J.-B. Lagrange, R. Nakano, T. Planche, T. Uesugi, E. Yamakawa KURRI, Osaka, Japan Y. Niwa, K. Okabe, I. Sakai University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui, Japan
	The 150MeV FFAG proton accelerator has been developed at Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute(KURRI) for the fundamental study of Accelerator Driven Sub-crittical Reactor (ADSR). Recently, a new H⁻ injector was constructed to improve the beam quality and intensity. The paper will describe the detail of the preset status of FFAG proton accelerator at KURRI.

WEPS078	Compact FFAG Accelerators for Medium Energy Hadron Applications	hadron, extraction, linac, injection	2688
	B. Qin, Y. Ishi, Y. Kuriyama, J.-B. Lagrange, Y. Mori, K. Okabe, T. Uesugi, E. Yamakawa KURRI, Osaka, Japan
	Funding: This work was supported by Japan Science and Technology Agency under Strategic Promotion of Innovative Research and Development Program. Medium energy hadron beams are widely applied in accelerator driven subcritical systems (ADSR), high intensity neutron sources and carbon therapy. Compactness feature is important for this energy region, especially in the case of medical use purposes. This paper introduces a novel superferric scheme with scaling fixed-field alternating gradient (FFAG) accelerators, which can deliver 400MeV/u carbon ions or 1.2GeV protons. By using high permeability materials, 5T magnetic field with high field index can be achieved to reduce accelerator circumference significantly. The lattice configuration and design of superferric magnet are described in details.

WEPS079	Serpentine Acceleration in Scaling FFAG	acceleration, injection, electron, closed-orbit	2691
	E. Yamakawa, Y. Ishi, Y. Kuriyama, J.-B. Lagrange, Y. Mori, R. Nakano, T. Planche, B. Qin, T. Uesugi KURRI, Osaka, Japan K. Okabe, I. Sakai University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui, Japan
	A serpentine acceleration in scaling FFAG accelerator has been examined. In this scheme, high-energy and high-current beam can be obtained in non-relativistic energy region. Longitudinal hamiltonian is also derived analytically.

WEPS080	Development of High-quality Intense Proton Beam at the RCNP Cyclotron Facility	cyclotron, extraction, emittance, cavity	2694
	M. Fukuda, K. Hatanaka, M. Kibayashi, S. Morinobu, K. Nagayama, T. Saito, H. Tamura, H. Ueda, H. Yamamoto, T. Yorita RCNP, Osaka, Japan
	A 2.45 GHz ECR proton source, equipped with a set of three permanent magnets, was developed to increase the intensity of a high-quality proton beam. A 15 keV proton beam with intensity of 0.6 mA was produced with a proton ratio of more than 80 %. Emittance of the proton beam with intensity of 50 to 100 micro-A in the LEBT system was around 50 pi-mm-mrad. Beam transmission, defined by the ratio of the beam intensity between a Faraday cup placed in the axial injection beam line and an inflector electrode of the AVF cyclotron, was improved from 25 % for a 70 micro-A proton beam to more than 90 % for 30 micro-A obtained by defining the injection beam with a beam slit of iris type. The result indicated that the beam transmission was limited by the acceptance of the axial injection beam line. Emittance of the 65 MeV proton beam accelerated by the K140 AVF cyclotron was a few pi-mm-mrad for beam intensity of several-micro-A. In this paper, development of the intense proton beam and evaluation of the proton beam quality will be mainly reported.

WEPS085	Deveopment of the IBA-JINR Cyclotron C235-V3 for Dmitrovgrad Hospital Center of the Proton Therapy	cyclotron, extraction, betatron, septum	2706
	E. Syresin, G.A. Karamysheva, M.Y. Kazarinov, S.A. Kostromin, N.A. Morozov, A.G. Olshevsky, V.M. Romanov, E. Samsonov, N.G. Shakun, G. Shirkov, S.G. Shirkov JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia M. Abs, A. Blondin, P. Cahay, Y. Jongen, W.J.G.M. Kleeven, S. Zaremba IBA, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
	The approval of the Dmitrovgrad project - the first Russian hospital center of the proton therapy was announced in 2010. The JINR-IBA collaboration have developed and constructed the proton cyclotron C235-V3 for this center. We plan to assemble this cyclotron in JINR in 2011 and perform tests with the extracted proton beam in 2012. This cyclotron is an essentially modified version of IBA C235 cyclotron. Modification of the extraction system is aim of new C235-V3 cyclotron. The new extraction system was constructed and tested. The experimentally measured extraction efficiency was improved from 60% for the old system to 77% for the new one. The new field mapping system was developed for the C235-V3 cyclotron. It system consists of the axial field mapping system and an additional system applied for radial field Br measurements. One of the goals of the cyclotron improvement is the modification of the sector spiral angle for reducing of coherent beam losses at acceleration. The coherent beam displacement from the median plane is defined by the vertical betatron tune Qz. An increase of the vertical betatron tune permits to reduce the coherent losses at proton acceleration.

WEPS090	The Myrrha Linear Accelerator	cavity, linac, rfq, cryomodule	2718
	D. Vandeplassche SCK-CEN, Mol, Belgium J.-L. Biarrotte IPN, Orsay, France H. Klein, H. Podlech IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	Funding: European Atomic Energy Community's (EURATOM) Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2011, grant agreement no. 269565 (MAX project) Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS) are promising tools for the efficient transmutation of nuclear waste products in dedicated industrial installations, called transmuters. The Myrrha project at Mol, Belgium, placed itself on the path towards these applications with a multipurpose and versatile system based on a liquid PbBi (LBE) cooled fast reactor (80 MWth) which may be operated in both critical and subcritical modes. In the latter case the core is fed by spallation neutrons obtained from a 600 MeV proton beam hitting the LBE coolant/target. The accelerator providing this beam is a high intensity CW superconducting linac which is laid out for the highest achievable reliability. The combination of a parallel redundant and of a fault tolerant scheme should allow obtaining an MTBF value in excess of 250 hours that is required for optimal integrity and successful operation of the ADS. Myrrha is expected to be operational in 2023. The forthcoming 4-year period is fully dedicated to R&D activities, and in the field of the accelerator they are strongly focused on the reliability aspects and on the proper shaping of the beam trip spectrum.

WEPS092	High Energy Beam Line Design of the 600MeV, 4 mA Proton Linac for the MYRRHA Facility	target, vacuum, dipole, linac	2721
	H. Saugnac IPN, Orsay, France
	The general goal of the CDT project is to design a FAst Spectrum Transmutation Experimental Facility (FASTEF) able to demonstrate efficient transmutation and associated technology through a system working in subcritical and/or critical mode. A superconducting LINAC, part of the MYRRHA facility, will produce a 600 MeV, 4 mA proton beam and transport it to the spalation target located inside the reactor core. On this paper we focus on the final beam line design and describe optic simulations, beam instrumentation, integration inside the reactor building, mechanical and vacuum aspects as well as a preliminary design of the 2.4 MW beam dump located at the end of the accelerator tunnel.

WEPS100	Status of 100-MeV Proton Linac Development for PEFP	linac, site, DTL, alignment	2742
	Y.-S. Cho, S. Cha, I.-S. Hong, J.-H. Jang, D.I. Kim, H.S. Kim, H.-J. Kwon, K. Min, B.-S. Park, J.Y. Ryu, K.T. Seol, Y.-G. Song, S.P. Yun KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea J.S. Hong KAPRA, Cheorwon, Republic of Korea
	Funding: This wok was supported through the Proton Engineering Frontier Project by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Korea. The Proton Engineering Frontier Project (PEFP) is developing a 100-MeV high-duty-factor proton linac, which consists of a 50-keV microwave ion source, a 3-MeV radio frequency quadrupole, a 100-MeV drift tube linac, a 20-MeV beam transport line, and a 100-MeV beam transport line. It will supply proton beams of 20-MeV and 100-MeV with peak current of 20 mA to users for proton beam applications. The beam duty factor will be 24% and 8% respectively. The 20-MeV front-end accelerator has been installed and operated at the KAERI Daejeon test stand for user service, and the rest part of the accelerator has been fabricated and will be installed at the new site of Gyeongju City in 2011. The detailed status of the 100-MeV proton linac will be presented.

WEPS103	Design of a Rapid Cycling Synchrotron for the Final Stage of Acceleration in a Common Proton Driver for a Neutrino Factory and a Spallation Neutron Source Based on Megawatt Upgrades to ISIS	booster, target, neutron, acceleration	2751
	J. Pasternak STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom L.J. Jenner, J. Pasternak Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
	Potential upgrades to the ISIS accelerators at RAL in the UK to provide proton beams in the few GeV and few MW range could be envisaged as the starting point for a proton driver shared between a short pulse spallation neutron source and the Neutrino Factory. The accelerator chain for the spallation neutron source, consisting of an 800 MeV H⁻ linac and a 3.2 GeV rapid cycling synchrotron (RCS), is currently being designed and optimised. The design of the RCS for the final stage of acceleration, which would increase the final beam energy of the dedicated pulses to feed the Neutrino Factory pion production target is presented. The feasibility of the final bunch compression to the necessary nanosecond range is also discussed.

WEPS105	A Common Proton Driver for a Neutrino Factory and a Spallation Neutron Source Based on Megawatt Upgrades to ISIS	neutron, linac, injection, booster	2757
	J.W.G. Thomason STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom J. Pasternak Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
	The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) is home to ISIS, the world’s most productive spallation neutron source. Potential upgrades of the ISIS accelerators to provide beam powers of 2 – 5 MW in the few GeV energy range could be envisaged as the starting point for a proton driver shared between a short pulse spallation neutron source and the Neutrino Factory. The concept of sharing a proton driver between other facilities and the Neutrino Factory is an attractive, cost-effective solution which is already being studied in site-specific cases at CERN and FNAL. Although in the RAL case the requirements for the Neutrino Factory baseline proton energy and time structure are different from those for a spallation neutron source, an additional RCS or FFAG booster bridging the gap in proton energy and performing appropriate bunch compression seems feasible.

WEPZ002	Chromatic, Geometric and Space Charge Effects on Laser Accelerated Protons Focused by a Solenoid	solenoid, emittance, laser, ion	2766
	H.Y. Al-Omari, U. Ratzinger IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany I. Hofmann GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	We studied numerically emittance and transmission effects by chromatic and geometric aberrations, with and without space charge, for a proton beam behind a solenoid in the laser proton experiment LIGHT at GSI. The TraceWin code was employed using a field map for the solenoid and an initial distribution with exponential energy dependence close to the experiment. The results show a strong effect of chromatic, and a relatively weak one of geometric aberrations as well as dependence of proton transmission on distance from the solenoid. The chromatic effect has an energy filtering property due to the finite radius beam pipe. Furthermore, a relatively modest dependence of transmission on space charge is found for p production intensity below 10¹1.

WEPZ013	Design Status of LHeC Linac-Ring Interaction Region	electron, quadrupole, optics, dipole	2796
	R. Tomás, J.L. Abelleira, S. Russenschuck, F. Zimmermann CERN, Geneva, Switzerland N.R. Bernard UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
	The ECFA-CERN-NuPECC design study for a Large Hadron electron Collider (LHeC) based on the LHC, considers two options, using a ring accelerator like LEP on top of the LHC or adding a recirculating energy-recovery linac tangential to the LHC. In order to obtain the required luminosity with an e^- beam from a linac, with average lepton beam current limited to a few mA, reaching the smallest possible proton beam size is essential. Another constraint is imposed by the need to separate e^- and p beams after the collision without losing too much luminosity from a crossing angle. A further constraint is that the ep collision should occur simultaneously to pp collisions at other LHC interaction points such that the second LHC proton beam must be accommodated in the interaction region too. We present a conceptual layout using detector-integrated combination-separation dipoles and challenging Nb3Sn technology quadrupoles for focusing the colliding proton beam and providing a low-field “hole” to accommodate both the non-colliding proton beam and the lepton beam, and the optics for all three beams. We discuss synchrotron radiation fluxes and the chromatic correction for the lepton final focus.

WEPZ024	Some Considerations in Realizing a TeV Linear Collider Based on the PDPWA Scheme	electron, plasma, wakefield, collider	2817
	G.X. Xia, A. Caldwell MPI-P, München, Germany P. Muggli MPI, Muenchen, Germany
	Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PDPWA) has recently been proposed as an approach to bring the electron beam to the energy frontier in a single passage of acceleration. Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulation shows that a TeV proton bunch, with a bunch intensity of 10¹¹, and a bunch length as short as 10⁰ microns can resonantly excite a large amplitude plasma wakefield and accelerate an externally injected electron bunch to 600 GeV in a single stage of 500 m long plasma. This novel PDPWA scheme may open a new path for designing a TeV linear lepton collider by using the currently available proton drivers. In this paper, we investigate some key issues, e.g. bunch length, centre-of-mass (CoM) energy, luminosity and dephasing in realizing a TeV linear collider based on the PDPWA scheme.

WEPZ031	Accelerator Studies on a Possible Experiment on Proton-driven Plasma Wakefields at CERN	plasma, electron, laser, acceleration	2832
	R.W. Assmann, I. Efthymiopoulos, S.D. Fartoukh, G. Geschonke, B. Goddard, C. Heßler, S. Hillenbrand, M. Meddahi, S. Roesler, F. Zimmermann CERN, Geneva, Switzerland A. Caldwell, G.X. Xia MPI-P, München, Germany P. Muggli MPI, Muenchen, Germany
	There has been a proposal by Caldwell et al to use proton beams as drivers for high energy linear colliders. An experimental test with CERN's proton beams is being studied. Such a test requires a transfer line for transporting the beam to the experiment, a focusing section for beam delivery into the plasma, the plasma cell and a downstream beam section for measuring the effects from the plasma and safe disposal of the beam. The work done at CERN towards the conceptual layout and design of such a test area is presented. A possible development of such a test area into a CERN test facility for high-gradient acceleration experiments is discussed.

WEPZ032	Energy Spectrometer Studies for Proton-driven Plasma Acceleration	plasma, electron, simulation, acceleration	2835
	S. Hillenbrand, R.W. Assmann, F. Zimmermann CERN, Geneva, Switzerland S. Hillenbrand, A.-S. Müller KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany T. Tückmantel HHUD, Dusseldorf, Germany
	Plasma-based acceleration methods have seen important progress over the last years. Recently, it has been proposed to experimentally study plasma acceleration driven by proton beams, in addition to the established research directions of electron and laser driven plasmas. Here, we present the planned experiment with a focus on the energy spectrometer studies carried out.

THOAA01	Beam Diagnostics Commissioning at CNAO	extraction, synchrotron, diagnostics, quadrupole	2848
	H. Caracciolo, G. Balbinot, G. Bazzano, J. Bosser, M. Caldara, A. Parravicini, M. Pullia, C. Viviani CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy

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MOODB03

Capture and Transport of the Laser Accelerated Ion Beams for the LIGHT Project

laser, solenoid, simulation, ion

59

S.G. Yaramyshev, W.A. Barth, I. Hofmann, A. Orzhekhovskaya
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
B. Zielbauer
HIJ, Jena, Germany

Funding: Work supported by EURATOM (IFK KiT Program) and HIC for FAIR
An impressive advantage of Laser Ion Sources is an extremely high beam brilliance. The LIGHT project (Laser Ion Generation, Handling and Transport) is dedicated to the production of protons (ions), accelerated up to 10 MeV by using the GSI PHELIX laser at GSI, and injected into a conventional accelerator. A successful experimental campaign stimulated further investigation of the focusing, transport and collimation of the high energy and high brilliance proton beam. In addition to the advanced codes, describing the very early expansion phase of the proton-electron cloud, the versatile multiparticle code DYNAMION was implemented to perform beam dynamics simulations for different possible transport lines. Potentially transport lines compraises magnetic quadrupole lenses and/or solenoids for transverse beam focusing. A bunch rotation rf cavity decreasing the energy spread of the protons was included into the simulations. The results of the beam dynamics simulations are presented, as well as benchmarking activities with other codes. Further developments of the experimental test stand and the different possibilities of its integration to the GSI accelerators chain are discussed.

Slides MOODB03 [2.185 MB]

MOPC006

A Coupled RFQ-IH Combination for the Neutron Source FRANZ

rfq, DTL, coupling, cavity

74

M. Heilmann, O. Meusel, D. Mäder, U. Ratzinger, A. Schempp
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Funding: HIC for FAIR
The Frankfurt Neutron Source at the Stern-Gerlach-Zentrum is driven by a 2 MeV proton linac consisting of a 4-rod-radio-frequency-quadrupol (RFQ) and an 8 gap IH-DTL structure. RFQ and IH cavity will be powered by only one radio frequency (RF) amplifier to reduce costs. The RF-amplifier of the RFQ-IH combination is coupled into the RFQ. Internal inductive coupling along the axis connects the RFQ with the IH cavity ensuring the required power transition as well as a fixed phase relation between the two structures. The main acceleration of 120 keV up to 2.03 MeV will be reached by the RFQ-IH combination with 175 MHz and at a total length of 2.3 m. The losses in the RFQ-IH combination are about 200 kW.

MOPC032

Improvement of the RF System for the PEFP 100 MeV Proton Linac*

linac, LLRF, controls, EPICS

139

K.T. Seol, Y.-S. Cho, H.S. Kim, H.-J. Kwon, Y.-G. Song
KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea

Funding: This work is supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Korean Government.
The 100 MeV proton linear accelerator of the Proton Engineering Frontier Project (PEFP) has been developed and will be installed in Gyeong-ju site. The 20 MeV accelerator operated in Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) site will be also moved and reinstalled. The LLRF control systems for the 20 MeV accelerator were improved and have been operated within the stability of ±1% in RF amplitude and ±1 degree in RF phase. 7 sets of the extra LLRF control system will be installed with a RF reference system for the 100 MeV accelerator. Waveguide layout was also improved to install HPRF systems for the 100 MeV accelerator. Some of the HPRF components including klystrons, circulators, and RF windows are under purchase. The waveguide sections penetrating into the tunnel, which are fixed in a concrete floor with the bending structure for radiation shielding, were fabricated into a piece of waveguide to prevent the moisture and any foreign debris inside the concrete block. The details of the RF system improvement are presented.

MOPC053

Mechanical Design and Fabrication Studies for SPL Superconducting RF Cavities

cavity, niobium, linac, SRF

199

S. Atieh, G. Arnau-Izquierdo, I. Aviles Santillana, O. Capatina, T. Renaglia, T. Tardy, N. Valverde Alonso, W. Weingarten
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

CERN’s R&D programme on the Superconducting Proton Linac’s (SPL) superconducting radio frequency (SRF) elliptical cavities made from niobium sheets explores new mechanical design and consequently new fabrication methods, where several opportunities for improved optimization were identified. A stainless steel helium vessel is under design rather than a titanium helium vessel using an integrated brazed transition between Nb and the SS helium vessel. Different design and fabrication aspects were proposed and the results are discussed hereafter.

MOPC068

LANSCE RF System Improvements for Current and Future Programs*

klystron, cavity, linac, neutron

238

D. Rees, J.L. Erickson, R.W. Garnett, J.T.M. Lyles, L. Rybarcyk
LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) is in the midst of an upgrade of the RF systems. This project will return LANSCE to its historical operating capability and sustain facility operations into the next decade. The LANSCE accelerator provides pulsed protons and spallation neutrons for defense and civilian applications. This project involves replacing all the existing 201 MHz RF stations and 805 MHz klystrons. LANSCE is also currently in the conceptual design phase of a program called the Material Test Station (MTS) to establish a 1 MW target station to irradiate fast reactor fuels and materials. A pre conceptual design is also in progress to extend the capabilities of MTS to a 2 MW target that will enable the first in a new generation of scientific facilities for the materials community. The emphasis of this new facility is "Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes" (MaRIE) which will be used to discover and design the advanced materials needed to meet 21st century national security and energy security challenges. The design and test results of the new RF systems will be presented as well as the RF system changes required to support the new missions.

MOPC120

Design of Superconducting Parallel-bar Deflecting/Crabbing Cavities

cavity, coupling, luminosity, SRF

361

J.R. Delayen, S.U. De Silva
ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

The superconducting parallel-bar cavity is a deflecting/crabbing cavity with attractive properties, compared to other conventional designs, that is being considered for a number of applications. We present an analysis of several designs of parallel-bar cavities and their electromagnetic properties.

MOPS001

Electron-cloud Pinch Dynamics in Presence of Lattice Magnet Fields

electron, cyclotron, quadrupole, simulation

586

G. Franchetti
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
F. Zimmermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The pinch of the electron cloud due to a passing proton bunch was extensively studied in a field free region and in a dipolar magnetic field. For the latter study, a strong field approximation helped to formulate the equations of motion and to understand the complex electron pinch dynamics, which exhibited some similarities with the field-free situation. Here we extend the analysis to the case of electron pinch in quadrupoles and in sextupoles. We discuss the limits of validity for the strong field approximation and we evaluate the relative magnitude of the peak tune shift along the bunch expected for the different fields.

MOPS005

Beam Dynamics Simulations of J-PARC Main Ring for Upgrade Plan of Fast Extraction Operation

simulation, beam-losses, injection, power-supply

598

Y. Sato, K. Hara, S. Igarashi, T. Koseki, K. Ohmi, C. Ohmori, M. Tomizawa
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
H. Hotchi
JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken, Japan

Beam loss simulations under space charge effects are necessary to seek higher intensity proton beams. This paper presents simulations for fast extraction operation of Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) Main Ring. For upgrade plan, increasing protons per bunch and making higher repetition pattern are considered. Their optimal balance is discussed to minimize beam losses for aimed beam power considering space charge effects. We found that to optimize RF voltage pattern is a strong key to reduce beam losses for higher repetition. As benchmark works, we compare our simulations with the measured beam loss in our past operation.

MOPS013

Transverse Low Frequency Broad-band Impedance Measurements in the CERN PS

impedance, space-charge, extraction, injection

622

S. Aumon
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
P. Freyermuth, S.S. Gilardoni, O. Hans, E. Métral, G. Rumolo
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The base-line scenario for the High-Luminosity LHC upgrade foresees an intensity increase delivered by the injectors. With its 53 years, the CERN PS would have to operate beyond the limit of its performances to match the future requirements. Beam instabilities driven by transverse impedance are an important issue for the operation of high intensity beams as for the high-brightness LHC beams. Measurements of transverse tune dependence with beam intensity were performed at injection kinetic energy 1.4~GeV and at LHC beam extraction momentum 26~GeV/c. This allows deducing the low frequency inductive broad-band impedance of the machine. Then an estimation of the real part of the impedance is made by the rise time measurement of a fast transverse instability believed to be a TMCI type. Those are the first step towards a global machine impedance characterization in order to push forward the performances of the accelerator.

MOPS017

Simulation Studies of Macro-particles Falling into the LHC Proton Beam

beam-losses, simulation, injection, vacuum

634

F. Zimmermann, T. Baer, M. Giovannozzi, E.B. Holzer, E. Nebot Del Busto, A. Nordt, M. Sapinski
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
N. Fuster
Valencia University, Atomic Molecular and Nuclear Physics Department, Valencia, Spain
Z. Yang
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

We report updated simulations on the interaction of macro-particles falling from the top of the vacuum chamber into the circulating LHC proton beam. The path and charge state of micron size micro-particles are computed together with the resulting beam losses, which – if high enough - can lead to the local quench of SC magnets. The simulated time evolution of the beam loss is compared with observations in order to constrain some macro-particle parameters. We also discuss the possibility of a "multiple crossing" by the same macro-particle, the effect of a strong dipole field, and the dependence of peak loss rate and loss duration on beam current and on beam size.

MOPS021

Beam Dynamics of a Compact SC Isochronous Cyclotron - Preliminary Study of Central Region*

cyclotron, acceleration, ion, extraction

643

J.X. Zhang, T.A. Antaya, R.E. Block
MIT/PSFC, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Funding: Pennsylvania State University ARL S11-07 and N00024-02-D-6604 US Defense Threat Reduction Agency
A compact high field superconducting isochronous cyclotron, Megatron (K250), is designed as a proof-of-principle for a single stage high power proton accelerator. This cyclotron is to accelerate proton to a final energy of 250 MeV with two 45° Dees with a radius ~40 cm. By employing a 20 mA external ECR proton source, the injected proton beam currents at high brightness are foreseen. Using phase selection in the center, a fully magnetized elliptical pole, low energy gain per turn, a precise relation between momentum and radius at large radius are expected. Two goals, a) to use this relationship to develop multi-turn extraction with passive elements only, to achieve a high external proton beam intensity (~1 mA); and b) to see if it is possible to achieve a high extraction efficiency (> 99%) without single turn extraction, with an energy spread |DE/E| ~0.1%. The RF acceleration is on the first harmonic with ωrf=ω0~64 MHz. Superconductor coils will provide a central field of B0 = 4.3 T and a peak hill field of 6.6 T. The general beam dynamics studies will be performed. Precise central field design including space charge effect will be shown in the presentation.

MOPS039

High Power Proton Linac Front-End: Beam Dynamics Investigation and Plans for the ESS

rfq, solenoid, emittance, injection

688

A. Ponton
ESS, Lund, Sweden

Beam availibility is one of the major concerns for the designer of high power proton linacs. Since the Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) will shape and accelerate the beam in the early stage of its propagation it will have a significant impact on the particle dynamics throughout the rest of the linac. The key role of the RFQ is consequently to deliver high quality beams with optimal transmission. Furthermore understanding the space charge compensation mechanism in the Low Energy Beam Transport line (LEBT) is mandatory if one wants to perform calculations with realistic beams. The European Spallation Source (ESS) has put important R&D efforts in designing the linac front-end and deep beam dynamics studies have been undertaken. Results of the investigation work will be presented. We will then deal with the future plans for the ESS and we will finally give a full description of the RFQ and LEBT scheme.

MOPS059

Transverse Impedance Calculation for Simplified Model of Ferrite Kicker Magnet with Beta < 1

impedance, kicker, coupling, extraction

742

N. Wang, Q. Qin
IHEP Beijing, Beijing, People's Republic of China

In high intensity rings, kicker magnet is usually considered as a main source to the total impedance. Transverse coupling impedance of a simplified kicker model has been derived analytically in the ultrarelativistic limit. We extend the result to the general case of v < c, and present the analytical formulae of both horizontal and vertical transverse impedances. Numerical results are given for the CSNS extraction kicker magnets.

MOPS082

Some Considerations on the Choice of Frequency and Geometrical Beta in High Power Proton Linacs in the Context of Higher Order Modes

cavity, HOM, linac, simulation

793

M. Schuh, F. Gerigk
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
M. Schuh
MPI-K, Heidelberg, Germany
C.P. Welsch
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Several high power superconducting (SC) proton linear accelerators are currently in the design stage around the world, such as for example the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Project X at Fermilab, the European ADS demonstrator MYRRAH in Mol and the Superconducting Proton linac (SPL) at CERN. In this contribution, the influence of Higher Order Modes (HOMs) in elliptical SC cavities is discussed as a function of the operation frequency, the number of cells and the geometrical beta of the cavity. Based on cavity design data beam dynamics simulations are executed for different linac layouts to quantify the influence of HOMs.

MOPZ001

MuSIC, the World's Highest Intensity DC Muon Beam using a Pion Capture System

solenoid, target, simulation, dipole

820

A. Sato, Y. Kuno, H. Sakamoto
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
S. Cook, R.T.P. D'Arcy
UCL, London, United Kingdom
M. Fukuda, K. Hatanaka
RCNP, Osaka, Japan
Y. Hino, N.H. Tran, N.M. Truong
Osaka University, Graduate School of Science, Osaka, Japan
Y. Mori
KURRI, Osaka, Japan
T. Ogitsu, A. Yamamoto, M.Y. Yoshida
KEK, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan

MuSIC is a project to provide the world's highest-intensity muon beam with continuous time structure at Research Center of Nuclear Physics (RCNP) of Osaka University, Japan. A pion capture system using a superconducting solenoid magnet and a part of superconducting muon transport solenoid channel have been build in 2010. The highest muon production efficiency was demonstrated by the beam test carried out in February 2011. The result concludes that the MuSIC can provide more than 10⁹ muons/sec using a 400 W proton beam. The pion capture system is one of very important technologies for future muon programs such as muon to electron conversion searches, neutrino factories, and a muon collider. The MuSIC built the first pion capture system and demonstrate its potential to provide an intense muon beam. The construction on the entire beam channel of the MuSIC will be finished in five years. We plan to carry out not only an experiment to search the lepton flavor violating process but also other experiments for muon science and their applications using the intense muon beam at RCNP.

MOPZ008

Particle Production Simulations for the Neutrino Factory Target

target, shielding, factory, simulation

835

J.J. Back
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
X.P. Ding
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
I. Efthymiopoulos, S.S. Gilardoni, O.M. Hansen, G. Prior
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
H.G. Kirk, N. Souchlas
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
R.J. Weggel
Particle Beam Lasers, Inc., Northridge, California, USA

Funding: EU FP7 EUROnu WP3
In the International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory (IDS-NF), a proton beam with a kinetic energy between 5 and 15 GeV interacts with a liquid mercury jet target in order to produce pions that will decay to muons, which in turn decay to neutrinos. The target is situated in a solenoidal field tapering from 20 T down to 1.5 T over a length of several metres, allowing for an optimised capture of pions in order to produce a useful muon beam for the machine. We present results of target particle production calculations using MARS, FLUKA and G4BEAMLINE simulation codes.

MOPZ012

The International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory

factory, target, cavity, storage-ring

847

J.K. Pozimski, A. Kurup, K.R. Long
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
J.S. Berg
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

The International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory (the IDS-NF) has recently completed the Interim Design Report* (IDR) for the facility as a step on the way to the Reference Design Report (RDR). The IDR has two functions: it marks the point in the IDS-NF at which the emphasis turns to the engineering studies required to deliver the RDR and it documents the present baseline design for the facility which will provide 10²¹ muon decays per year from 25 GeV stored muon beams. The facility will serve two neutrino detectors; one situated at source-detector distance of between 3000–5000 km, the second at 7000–8000 km. The conceptual design of the accelerator facility will be described and its performance will be presented. The steps that the IDS-NF collaboration has taken since the IDR was finalized and plans to take to prepare the RDR will also be presented.
* IDS-NF-020: https://www.ids-nf.org/wiki/FrontPage/Documentation?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=IDS-NF-020-v1.0.pdf
Submitted on behalf of the IDS-NF collaboration

MOPZ034

Proton Contamination Studies in the MICE Muon Beam Line

lattice, quadrupole, positron, emittance

871

S.D. Blot, Y.K. Kim
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
R.R.M. Fletcher
UCR, Riverside, California, USA
D.M. Kaplan
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
C.T. Rogers
STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) aims to demonstrate transverse beam emittance reduction for a muon beam. To create these muons, a titanium target is dipped into the ISIS proton accelerator at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) to create pions, which are transported and decay to muons in the MICE beamline. Beam particle identification and triggering is performed using time of flight (ToF) detectors. When running the MICE beamline with positive polarity, protons produced in the target contaminate the muon beam with a sufficiently high rate to saturate the TOF detectors. Polyethylene sheets of varying thicknesses were installed to absorb the proton impurities in the beam. Studies with pion beams at momenta of 140, 200, and 240MeV/c were performed with different proton absorber thicknesses. The results of these studies show good agreement with theoretical range plots and will be presented.

MOPZ035

MICE Muon Beamline Particle Rate and Related Beam Loss in the ISIS Synchrotron

beam-losses, target, synchrotron, solenoid

874

A.J. Dobbs
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
D. Adey
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
L. Coney
UCR, Riverside, California, USA

The international Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) will provide a proof of principle of ionization cooling, reduction of muon beam phase space, which will be needed at a future Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider. The MICE muon beam is generated by the decay of pions produced by dipping a cylindrical titanium target into the proton beam of the 800 MeV ISIS synchrotron at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K. Studies of the particle rate in the MICE beamline and correlations with induced beam loss in ISIS are described, including the most recent data taken in the summer of 2010, representing some of the highest loss and rate conditions achieved to date. Ideally, a high rate of muons in the MICE beamline is desired, in order to facilitate the cooling measurement. However, impact on the host accelerator equipment must also be minimized. The implications of the observed beam loss and particle rate levels for MICE and ISIS are discussed.

TUOAA01

The EUROnu Project: A High Intensity Neutrino Oscillation Facility in Europe

target, factory, linac, acceleration

894

T.R. Edgecock
STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
E.H.M. Wildner
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

EUROnu is a European Commission funded FP7 Design Study investigating three possible options for a future high intensity neutrino oscillation facility in Europe. These options are a CERN to Frejus Super-Beam, a Neutrino Factory and a Beta Beam. The aims of the project are to undertake the crucial R&D on each of the accelerator facilities and determine their performance and relative cost, including the baseline detectors for each facility. A comparison will then be made and the results reported to the CERN Council as part of the CERN Strategy Review.

Slides TUOAA01 [7.638 MB]

TUOAA02

Status of UA9, the Crystal Collimation Experiment in the SPS

collimation, ion, simulation, beam-losses

897

W. Scandale
LAL, Orsay, France

Funding: CERN, IHEP-Protvino, Imperial-College, INFN, JINR-Dubna, LBNL, PNPI-Gartchina, SLAC
UA9 was operated in the CERN-SPS for more than two years in view of investigating the feasibility of the halo collimation with bent crystals. Silicon crystals 2 mm long with bending angles of about 150 urad were used as primary collimators. The crystal collimation process was steadily achieved through channeling with high efficiency. The crystal orientation was easily set and optimized with the installed goniometer which has an angular reproducibility of about ± 10 μrad. In channeling orientation, the loss rate of the halo particles interacting with the crystal is reduced by a factor of ten, whilst the residual off-momentum halo escaping from the crystal-collimator area is reduced by a factor five. The crystal channeling efficiency of about 75 % is reasonably consistent with simulations and with single pass data collected in the North Area of the SPS. The accumulated observations, shown in this paper, support our expectation that the coherent deflection of the beam halo by a bent crystal should considerably help in enhancing the collimation efficiency in LHC.

Slides TUOAA02 [4.297 MB]

TUYA01

Achievements and Lessons from the Tevatron

antiproton, collider, luminosity, electron

903

V.D. Shiltsev
Fermilab, Batavia, USA

The Tevatron Run-2 will come to an end at the time of IPAC'11. This talk will concentrate on exploration of the accelerator physics issues that were dealt with in achieving the current (very high) level of performance in the Tevatron and will review achievements, challenges and lessons learned on the way.

Slides TUYA01 [5.881 MB]

TUZB01

Superconducting RF Technology for Proton and Ion Accelerators

cavity, linac, cryomodule, SRF

966

G. Devanz
CEA/DSM/IRFU, France

The worldwide status of superconducting RF cavities and cryomodules for low velocity ion and proton particles is reviewed, with emphasis on the construction and tests of prototypes. A number of different multicell structures at a range of operating frequencies have been successfully realized. This review will cover the progress of several facilities under construction or being proposed: Spiral2, IFMIF-EVEDA, SPL, ESS, FRIB and ADS drivers.

Slides TUZB01 [10.630 MB]

TUZB02

Ultra High Vacuum for High Intensity Proton Accelerators

vacuum, ion, radiation, radioactivity

971

N. Ogiwara
JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken, Japan

In high intensity proton accelerators neutrons, as well as gamma rays, are generated. At the J-PARC synchrotron the cumulative energy dose will be of the order of several-mSv/h over 1 month user operation. In order to minimize the radiation exposure during maintenance, it is necessary to construct a vacuum system with reliable components which have a long life in such a high level of radiation. In addition, in all machines it is necessary to keep the operating pressure of the beam in ultra high vacuum (UHV) to suppress pressure instability. At J-PARC RCS the UHV conditions were realized without baking and the beam operation has been successful to date. General considerations for vacuum systems for high intensity linear and circular accelerators will be provided in the talk.

Slides TUZB02 [3.380 MB]

TUPC045

Recirculating Electron Linacs (REL) for LHeC and eRHIC

electron, linac, lattice, dipole

1099

D. Trbojevic, J. Beebe-Wang, Y. Hao, D. Kayran, V. Litvinenko, V. Ptitsyn, N. Tsoupas
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

Funding: Work performed under a Contract Number DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the auspices of the US Department of Energy.
We present a design of a CW Electron Recovery Linacs (ERL) for future electron hadron colliders eRHIC and LHeC. In eRHIC, a six-pass ERL would be installed in the existing tunnel of the present Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The 5-30 GeV polarized electrons will collide with RHIC’s 50-250 (325) GeV polarized protons or 20-100 (130) GeV/u heavy ions. In LHeC a 3-pass 60 GeV CW ERL will produce polarized electrons for collisions with 7 TeV protons. After collision, electron beam energy is recovered and electrons are dumped at low energy. Two superconducting linacs are located in the two straight sections in both ERLs. The multiple arcs are made of Flexible Momentum Compaction lattice (FMC) allowing adjustable momentum compaction for electrons with different energies. The multiple arcs, placed above each other, are matched to the two linac’s straight sections with splitters and combiners.

TUPC048

First Measurement Results of the LHC Longitudinal Density Monitor

photon, ion, synchrotron, diagnostics

1105

A. Jeff, M. Andersen, A. Boccardi, S. Bozyigit, E. Bravin, T. Lefèvre, A. Rabiller, F. Roncarolo
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
A.S. Fisher
SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
C.P. Welsch
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Funding: The primary author is funded by the E.U. under the DITANET Marie Curie network.
Knowledge of the longitudinal distribution of particles is important for various aspects of accelerator operation, for example to check the injection quality and to characterize the development of ghost bunches before and during the physics periods. A new detector, the LHC Longitudinal Density Monitor (LDM) is a single-photon counting system measuring synchrotron light by means of an avalanche photodiode detector. The unprecedented energies reached in the LHC allow synchrotron light diagnostics to be used with both protons and heavy ions. The LDM is able to longitudinally profile the whole ring with a resolution close to the target of 50 ps. On-line correction for the effects of the detector deadtime, pile-up and afterpulsing allow a dynamic range of 10⁵ to be achieved. The LDM operated during the 2010 lead ion run and during 2011 with protons. Measurements from both runs are presented in this contribution along with an analysis of the LDM performance and an outlook for future upgrades.

TUPC063

Energy Verification in Ion Beam Therapy

simulation, synchrotron, ion, closed-orbit

1141

F. Moser
ATI, Wien, Austria
M. Benedikt, U. Dorda
EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria

Funding: Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research, CERN Technology Doctoral Student Program
The adoption of synchrotrons for medical applications necessitates a comprehensive on-line verification of all beam parameters, autonomous of common beam monitors. In particular for energy verification, the required precision of down to 0.1 MeV, in absolute terms, poses a special challenge regarding the betatron-core driven 3rd order extraction mechanism which is intended to be used at MedAustron. Two different energy verification options have been studied and their limiting factors were investigated: 1) A time-of-flight measurement inside the synchrotron, limited by the orbit circumference information and measurement duration as well as extraction uncertainties. 2) A calorimeter-style system in the extraction line, limited by radiation hardness and statistical fluctuations. The paper discusses in detail the benefits and specific aspects of each method.

TUPC066

Charged Particle Beam Profile Detector based on Yb-doped Optical Fibers

radiation, ion, linac, laser

1150

C.S. Søndergaard
Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
A. Baurichter, B.R. Nielsen
Danfysik A/S, Jyllinge, Denmark
G. Boudreault
Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, PET and Cyclotron Unit, Copenhagen, Denmark
K. Hansen, D.V. Madsen, J. Rasmussen, B.F. Skipper
Aarhus School of Engineering, Aarhus, Denmark
M. Kristensen
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
S.P. Møller
ISA, Aarhus, Denmark
A. Peters
HIT, Heidelberg, Germany

Funding: The Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, contract # 002-2005-1
A radiation robust, high dynamic range beam profile detector based on scintillating fibers will be presented. The beam profile detector has been developed for particle therapy type ion beams of multiple hundreds MeV/n in the intensity range from 10⁵ to 10⁹ ions/s as a simple and less expensive replacement for MWPC based detectors. Scintillating fibers are typically based on doped polymers, which are sensitive to radiation damage. Here we report on the advantage of using silica optical fibers doped with rare-earth elements for the purpose of detecting ionizing radiation. Specifically, we find that ytterbium doped fibers generate a strong emission signal in the near-infrared from the Yb³⁺ state when penetrated by ionizing radiation, and that the emission has a high resistance against the accumulated dose in the fiber. We demonstrate the use of such fibers in a beam profile detector for charged particle beams in medical applications (radionuclide production and hadron therapy); more generally they are a promising alternative for prolonged used in ionizing radiation, such as accelerator diagnostics equipment or space applications.

TUPC084

Performance of the Scintillation Profile Monitor in the COSY Synchrotron

vacuum, synchrotron, electron, target

1201

V. Kamerdzhiev, J. Dietrich, K. Reimers
FZJ, Jülich, Germany

Residual gas scintillation is used for measuring profile of the proton beam circulating in the COSY synchrotron. The problem of low rate of scintillation events detected by a multichannel photomultiplier is coped with by injecting small amounts of pure nitrogen into the SPM vacuum chamber. This leads to a temporary local pressure bump of no more than an order of magnitude. A commercially available piezo-electric dosing valve allows good control over the amplitude and duration of the pressure bump. Since the average pressure in the machine is hardly changed, the method is fully compatible with experiment operation. This approach offers a robust and inexpensive way to measure the beam profile. The design of the SPM is discussed. The latest measurement results and comparison to the ionization profile monitor data is presented.

TUPC098

Beam Profile Measurement using Flying Wire Monitors at the J-PARC Main Ring*

injection, simulation, space-charge, emittance

1239

S. Igarashi, K. Ohmi, Y. Sato, M.J. Shirakata, M. Tejima, T. Toyama
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
Y. Hashimoto, K. Satou
J-PARC, KEK & JAEA, Ibaraki-ken, Japan

Transverse beam profiles have been measured using flying wire monitors at the main ring of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The flying wire is a beam profile monitor using a thin carbon fiber as a target. The beam is scanned with the wire target at the maximum speed of 5 m/s. The secondary particles from the beam-wire scattering are detected using a scintillation counter as a function of the wire position. The measurement has revealed a characteristic temporal change of the beam profile during the injection period of 120 ms. A multiparticle tracking simulation program, SCTR, taking account of space charge effects has successfully reproduced the beam profiles.

TUPC099

New Measurements of Proton Beam Extinction at J-PARC

injection, secondary-beams, linac, vacuum

1242

K. Yoshimura, Y. Hori, Y. Igarashi, S. Mihara, H. Nishiguchi, Y. Sato, M. Shimamoto, Y. Takeda, M. Uota
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
M. Aoki, S. Hikida, H. Nakai
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Y. Hashimoto
J-PARC, KEK & JAEA, Ibaraki-ken, Japan

Proton beam extinction, defined as a residual to primary ratio of beam intensity, is one of the most important parameters to realize the future muon electron conversion experiment (COMET) proposed at J-PARC. To achieve the required extinction level of 10^-9, we started measuring extinction at main ring (MR) as its first step. According to the various measurements done at the different positions, empty RF buckets of RCS, which were considered to be swept away by the RF chopper, contained about 10^-7 ~ 10^-5 of the main beam pulse due to chopper inefficiency. We have developed a new beam monitor with improved performance for further studies at the abort line. In addition, we have started new measurements at the Hadron experimental hall by using slow-extracted beam. In this paper, we present recent results and future prospect of beam extinction measurements.

TUPC129

A Beam Position System for Hadrontherapy Facilities

electron, photon, controls, vacuum

1323

A. Faus-Golfe, C. Belver-Aguilar, C. Blanch Gutierrez, J.J. García-Garrigós
IFIC, Valencia, Spain
E. Benveniste, M. Haguenauer, P. Poilleux
LLR, Palaiseau, France

Funding: MICINN-FPA:AIC10-D-000518
Essential parts of the needed instrumentation for the beam control in the Hadrontherapy accelerators are the Beam Position Monitors (BPM). The measurement of the beam position in Hadronterapy accelerators become more important at the secondary transport lines towards the patient room where this parameter must be completely determined. The BPM described in this paper is a new type of BPM based on four scintillating fibers coupled to four photodiodes to detect the light produced by the fibers when intercepting the beam. We present here the study of the different photodiodes able to read the light emitted by the scintillating fiber, the tests performed in order to find the most suitable photodiode to measure the beam position from the variations in the beam current, the mechanical design and the corresponding acquisition electronics.

TUPC131

Overview of ESS Beam Loss Monitoring System

ion, beam-losses, neutron, SRF

1329

L. Tchelidze, A. Jansson
ESS, Lund, Sweden

European Spallation Source (ESS) is a multi-MW proton linear accelerator that will be built in Lund, Sweden. Due to the high power of the machine, losses need to be minimized to avoid damaging the accelerator components and quenching superconducting magnets. Loss monitors have to be positioned all across the accelerator, so that they form a reliable protection system. A careful analysis of the loss nature for ESS is in progress to determine the locations for the loss detectors. This paper presents preliminary results of the simulations for the detector response functions, which are calculated for several different energies and incident angles of protons, at certain parts of the accelerator. A simple, baseline geometry configuration is used in the calculations. This paper also gives an overview of the considered ESS beam loss monitoring system. It describes the types of the detectors which are planned to be used at ESS, and discusses the number of detectors needed along different parts of the machine. As planned, a primary tool for measuring losses at ESS will be ionization chambers, the conceptual design of which is given in this paper based on the response time considerations.

TUPC135

Beam Loss Monitors Comparison at the CERN Proton Synchrotron

beam-losses, injection, radiation, electron

1341

S.S. Gilardoni, S. Aumon, E. Effinger, J. Gil Flores
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
U. Wienands
SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA

CERN is planning the renovation and upgrade of the beam loss detection system for the Proton Synchrotron (PS). Improved performance in speed–to be able to monitor beam loss on a bunch-by-bunch basis–and in long-term stability–to reduce or avoid the need for periodic calibration–are aimed for. To select the most suitable technology, different detectors were benchmarked in the machine with respect to the same beam loss. The characteristics of the different detectors, the results of the measurement campaign and their suitability as future monitors for the PS are presented.

TUPC136

Analysis of Fast Losses in the LHC with the BLM System

beam-losses, injection, quadrupole, superconducting-magnet

1344

E. Nebot Del Busto, T. Baer, B. Dehning, E. Effinger, J. Emery, E.B. Holzer, A. Marsili, A. Nordt, M. Sapinski, R. Schmidt, B. Velghe, J. Wenninger, C. Zamantzas, F. Zimmermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
N. Fuster
Valencia University, Atomic Molecular and Nuclear Physics Department, Valencia, Spain
Z. Yang
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

About 3600 Ionization Chambers are located around the LHC ring to detect beam losses that could damage the equipment or quench superconducting magnets. The BLMs integrate the losses in 12 different time intervals (from 40 us to 83.8 s) allowing for different abort thresholds depending on the duration of the loss and the beam energy. The signals are also recorded in a database at 1 Hz for offline analysis. During the 2010 run, a limiting factor in the machine availability were sudden losses appearing around the ring on the ms time scale and detected exclusively by the BLM system. It is believed that such losses originate from dust particles falling into the beam, or being attracted by its strong electromagnetic field. This document describes some of the properties of these "Unidentified Falling Objects" (UFOs) putting special emphasis on their dependence on beam parameters (energy, intensity, etc). The subsequent modification of the BLM beam abort thresholds for the 2011 run that were made to avoid unnecessary beam dumps caused by these UFO losses are also discussed.

TUPC141

LHC Beam Loss Pattern Recognition

beam-losses, monitoring, resonance, collider

1353

A. Marsili, E.B. Holzer, P.M. Puzo
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

One of the systems protecting CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the Beam Loss Monitoring system (BLM). More than 3600 monitors are installed around the ring. The beam losses are permanently integrated over 12 different time intervals (from 40 microseconds to 84 seconds). When any loss exceeds the thresholds defined for the integration window, the beam is removed from the machine. Understanding the origin of a beam loss is crucial for machine operation, as it can help to avoid a repeat of the same scenario. The signals read from given monitors can be considered as entries of a vector. This article presents how a loss map of unknown cause can be decomposed using vector based analysis derived from well-known loss scenarios. The algorithms achieving this decomposition are described, as well as the accuracy of the results.

TUPC162

Thin Foil-based Secondary Emission Monitor for Low Intensity, Low Energy Beam Profile Measurements

antiproton, electron, ion, target

1413

J. Harasimowicz, J.-L. Fernández-Hernando, C.P. Welsch
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
L. Cosentino, P. Finocchiaro, A. Pappalardo
INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy
J. Harasimowicz
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Funding: Work supported by STFC, the EU under GA-ITN-215080, the Helmholtz Association and GSI under VH-NG-328.
A secondary emission monitor (SEM) was developed for beam profile measurements at the Ultra-low energy Storage Ring (USR) that will be installed at the future Facility for Low-energy Antiproton and Ion Research (FLAIR) in Darmstadt, Germany. The detector consists of an Aluminium foil on negative potential, a grounded mesh placed in front of the foil, a chevron type microchannel plate (MCP), a phosphor screen and a camera connected to a PC. Simulations of the optimized design together with experimental results with keV protons are presented in this contribution. In addition, the usability of the detector for low energy antiproton beam profile measurements is discussed.

TUPS019

Synchrotron Radiation in the LHC Vacuum System

photon, vacuum, dipole, radiation

1563

V. Baglin, G. Bregliozzi, J.M. Jimenez, G. Lanza
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

CERN is currently operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with 3.5 TeV per beam. At this energy level, when the protons trajectory is bent, the protons emit synchrotron radiation (SR) with a critical energy of 5.5 eV. Under operation, SR induced molecular desorption is routinely observed in the LHC arcs, long straight sections and experiments. This contribution recalls the SR parameters over the LHC ring for the present and nominal beam parameters. Vacuum observations during energy ramp, after accumulation of dose and along the LHC ring are discussed. Expected pressure profiles and long term behaviours of vacuum levels will be also addressed.

TUPS020

Leak Tightness of LHC Cold Vacuum Systems

vacuum, cryogenics, superconducting-magnet, controls

1566

P. Cruikshank, S.D. Claudet, W. Maan, L. Mourier, A. Perrier-Cornet, N. Provot
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The cold vacuum systems of the LHC machine have been in operation since 2008. While a number of acceptable helium leaks were known to exist prior to cooldown and have not significantly evolved over the last years, several new leaks have occurred which required immediate repair activities or mitigating solutions to permit operation of the LHC. The LHC vacuum system is described together with a summary and timetable of known air and helium leaks and their impact on the functioning of the cryogenic and vacuum systems. Where leaks have been investigated and repaired, the cause and failure mechanism is described. We elaborate the mitigating solutions that have been implemented to avoid degradation of known leaks and minimize their impact on cryogenic operation and LHC availability, and finally a recall of the consolidation program to be implemented in the next LHC shutdown.

TUPS034

Development and Construction of the Beam Dump for J-PARC Hadron Hall

hadron, gun, status, radiation

1608

A. Agari, E. Hirose, M. Ieiri, Y. Katoh, M. Minakawa, R. Muto, M. Naruki, Y. Sato, S. Sawada, Y. Shirakabe, Y. Suzuki, H. Takahashi, M. Takasaki, K.H. Tanaka, A. Toyoda, H. Watanabe, Y. Yamanoi
KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
H. Noumi
RCNP, Osaka, Japan

Funding: This work is supported by Grant-in-Aid (No.22740184) for Young Scientists (B) of the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [MEXT].
A facility of Hadron hall at Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) had been constructed in June 2007. Hadron hall is designed to handle intense slow-extraction proton beam from the main accelerator of J-PARC, i.e. 50-GeV-PS. The first transportation of the proton beam to the hall was successfully made in Jan. 2009. A beam dump constructed at the end of the primary proton beam line in Hadron hall is designed to safely absorb 15 μA (=750-kW) proton beam. Its central core of the dump is made of copper with water cooling and is surrounded by iron and concrete for radiation protection. We made thermal and mechanical FEM analysis for investigating heat generation and mechanical stress from energy deposition. We also made cooling experiments for measuring heat transfer coefficient of candidates for new cooling device. As a result, the adopted device has direct cooling paths which are prepared as long holes made by Gun Drill from the outer surface of the copper core. In addition, the beam dump is designed to safely move to 50-m downstream as one body for future expansion of Hadron hall. This paper reports development and construction of the beam dump in Hadron hall.

TUPS037

Preliminary Assessment of Beam Impact Consequences on LHC Collimators

simulation, collimation, controls, beam-losses

1617

M. Cauchi, R.W. Assmann, A. Bertarelli, R. Bruce, F. Carra, A. Dallocchio, D. Deboy, N. Mariani, A. Rossi, N.J. Sammut
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
M. Cauchi, P. Mollicone
UoM, Msida, Malta
L. Lari
IFIC, Valencia, Spain

The correct functioning of the LHC collimation system is crucial to attain the desired LHC luminosity performance. However, the requirements to handle high intensity beams can be demanding. In this respect, the robustness of the collimators plays an important role. An accident which causes the proton beam to hit a collimator might result in severe beam-induced damage and, in some cases, replacement of the collimator, with consequent downtime for the machine. In this paper, several case studies representing different realistic beam impact scenarios are shown. A preliminary analysis of the thermal response of tertiary collimators to beam impact is presented, from which the most critical cases can be identified. Such work will also help to give an initial insight on the operational constraints of the LHC by taking into account all relevant collimator damage limits.

TUPS038

Design of a Beam Dump for 3 to 100 MeV for the New H⁻ Beam in the CERN Linac4

linac, vacuum, radiation, ion

1620

C. Maglioni
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

In this paper the design of a beam dump for the energy range from 3 to 100 MeV is reported. The dump is developed as temporary dump for the commissioning phase of the Linac4 Project, under construction at CERN, and will be installed in different periods to withstand a beam of different intensities and energies, following the chronological assembly of the linac. The dump design and its functionalities, as well as material choice, criticalities and cooling system are described. Finally, the results from the numerical and analytical thermo-mechanical analyses are reported, while the use of the dump also at 160 MeV is investigated.

TUPS048

Equipment and Techniques for the Replacement of the ISIS Proton Beam to Target Window

target, shielding, radiation, neutron

1638

S.D. Gallimore, S.J.S. Jago
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

The ISIS Spallation Neutron Source has been in operation at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory for over 25 years. Much of the original equipment installed during the construction of the facility is still in operation. The window separating the proton beam transfer line from the neutron target is a key component in the accelerator complex. During the operational life of the Beam Entry Window it has absorbed a considerable amount of energy deposited from the proton beam as it passes from the accelerator vacuum to the target area. Due to the difficulties in accessing and handling the window assembly, a decision was made to replace this component in a planned maintenance period. This paper describes the specialist remote handling equipment and techniques that were developed during the 3 year build up to the removal and replacement of the of the highly active Beam Entry Window.

TUPS050

Target Optimisation Studies for MuSR Applications

target, simulation, beam-losses, neutron

1641

A. Bungau, C. Bungau, R. Cywinski
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
P.J.C. King, J.S. Lord
STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

Considering the ISIS muon target as a reference, Geant4 simulations have been performed to optimise the target parameters with respect to muon and pion yield. Previous studies suggested that the muon production can be optimised by using a thin graphite slab target with an incident proton energy significantly lower than initially considered. The current paper discusses a possible target design fully optimised for MuSR studies.

TUPS054

Beam-power Deposition in a 4-MW Target Station for a Muon Collider or a Neutrino Factory

target, solenoid, factory, simulation

1653

H.G. Kirk
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
J.J. Back
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
X.P. Ding
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
V.B. Graves
ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
K.T. McDonald
PU, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
N. Souchlas, R.J. Weggel
Particle Beam Lasers, Inc., Northridge, California, USA

Funding: This work is supported in part by the US DOE Contract NO. DE-AC02-98CH10886.
We present the results of power deposition in various components of the baseline target station of a Muon Collider or a Neutrino Factory driven by a 4-MW proton beam.

TUPS058

HiRadMat: A New Irradiation Facility for Material Testing at CERN

target, ion, vacuum, radiation

1665

I. Efthymiopoulos, S. Evrard, H. Gaillard, D. Grenier, C. Heßler, M. Meddahi, A. Pardons, C. Theis, P. Trilhe, H. Vincke
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
N. Charitonidis
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

HiRadMat (High Irradiation to Materials) is a new facility under construction at CERN designed to provide high-intensity pulsed beams to an irradiation area where material samples as well as accelerator component assemblies can be tested. The facility uses a 440 GeV proton beam extracted from the CERN SPS with a pulse length of 7.2 μs, to a maximum pulse energy of 3.4 MJ. In addition to protons, ion beams with an energy of 173.5 GeV/nucleon and a total pulse energy of 21 kJ can be used. The facility is expected to become operational in autumn 2011. The first tests will include candidate materials and prototype assemblies of LHC collimators foreseen to operate at the ultimate LHC beam powers. Experiments on beam windows and high-power target material options, such as tungsten powder, are also planned. The paper will describe the layout and design parameters for the facility and the way experiments can be operated. Ideas on online and post-irradiation tests and instrumentation will be outlined.

TUPS070

An Experiment at HiRadMat: Irradiation of High-Z Materials

target, simulation, collider, ion

1698

J. Blanco, C. Maglioni, R. Schmidt
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
N.A. Tahir
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

Calculations of the impact of dense high intensity proton beams at SPS and LHC into material have been presented in several papers*,**,***. This paper presents the plans for an experiment to validate the theoretical results with experimental data. The experiment will be performed at the High Radiation to Materials (HiRadMat) facility at the CERN-SPS. The HiRadMat facility is dedicated to shock beam impact experiments. It allows testing of accelerator components with respect to the impact of high-intensity pulsed beams. It will provide a 440 GeV proton beam with a focal size down to 0.1 mm, thus providing very dense beam (energy/cross section). The transversal profile of the beam is considered to be Gaussian with a tunable σ from 0.1 mm to 2 mm. This facility will allow to study “high energy density” physics as the energy density will be high enough to create strong coupled plasma in the core of high-Z materials (copper, tungsten) and to produce strong enough shock waves to create a density depletion channel along the beam axis (tunneling effect). The paper introduces the layout of the experiment and the monitoring system to detect tunneling of protons through the target.
* N.A.Tahir et al. HB2010 Proc., Morschach, Switzerland.
** N.A.Tahir et al. NIMA 606(1-2) 2009 186.
*** N.A.Tahir et al. 11th EPAC, Genoa, Italy, 2008, WEPP073.

TUPS077

Shaping of Ion Pulses from an Electron Beam Ion Source for Particle Injection into Accelerators

ion, electron, ion-source, injection

1716

F. Ullmann, A. Schwan
DREEBIT GmbH, Dresden, Germany
U. Hagen, O. Heid, H. von Jagwitz
Siemens AG, Healthcare Technology and Concepts, Erlangen, Germany
G. Zschornack
Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Angewandte Physik, Dresden, Germany

Electron Beam Ion Sources (EBISs) provide highly charged ions for many applications, amongst others for particle injection into accelerators. Although EBISs are limited in ion output they feature a lot of advantages which qualify them for accelerator injection. The ion pulses extracted from the ion sources can be directly injected into an accelerator sequence which however requires ion pulses with distinct shape and length. We present the production of ion pulses matching the requirements of particle injection. The ions are produced by trapping in a high density electron beam for a certain time with electrostatic potentials providing for their axial trapping. The ions are extracted by lowering the trapping potential, i.e. opening the trap. Due to the ion energy distribution within the trapping region ion extraction can be controlled by controlling the trapping potential. A specific time dependent control mode of the trapping potential thus allows to produce ion pulses with designated shape and length. Source parameters such as working gas pressure, electron beam current and energy are influencing the energy distribution of the ions which in turn is influencing pulse shaping.

TUPS080

Low Energy Bunching with a Double Gap RF Buncher

bunching, ion, ion-source, injection

1725

H. von Jagwitz, U. Hagen, O. Heid, S. Setzer
Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany

A compact double gap bunching system for low energy proton beams is presented. The system is designed for the bunching of a low current proton beam (less than 50μA) with an energy of 10 keV. The buncher operates at 150 MHz and bunches without significantly changing the beam energy. The beam is generated by an Electron Beam Ion Source and has to be bunched for the subsequent acceleration in a 150 MHz linear accelerator. The buncher contains two short gaps and an RF electrode inbetween. Thus the full length of the buncher in the beamline is in the range of 2 cm. The location of the bunch focus depends on the buncher power. The bunched beam was analysed at a distance of 550 mm with a fast faraday cup. The bunching effectivity was determined as 50%, which means that 50% of the protons of the beam were located in bunches with a width of 60°, which is a reasonable value of acceptance for a conventional accelerator cavity. Some theory and detailed results will be presented.

TUPS086

Ultra-high Resolution Observation Device for Carbon Stripper Foil

radiation, monitoring, vacuum, scattering

1740

Y. Takeda, Y. Irie, I. Sugai
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan

To observe a growth process of a pinhole on a HBC-foil due to beam irradiation, an up to 10 um of device for ultra-high resolution observation is needed. For the environment where we use the device for observation is so severe as under high radiation and in vacuum, there is no device available for long-time observation. Then, we designed and created a wholly new method based system which enables constant observation by ultra-high resolution even under high radiation environment. We attempted several experiments, compared materials usable under radiation environment, checked up various optical systems which enables high resolution, and finally developed the best method. As a result, we successfully invented an ultra-high resolution observation device available for monitoring an object about 8 meters distant by 8.3um resolution.

TUPS104

A Two Stage Fast Beam Chopper for Next Generation High Power Proton Drivers

rfq, ion, neutron, ion-source

1786

M.A. Clarke-Gayther
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

The Front End Test Stand (FETS) project at RAL will test a two stage fast beam chopper, designed to address the requirements of high power proton drivers for next generation spallation sources, neutrino factories, and radioactive waste transmutation plants. A description is given of the status of development of the proposed two stage beam chopper. The results of a recent study on the dimensional optimisation of the proposed slow-wave structures, together with details of an updated beam line configuration for the chopper components, will be presented.

TUPS105

Beam Brightness Booster with Self-Stabilization of Electron-Proton Instability

ion, electron, brightness, space-charge

1789

V.G. Dudnikov, C.M. Ankenbrandt
Muons, Inc, Batavia, USA

The brightness and intensity of a circulating proton beam now can be increased up to the space charge tune shift limit by means of charge exchange injection or by electron cooling but cannot be increased above this limit. Significantly higher brightness can be produced by means of charge exchange injection with space charge compensation*. The brightness of the space charge compensated beam is limited at low level by an electron-proton (e-p) instability. Fortunately, the e-p instability can be self-stabilized at a high beam density. The “cesiation effect” significantly increases negative ion emission from gas discharges, and surface-plasma sources for intense high brightness negative ion beam production have been developed. These developments make it possible to produce stable “superintense” circulating beams with intensity and brightness far above the space charge limit. A beam brightness booster (BBB) for significant increases of accumulated beam brightness is discussed. Superintense beam production can be simplified by developing a nonlinear nearly-integrable focusing system with broad betatron tune spread and a broadband feedback system for e-p instability suppression.
* M. Reiser, “Theory and Design of Charged Particle Beam”, second edition, p. 565-570, Wiley-VCH, (2006).

TUPZ001

90 m Optics Commissioning

optics, coupling, injection, scattering

1795

S. Cavalier
LAL, Orsay, France
H. Burkhardt, M. Fitterer, G.J. Müller, S. Redaelli, R. Tomás, G. Vanbavinckhove, J. Wenninger
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Special β* = 90 m optics have been developed for the two very high luminosity insertions of the LHC, as a first step towards to allow for very low angle precision measurements of the proton-proton collisions in the LHC. These optics were developed to be compatible with the standard LHC injection and ramp optics. The target value of β* = 90 m is reached by an un-squeeze from the injection β* = 11 m. We describe the implementation of this optics in the LHC and the first experience in the commissioning of these optics.

TUPZ004

The NICA Facility in Polarized Proton Operation Mode

collider, ion, injection, booster

1804

A.D. Kovalenko, N.N. Agapov, Y. Filatov, V.D. Kekelidze, R.I. Lednicky, I.N. Meshkov, V.A. Mikhaylov, A.O. Sidorin, A. Sorin, G.V. Trubnikov
JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia

Basic goal of the planned NICA facility at JINR is focused on the studying of heavy ion collisions over the energy range √s ~ 411 GeV/u. Capabilities of the proposed scheme were carefully analyzed in this case and reaching of the desired average luminosity, L = 1·10²⁷ cm^-2 s⁻¹ for gold-gold collisions at √s = 9 GeV/u, have been confirmed. The other important NICA research domain is the experiments with polarized proton beams at the highest possible energy, the highest luminosity and polarization degree as well. The main aim is to provide √s ~ 25 GeV and L ~ 1·10³¹ cm^-2 s⁻¹. The unsolved aspects of the problem are discussed, possible solutions are analyzed and necessary modifications of the NICA scheme are considered as well.

TUPZ007

First Ion Collimation Commissioning Results at the LHC

ion, collimation, betatron, simulation

1813

G. Bellodi, R.W. Assmann, R. Bruce, M. Cauchi, J.M. Jowett, G. Valentino, D. Wollmann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

First commissioning of the LHC Pb ion beams to 1.38 A TeV energy was successfully achieved in November 2010. Ion collimation has been predicted to be less efficient than for protons at the LHC, because of the complexity of the physical processes involved: nuclear fragmentation and electromagnetic dissociation in the primary collimators creating fragments with a wide range of Z/A ratios, that are not intercepted by the secondary collimators but lost in the dispersion suppressor sections of the ring. In this article we present first comparisons of measured loss maps with theoretical predictions from simulation runs with the ICOSIM code. An extrapolation to define the ultimate intensity limit for Pb beams is attempted. The scope of possible improvements in collimation efficiency coming from the installation of new collimators in the cold dispersion suppressors and combined betatron and momentum cleaning is also explored.

TUPZ012

Machine-induced Showers entering the ATLAS and CMS Detectors in the LHC

simulation, background, collimation, beam-losses

1825

R. Bruce, R.W. Assmann, V. Boccone, H. Burkhardt, F. Cerutti, A. Ferrari, M. Huhtinen, W. Kozanecki, Y.I. Levinsen, A. Mereghetti, A. Rossi, Th. Weiler
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
N.V. Mokhov
Fermilab, Batavia, USA

One source of experimental background in the LHC is showers induced by particles hitting the upstream collimators or particles that have been scattered on the residual gas. We estimate the flux and distribution of particles entering the ATLAS and CMS detectors through FLUKA simulations originating from tertiary collimator hits and inelastic beam-gas interactions. Comparisons to MARS results are also presented.

TUPZ014

Luminosity Optimization for a Higher-Energy LHC

emittance, luminosity, damping, radiation

1831

C.O. Domínguez, F. Zimmermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

A Higher-Energy Large Hadron Collider (HE-LHC) is an option to further push the energy frontier of particle physics beyond the present LHC. A beam energy of 16.5 TeV would require 20-T dipole magnets in the existing LHC tunnel, which should be compared with 7 TeV and 8.33 T for the nominal LHC. Since the synchrotron radiation power increases with the fourth power of the energy, radiation damping becomes significant for the HE-LHC. It calls for transverse and longitudinal emittance control vis-à-vis beam-beam interaction and Landau damping. The heat load from synchrotron radiation, gas scattering, and electron cloud also increases with respect to the LHC. In this paper we discuss the proposed HE-LHC beam parameters; the time evolution of luminosity, beam-beam tune shifts, and emittances during an HE-LHC store; the expected heat load; and luminosity optimization schemes for both round and flat beams.

TUPZ016

First Run of the LHC as a Heavy-ion Collider

ion, luminosity, heavy-ion, injection

1837

J.M. Jowett, G. Arduini, R.W. Assmann, P. Baudrenghien, C. Carli, M. Lamont, M. Solfaroli Camillocci, J.A. Uythoven, W. Venturini Delsolaro, J. Wenninger
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

A year of LHC operation typically consists of an extended run with colliding protons, ending with a month in which the LHC has to switch to its second role as a heavy ion collider and provide a useful integrated luminosity to three experiments. The first such run in November 2010 demonstrated that this is feasible. Commissioning was extremely rapid, with collisions of Pb nuclei achieved within 55 h of first injection. Stable beams for physics data-taking were declared a little over one day later and the final integrated luminosity substantially exceeded expectations.

TUPZ031

Near Beam-gas Backgrounds for LHCb at 3.5 TeV

simulation, background, hadron, vacuum

1876

D.R. Brett, R. Appleby
UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
F. Alessio, G. Corti, R. Jacobsson
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
M.H. Lieng
UNIDO, Dortmund, Germany
V. Talanov
IHEP Protvino, Protvino, Moscow Region, Russia

Funding: STFC
We consider the machine induced backgrounds for LHCb arising from collisions of the beam with residual gas in the long straight sections of the LHC close to the experiment. We concentrate on the background particle fluxes initiated by inelastic beam-gas interactions with a direct line of sight to the experiment, with the potential impact on the experiment increasing for larger beam currents and changing gas pressures. In this paper we calculate the background rates for parameters foreseen with LHC running in 2011, using realistic residual pressure profiles. We also discuss the effect of using a pressure profile formulated in terms of equivalent hydrogen, through weighting of other residual gases by their cross section, upon the radial fluxes from the machine and the detector response. We present the expected rates and the error introduced through this approximation.

TUPZ034

Impact of Arc Phase Advance on Chromatic Optics in RHIC

optics, quadrupole, injection, ion

1885

R. Calaga, R. Miyamoto, G. Robert-Demolaize, S.M. White
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
R. De Maria, R. Tomás
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
G. Vanbavinckhove
NIKHEF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Funding: This work is partially supported by the US Department of Energy through the LHC Accelerator Research program (LARP).
The phase advance between the two interaction points in RHIC is optimized for dynamic aperture for a initial design beta-star. This may not hold true as RHIC presently operates with a considerably reduced beta-star. Additionally the reduction of the available beam aperture due to an enlarged chromatic beta-beating is evident. Results from phase advance scans between the two IPs to reduce the chromatic beta-beating in model and measurements are presented. Impact on the single beam lifetime and momentum aperture is compared to the nominal optics.

WEOBA01

ARIEL: TRIUMF’s Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory

target, TRIUMF, electron, ISAC

1917

L. Merminga, F. Ames, R.A. Baartman, C.D. Beard, P.G. Bricault, I.V. Bylinskii, Y.-C. Chao, R.J. Dawson, D. Kaltchev, S.R. Koscielniak, R.E. Laxdal, F. Mammarella, M. Marchetto, G. Minor, A.K. Mitra, Y.-N. Rao, M. Trinczek, A. Trudel, V.A. Verzilov, V. Zvyagintsev
TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Vancouver, Canada

TRIUMF has recently embarked on the construction of ARIEL, the Advanced Rare Isotope Laboratory, with the goal to significantly expand the Rare Isotope Beam (RIB) program for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, Nuclear Medicine and Materials Science. ARIEL will use proton-induced spallation and electron-driven photo-fission of ISOL targets for the production of short-lived rare isotopes that are delivered to experiments at the existing ISAC facility. Combined with ISAC, ARIEL will support delivery of three simultaneous RIBs, up to two accelerated, new beam species and increased beam development capabilities. The ARIEL complex comprises a new SRF 50 MeV 10 mA CW electron linac photo-fission driver and beamline to the targets; one new proton beamline from the 500 MeV cyclotron to the targets; two new high power target stations; mass separators and ion transport to the ISAC-I and ISAC-II accelerator complexes; a new building to house the target stations, remote handling, chemistry labs, front-end and a tunnel for the proton and electron beamlines. This report will include overview of ARIEL, its technical challenges and solutions identified, and status of design activities.

Slides WEOBA01 [3.676 MB]

WEOBA03

Non-scaling Fixed Field Alternating Gradient Permanent Magnet Cancer Therapy Accelerator

acceleration, cavity, lattice, permanent-magnet

1923

D. Trbojevic
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
V.S. Morozov
JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA

Funding: Work performed under U.S. DOE Contract Number DE-AC02-98CH10886.
We present a design of the proton therapy accelerator from 31 MeV to 250 MeV by using racetrack lattice made of Non-Scaling Fixed Field Alternating Gradient (NS-FFAG) arcs and two parallel straight sections. The magnets in the arcs are separated function Halbach type magnets. The dipole bending field is 2.3 T, while the Neodymium Iron Boron magnetic residual induction is Br=1.3 T. The radial orbit offsets in the NS-FFAG arcs, for the kinetic energy range between 31 MeV < Ek < 250 MeV or momentum offset range -50% < δp/p < 50%, are -11.6 mm < x max < 16.8 mm, correspondingly. The straight sections used for the cavities and single turn injection/extraction kickers and septa are with zero orbit offsets. The permanent magnets accelerator should reduce overall and operating cost. It could fit into 8 x 12 m space.

Slides WEOBA03 [2.789 MB]

WEODA02

Collimation Studies with Hollow Electron Beams

electron, collimation, antiproton, gun

1939

G. Stancari, G. Annala, T.R. Johnson, G.W. Saewert, V.D. Shiltsev, D.A. Still, A. Valishev
Fermilab, Batavia, USA

Funding: Fermi Research Alliance, LLC operates Fermilab under Contract DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the US Department of Energy. This work was partially supported by the US LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP).
Recent experimental studies at the Tevatron collider have shown that magnetically confined hollow electron beams can act as a new kind of collimator for high-intensity beams in storage rings. In a hollow electron beam collimator, electrons enclose the circulating beam. Their electric charge kicks halo particles transversely. If their distribution is axially symmetric, the beam core is unaffected. This device is complementary to conventional two-stage collimation systems: the electron beam can be placed arbitrarily close to the circulating beam; and particle removal is smooth, so that the device is a diffusion enhancer rather than a hard aperture limitation. The concept was tested in the Tevatron collider using a hollow electron gun installed in one of the existing electron lenses. We describe some of the technical aspects of hollow-beam scraping and the results of recent measurements.

Slides WEODA02 [9.049 MB]

WEPC012

Steering-corrected 88 MHz QWRs for SARAF Phase II

cavity, linac, simulation, lattice

2028

J. Rodnizki, J. Ashkenazy, D. Berkovits, Z. Horvitz
Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel
A. Kolomiets, B. Mustapha, P.N. Ostroumov
ANL, Argonne, USA

Funding: This work is partially supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
SARAF phase II linac is designed for 5 mA 40 MeV proton and deuteron beams. One option is to base the design on Quarter Wave Resonators (QWR). It is suggested to compensate the QWR non-symmetric magnetic field component by introducing a drift tube face tilt angle*. Here we explore the applicability of this steering correction scheme to the acceleration of a CW high current low β light ion beam in an end-to-end 88 MHz QWR lattice. This can serve as a case study for multi-megawatt machines that are currently being designed by ANL. An analytical approximation is used to evaluate the on-axis beam steering behavior. Two 88 MHz QWR cavities, β=0.08 and 0.15, were designed, field and beam dynamics were simulated and optimized. Using the tube face tilt angle concept the beam steering along a QWR can be reduced to the order of 0.1 mrad. Beam dynamics lattice examination including error analysis demonstrated an efficient high performance 40 MeV linac based on 3 superconducting modules with 19 QWRs (Ep < 35 MV/m and Bp < 70 mT). The fields obtained at recent ANL tests for a 73 MHz QWR (70 MV/m and 10⁵ mT) imply that Ep is not a real limiting factor.
* P.N. Ostroumov and K. W. Shepard, PRST-AB 4, 110101 (2001).

WEPC021

Optical Design of the Proton Beam Lines for the Neutron Research Complex INR RAS and Medical Application

neutron, target, linac, beam-losses

2049

M.I. Grachev, E.V. Ponomareva
RAS/INR, Moscow, Russia

The optical design for the layout of the beam lines for the neutron research complex INR RAS and medical application on the basis of the Linear accelerator are presented here. The proposed schemes have been realized at the INR RAS. The necessary size and shape of the proton beam at the location of the neutron target are obtained. Methods and results for the tuning of the high current beams are presented in this paper.

WEPC031

Optics Corrections at RHIC

optics, dipole, betatron, quadrupole

2070

G. Vanbavinckhove
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
M. Bai, G. Robert-Demolaize
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

Excessive beta-beat, deviation of measured beta function from the calculated beta functions based on an model, in high energy colliders can lead to large deviation of beta function at collision point as well as other adverse effects. The segment-by-segment technique was successfully demonstrated in the LHC operation for reducing the beta-beat. It was then applied to RHIC polarized proton operation in 2011. This paper reports the experimental results of optics correction at RHIC. Future plan is also presented.

WEPC043

Beam Transport in a Dielectric Wall Accelerator for Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy

focusing, beam-transport, emittance, accelerating-gradient

2106

Y.-J. Chen, D.T. Blackfield, S.D. Nelson, B. R. Poole
LLNL, Livermore, California, USA

Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U. S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA2A27344.
We are developing a compact dielectric wall accelerator (DWA) for intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) with a goal of fitting the compact proton DWA in a single room*. To make the accelerator compact, the DWA needs to have a very high accelerating gradient. Also, beam transport in the DWA should be done with as few external lenses as possible. We have developed a transport scheme to transport the proton bunch in the DWA and to focus the charge bunch on the patient without using any external focusing lenses. The transport scheme would allow us change the proton beam spot size on the patient easily and rapidly. Results of simulations using 3-D, EM PIC code, LSP** will be presented.
* G. J. Caporaso, Y-J Chen and S. E. Sampayan, Rev. of Accelerator Science and Technology, vol. 2, p. 253 (2009).
** Alliant Techsystems Inc., http://www.lspsuite.com/.

WEPC066

High Order Non-linear Motion in Electrostatic Rings

lattice, focusing, storage-ring, simulation

2172

D. Zyuzin, R. Maier, Y. Senichev
FZJ, Jülich, Germany

The advantages of an electrostatic storage ring as compared to a magnetic ring are obvious from the point of view to search for the proton electric dipole moment (pEDM). However the magnetic and electrostatic fields have the different nature and, consequently, different features. In particular, particles moving in electrostatic field, can change their own kinetic energy as electrical field coincides with the direction of motion, which is not so for the magnetic field, where the force is always perpendicular to the direction of motion. The electrostatic rings found many applications in the atomic physics and partly the beam dynamics has been already investigated. However in EDM ring some additional specific features are added, which are considered in this paper.

WEPC075

ITEP-TWAC Progress Report

ion, laser, injection, target

2193

N.N. Alexeev, P.N. Alekseev, V. Andreev, A. Balabaev, V.I. Nikolaev, A.S. Ryabtsev, Yu.A. Satov, V.A. Schegolev, B.Y. Sharkov, A. Shumshurov, V.P. Zavodov
ITEP, Moscow, Russia

The program of the ITEP-TWAC Facility upgrade for next three years has been approved last year in the frame of National Research Center Kurchatov Institute taking up ITEP in accordance with government decision. It includes expanding of multimode using proton and heavy ion beams in different applications on a base of new accelerator technologies development. The laser ion source advantage of high temperature plasma generation has to be transformed to high current and high charge state ion beam of Z/A up to 0.4 for elements with A ~ 60 to be effectively stacked in the accumulator ring with multiple charge exchange injection technique. The new high current heavy ion RFQ section is in progress for the beam test. Accelerating system of accumulator ring U-10 is modified to increase compression voltage for stacked beam by factor of four. Design of proton injection and beam slow extraction for UK ring is performed for its utilizing as self-depending synchrotron in medical application and for imitation of cosmic radiation. The machine status analysis and current results of activities aiming at both subsequent improvement of beam parameters and expanding beam applications are presented.

WEPC146

Design and Implementation of Distributed Control System for PEFP 100-MeV Proton Accelerator*

controls, EPICS, monitoring, vacuum

2334

Y.-G. Song, Y.-S. Cho, J.-H. Jang, H.-J. Kwon
KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea

Funding: This work is supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Korean Government.
The Proton Engineering Frontier Project (PEFP) has been developing the control system for 100-MeV proton accelerator. The PEFP control system should be designed to fit control conditions based on networked and distributed real-time system composed of several sub-systems such as machine control, diagnostic control, timing, and interlock. In order to implement the distributed control system, the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) has been chosen as the middleware of PEFP control system. The EPICS software provides a distributed architecture that supports a wide range of solution such as independent programming tool, operator interface tool, database and web-based archiving tools. In this paper, we will present the details of the design and implementation issues of the PEFP control system.

WEPC162

Investigations into Non-linear Beam Dynamics in Electrostatic Storage Rings

lattice, quadrupole, focusing, dynamic-aperture

2361

D. Newton, C.P. Welsch
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
O.E. Gorda
MPI-K, Heidelberg, Germany
D. Newton
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
A.I. Papash
JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia

Funding: Work supported by STFC, the Helmholtz Association and GSI under contract VH-NG-328.
Electrostatic (ES) storage rings provide a cost-effective solution to the problem of confining low energy (beta << 1) charged particles and ions, whilst controlling the beam properties, for use in multi-pass experiments. However, compared to magnetic storage rings, the beam dynamics calculations for an ES ring show subtle differences, especially in the coupling of the longitudinal and transverse velocities and in the focusing properties of bending element fringe fields. Using the nominal design for a prototype ES ring, realistic trajectories (including fringe fields and non-linear field components) have been calculated and a comparison is made with linear lattice simulations. The effect of the non-linear field components on the beam parameters is discussed.

WEPC170

Handling of BLM Abort Thresholds in the LHC

beam-losses, monitoring, injection, quadrupole

2382

E. Nebot Del Busto, B. Dehning, E.B. Holzer, S. Jackson, G. Kruk, M. Nemcic, A. Nordt, A. Orecka, C. Roderick, M. Sapinski, A. Skaugen, C. Zamantzas
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The Beam Loss Monitoring system (BLM) for the LHC consists of about 3600 Ionization Chambers located around the ring. Its main purpose is to request a beam abort when the measured losses exceed a certain threshold. The BLM detectors integrate the measured signals in 12 different time intervals (running from 40 us to 83.8 s) enabling for a different set of abort thresholds depending on the duration of the beam loss. Furthermore, 32 energy levels running from 0 to 7 TeV account for the fact that the energy density of a particle shower increases with the energy of the primary particle, i.e. the beam energy. Thus, about 1.3·10⁶ thresholds must be handled and send to the appropriate processing modules for the system to function. These thresholds are highly critical for the safety of the machine and depend to a large part on human judgment, which cannot be replaced by automatic test procedures. The BLM team has defined well established procedures to compute, set and check new BLM thresholds, in order to avoid and/or find non-conformities due to manipulation. These procedures, as well as the tools developed to automate this process are described in detail in this document.

WEPC172

Beam-induced Quench Test of a LHC Main Quadrupole

simulation, beam-losses, quadrupole, monitoring

2388

A. Priebe, K. Dahlerup-Petersen, B. Dehning, E. Effinger, J. Emery, E.B. Holzer, C. Kurfuerst, E. Nebot Del Busto, A. Nordt, M. Sapinski, J. Steckert, A.P. Verweij, C. Zamantzas
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
A. Priebe
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Unexpected beam loss might lead to transition of a superconducting accelerator magnet to a normal conducting state. The LHC beam loss monitoring (BLM) system is designed to abort the beam before the energy deposited in the magnet coils reaches a quench-provoking level. In order to verify the threshold settings generated by simulation, a series of beam-induced quench tests at various beam energies have been performed. The beam losses are generated by means of an orbit bump peaked in one of the main quadrupole magnets. The analysis not only includes BLM data but also data from the electrical quench protection and cryogenic systems. The measurements are compared to Geant4 simulations of energy deposition inside the coils and corresponding BLM signal outside the cryostat. The results are also extrapolated to higher beam energies.

WEPC173

LHC Magnet Quench Test with Beam Loss Generated by Wire Scan

beam-losses, simulation, electron, quadrupole

2391

M. Sapinski, F. Cerutti, K. Dahlerup-Petersen, B. Dehning, J. Emery, A. Ferrari, A. Guerrero, E.B. Holzer, M. Koujili, A. Lechner, E. Nebot Del Busto, M. Scheubel, J. Steckert, A.P. Verweij, J. Wenninger
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Beam losses with millisecond duration have been observed in the LHC in 2010 and 2011. They are expected to be provoked by dust particles falling into the beam. These losses could compromise the LHC availability if they provoke quenches of superconducting magnets. In order to investigate the quench limits for this loss mechanism, a quench test using the wire scanner has been performed, with the wire movement through the beam mimicking a loss with similar spatial and temporal distribution as in the case of dust particles. This paper will show the conclusions reached for millisecond-duration dust-provoked quench limits. It will include details on the maximum energy deposited in the coil as estimated using FLUKA code, showing good agreement with quench limit estimated from the heat transfer code QP3. In addition, information on the damage limit for carbon wires in proton beams will be presented, following electron microscope analysis which revealed strong wire sublimation.

WEPC175

FLUKA Studies of the Asynchronous Beam Dump Effects on LHC Point 6

insertion, simulation, quadrupole, dipole

2397

R. Versaci, V. Boccone, B. Goddard, A. Mereghetti, R. Schmidt, V. Vlachoudis
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The LHC is a record-breaking machine for beam energy and intensity. An intense effort has therefore been deployed in simulating critical operational scenarios of energy deposition. FLUKA is the most widely used code for this kind of simulations at CERN because of the high reliability of its results and the ease to custom detailed simulations all along hundreds of meters of beam line. We have investigated the effects of an asynchronous beam dump on the LHC Point 6 where, beams with a stored energy of 360 MJ, can instantaneously release up to a few J cm^-3 in the cryogenic magnets which have a quench limit of the order of the mJ cm^-3. In the present paper we will briefly introduce FLUKA, describe the simulation approach, and discuss the evaluated maximum energy release onto the superconducting magnets during an asynchronous beam dump. We will then analyse the shielding provided by collimators installed in the area and discuss safety limits for the operation of the LHC.

WEPO011

Design study of Electromagnet for 13MeV PET Cyclotron

cyclotron, extraction, simulation, focusing

2415

B.N. Lee, J.-S. Chai, H.W. Kim, J.H. Oh, H.S. Song
SKKU, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Funding: National Research Foundation of Korea
Cyclotron electromagnet for RI production which is used for PET scanning has been designed. Designed pancake-shape electromagnet is an advanced type of KIRAMS-13's electromagnet which has the H-type electromagnet. The AVF structure with hill and valley was used for getting strong axial focusing and producing the energy of proton beam up to 13MeV with a thin stripper foil. To design and analyse the magnet, 3D CAD (CATIA V5)and TOSCA (OPERA-3D)were used, respectively. To reduce the calculation time, routine files were developed which can generate model, mesh and field map automatically in TOSCA modeller and post processor. The beam dynamics program OPTICY is used for calculation of the tunes.
KIRAMS-13* is the cyclotron had been manufactured by KIRAMS.
KIRAMS is short for Korea Institutes of Radiological and Medical Science.

WEPO019

Magnetic Model of the CERN Proton Synchrotron Main Magnetic Unit

focusing, multipole, synchrotron, dipole

2439

M. Juchno
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

The CERN Proton Synchrotron (PS) will remain one of the key elements of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) injector system for the next 20-25 years. Tuning the machine characteristics to the requirements for the LHC and its upgrades will require the establishment of an accurate magnetic model of the PS combined-function magnets, which is the subject of this paper. In the scope of this research, a detailed 2D quasi-static analysis of the PS magnets was performed, which allowed to investigate the magnetic field evolution and the contribution of separate magnet circuits at different field levels. An experimental validation of this new model was carried out through ad-hoc field measurements machine studies iterated with an optical model of the PS machine to recreate the measured optical parameters of the beam.

WEPO021

Quadrupole Magnet with an Integrated Dipole Steering Element for the ISIS Beam Transport Line

dipole, quadrupole, target, beam-transport

2445

S.J.S. Jago, J. Shih, S.F.S. Tomlinson
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
S.M. Gurov
BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

A refurbishment of beam transport line to the original ISIS target station at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory has recently been completed. This work involved a slight change to the optics in the area, which included the requirement for extra steering capabilities. Due to the space constraints in the region, a quadrupole magnet with an integrated dipole steering element was developed. The steering dipole consists of four saddle shaped coils situated within the bore of the quadrupole magnet providing a maximum steering angle of 2.5mrad. This paper outlines the magnetic and mechanical design of the steering element.

WEPS006

CNAO RF System: Hardware Description.

cavity, resonance, controls, impedance

2493

L. Falbo, G. Burato
CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy
M.M. Paoluzzi, G. Primadei
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

CNAO is the Italian National Center of Oncological Hadrontherapy in Pavia. Proton beams are accelerated in the synchrotron and extracted in the energy range 60 to 250 MeV/u and carbon ion beams in the energy range 120 to 400 MeV/u. Trapping at the injection energy of 7 MeV/u and acceleration up to the extraction energy are done by an RF cavity which covers the needed wide range of frequency (0.4 to 3 MHz) and voltage (25 V to 5 kV) thanks to the use of a Vitrovac amorphous alloy. RF Gymnastics, including phase jumps to increase the momentum spread and empty bucket channelling, is requested and has been performed. A description of the hardware characteristics of the CNAO RF system and of its performance in terms of dynamic and static behaviour are reported in this paper.

WEPS007

CNAO Synchrotron Commissioning

synchrotron, extraction, pick-up, betatron

2496

C. Priano, G. Balbinot, G. Bazzano, J. Bosser, E. Bressi, M. Caldara, H. Caracciolo, L. Falbo, A. Parravicini, M. Pullia, C. Viviani
CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy
C. Biscari, A. Ghigo
INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma), Italy

The CNAO (National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy), located in Pavia, is the first Italian center for deep hadrontherapy with proton and carbon ion beams. The CNAO synchrotron initial commissioning has been carried out using proton beams in the full range of energies: 60 to 250 MeV/u. The first foreseen treatments will need energies between 120 and 170 MeV/u. The nominal proton currents have been reached. The energy scaling of the synchrotron systems and parameters leads to an extracted energy that matches the measured particle range better than 0.1 mm, fitting the treatment requirements, with repeatable beam size and beam current in the treatment room at all investigated energies. A summary of the main results of the synchrotron commissioning is presented.

WEPS016

Update on Comparison of the Particle Production using MARS Simulation Code

target, factory, simulation, solenoid

2514

G. Prior, S.S. Gilardoni
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
X.P. Ding
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
H.G. Kirk, N. Souchlas
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

Funding: EU FP7 EUROnu WP3
In the International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory (IDS-NF), a 5-15 GeV (kinetic energy) proton beam impinges a Hg jet target in order to produce pions that will decay into muons. The muons are then captured and transformed into a beam that can be passed to the downstream acceleration system. The target sits in a solenoid field tapering from 20 T down to below 2 T over several meters permitting a optimized capture of the pions that will produce useful muons for the machine. The target and pion capture system have been simulated in MARS simulation code and this work presents an updated comparison of the particles production using the MARS code versions m1507 and m1510.

WEPS022

Ions for LHC: Performance of the Injector Chain

ion, luminosity, linac, injection

2529

D. Manglunki, M. E. Angoletta, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, A. Blas, T. Bohl, C. Carli, E. Carlier, S. Cettour Cave, M. Chanel, K. Cornelis, H. Damerau, A. Findlay, S.S. Gilardoni, S. Hancock, J.M. Jowett, D. Kuchler, S. Maury, E. Métral, S. Pasinelli, M. Schokker, G. Tranquille, B. Vandorpe, U. Wehrle, J. Wenninger
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The first LHC Pb ion run took place at 1.38 A TeV/c per beam in autumn 2010. After a short period of running-in, the injector chain was able to fill the collider with up to 137 bunches per ring, with an intensity of 10⁸ Pb ions/bunch, about 50% higher than the design value. This yielded a luminosity of 3E25 Hz/cm², allowing the experiments to accumulate just under 10 inverse microbarn each during the four week run. We review the performance of the individual links of the injector chain, and address the main issues limiting the LHC luminosity, in view of reaching 10²6 Hz/cm² in 2011, and substantially beyond when the LHC energy increases after the long shutdown in 2013-14.

WEPS025

First Beam Experiments at ISIS with a Low Output-impedance Second Harmonic Cavity

cavity, impedance, simulation, synchrotron

2538

Y. Irie, S. Fukumoto, K. Muto, H. Nakanishi, T. Oki, A. Takagi
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
D. Bayley, I.S.K. Gardner, R.J. Mathieson, A. Seville, J.W.G. Thomason
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
J.C. Dooling, D. Horan, R. Kustom
ANL, Argonne, USA
M.E. Middendorf
ORNL RAD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

A Low Output-Impedance (LOI) rf drive, which may be suitable for future high intensity accelerator applications, has been developed jointly by ANL, ISIS and KEK for an ISIS synchrotron second harmonic cavity. The cavity is ferrite-loaded, and is driven by a high-power triode (240 kW plate dissipation) with a plate-to-grid feedback circuit. The impedance is designed to be 20~30 ohms over a 2-6 MHz frequency range. Beam induced voltage has been measured with the ISIS beam, and compared with that calculated from the designed output impedance.

WEPS028

Lattice Design of a Rapid Cycling Medical Synchrotron for Carbon/Proton Therapy

synchrotron, extraction, ion, injection

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.

WEPS029

Innovative Superconducting Non Scaling Fixed Field Alternating Gradient Isocentric Gantry for Carbon Cancer Therapy*

focusing, ion, radiation, dipole

2544

D. Trbojevic
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
V.S. Morozov
JLAB, Newport News, Virginia, USA

Funding: Work performed under a Contract Number DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the auspices of the US Department of Energy.
Numbers of proton/carbon cancer therapy facilities in recent years is rising fast due to a clear advantage with respect to the other radiation therapy treatments. Cost of the ion cancer therapy is dominated by the delivery systems. An update on a design of the carbon and proton isocentric gantries is presented, using the non-scaling alternating gradient fixed field magnets (NS-FFAG). Size and weight of these magnets much smaller than any other magnets used today in cancer therapy treatment. The weight of the transport elements of the carbon isocentric gantry is estimated to be 1.5 tons to be compared to the 130 tons weight of the top-notch Heidelberg facility gantry. For the transport elements of the proton, the permanent magnet isocentric gantry is 500 kg.

WEPS033

Matching a Laser Driven Proton Injector to a CH - Drift Tube Linacs

laser, solenoid, acceleration, electron

2556

A. Almomani, M. Droba, U. Ratzinger
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
I. Hofmann
HIJ, Jena, Germany

Experimental results and theoretical predictions in laser acceleration of protons achieved energies of ten to several tens of MeV. The LIGHT project (Laser Ion Generation, Handling and Transport) is proposed to use the PHELIX laser accelerated protons and to provide transport, focusing and injection into a conventional accelerator. This study demonstrates transport and focusing of laser-accelerated 10 MeV protons by a pulsed 18 T magnetic solenoid. The effect of co-moving electrons on the beam dynamics is investigated. The unique features of the proton distribution like small emittances and high yield of the order of 10¹3 protons per shot open new research area. The possibility of creating laser based injectors for ion accelerators is addressed. With respect to transit energies, direct matching into DTL's seems adequate. The bunch injection into a proposed CH⁻ structure is under investigation at IAP Frankfurt. Options and simulation tools are presented.

WEPS036

First Coupled CH Power Cavity for the FAIR Proton Injector

cavity, coupling, linac, DTL

2565

R. M. Brodhage, C. Fix, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
G. Clemente, L. Groening
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

For the research program with cooled antiprotons at FAIR a dedicated 70 MeV, 70 mA proton injector is required. The main acceleration of this room temperature linac will be provided by six CH cavities operated at 325 MHz. Each cavity will be powered by a 2.5 MW Klystron. For the second acceleration unit from 11.5 MeV to 24.2 MeV a 1:2 scaled model has been built. Low level RF measurements have been performed to determine the main parameters and to prove the concept of coupled CH cavities. For this second tank technical and mechanical investigations have been performed in 2010 to develop a complete technical concept for the manufacturing. In Spring 2011, the construction of the first power prototype has started. The main components of this cavity will be ready for measurements in summer 2011. At that time, the cavity will be tested with a preliminary aluminum drift tube structure, which will allow precise frequency and field tuning. This paper will report on the recent technical development and achievements. It will outline the main fabrication steps towards that novel type of proton DTL. Also first low level RF measurements are expected.

WEPS038

Development of CH-Cavities for the 17 MeV MYRRHA-Injector

cavity, DTL, acceleration, rfq

2571

D. Mäder, H. Klein, H. Podlech, U. Ratzinger, M. Vossberg, C. Zhang
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Funding: European Union FP7 MAX Contract Number 269565
MYRRHA is conceived as an accelerator driven system (ADS) for transmutation of high level nuclear waste. The neutron source is created by coupling a proton accelerator of 600 MeV with a 4 mA proton beam, a spallation source and a sub-critical core. The IAP of Frankfurt University is responsible for the development of the 17 MeV injector operated at 176 MHz. The injector consists of a 1.5 MeV 4-Rod-RFQ and six CH-drifttube-structures. The first two CH-structures will be operated at room temperature and the other CH-structures are superconducting cavities assembled in one cryo-module. To achieve the extremely high reliability required by the ADS application, the design of the 17 MeV injector has been intensively studied, with respect to thermal issues, minimum peak fields and field distribution.

WEPS039

General Layout of the 17 MeV Injector for MYRRHA

cavity, rfq, linac, ECR

2574

H. Podlech, M. Busch, F.D. Dziuba, H. Klein, D. Mäder, U. Ratzinger, A. Schempp, R. Tiede, C. Zhang
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
M. Amberg
HIM, Mainz, Germany

Funding: European Union FP7 MAX Contract Number 269565
The MYRRHA Project (Multi Purpose Hybrid Reactor for High Tech Applications) at Mol/belgium will be a user facility with emphasis on research with neutron generated by a spallation source. One main aspect is the demonstration of nuclear waste technology using an accelerator driven system. A superconducting linac delivers a 4 mA, 600 MeV proton beam. The first accelerating section is covered by the 17 MeV injector. It consists of a proton source, an RFQ, two room temperature CH cavities and 4 superconducting CH-cavities. The initial design has used an RF frequency of 352 MHz. Recently the frequency of the injector has been set to 176 MHz. The main reason is the possible use of a 4-rod-RFQ with reduced power dissipation and energy, respectively. The status of the overall injector layout including cavity design is presented.

Poster WEPS039 [2.281 MB]

WEPS040

The Driver Linac of the Neutron Source FRANZ

rfq, neutron, DTL, cavity

2577

U. Ratzinger, B. Basten, L.P. Chau, H. Dinter, M. Droba, M. Heilmann, M. Lotz, O. Meusel, I. Müller, D. Mäder, Y.C. Nie, D. Noll, H. Podlech, A. Schempp, W. Schweizer, K. Volk, C. Wiesner, C. Zhang
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

FRANZ is under construction at the Goethe University Frankfurt. A 2MeV ± 100 keV proton beam will produce 1 keV to 200 keV neutrons on a Li7 target. Experiments are planned in the field of nuclear astrophysics as well as in applied physics. A dc operated proton source with a maximum beam current of 200 mA was successfully beam tested end of 2010. FRANZ will have two experimental areas: One for activation experiments with cw proton beams of a few mA generating a usable neutron flux of some 10 billion per square cm per second, the other one for 250 kHz, 1 ns short neutron bunches generated by 1 ns proton pulses of a few Ampere beam current. A special 2 MeV, 175 MHz high current cavity is realized at present as a RFQ-DTL combination. Novel techniques have been invented to reach the needed pulsed target beam current by a bunch compressor system.
Work supported by HICforFAIR and GSI.

WEPS051

Linac for the Compact Pulsed Hadron Source Project at Tsinghua University Beijing

rfq, DTL, linac, neutron

2607

X. Guan
TUB, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Funding: Work supported by the “985 Project” of the Ministry of Education of China, & Tsinghua University Independent Science and research Plan 20091081263.
A project of the Compact Pulsed Hadron Source (CPHS) led by the Department of Engineering Physics of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China has been reported in this paper. CPHS consists of a proton linac, a neutron target station (a Be target, moderators and reflector), and a small-angle neutron scattering instrument, a neutron imaging/radiology station, and a proton irradiation station. The accelerator part is composed of an ECR ion source. LEBT section, a RFQ accelerator, a DTL linac and a HEBT. An ECR ion source will give us a up to 60mA at 50keV proton beam with proton ration larger than 85%, and 0. 2 πmm mrad normalized emittance. A short LEBT will be used to matching the beam from ion source to the RFQ entrance. A 3 meters long RFQ machine can accelerate the proton to 3MeV. The Drift Tube Linac with permanent magnets focusing lens will accept the proton beam direct from RFQ. A 4.3 meters length of DTL with 43 cells will accelerate the beam up to 13MeV. The initial phase of the CPHS construction is scheduled to complete in the end of 2012.

WEPS053

The Conceptual Design of One of Injector II of ADS in China

rfq, solenoid, simulation, linac

2613

Y. He, H. Jia, C. Li, Y. Liu, Z.J. Wang, C. Xiao, Y. Yang, B. Zhang, H.W. Zhao
IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China

A 10mA / 50 MeV superconducting proton linac as the demo of an ADS driver is designing and constructing in China. One of 10 MeV segments and corresponding prototypes are designed and fabricating at Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It consists of 2.5 MeV RFQ and superconducting structure from 2.5 to 10 MeV. The conceptual design and development of prototype are introduced in the paper.

WEPS054

The Comparison of ADS Injector II with HWR Cavity and CH Cavity

cavity, linac, emittance, simulation

2616

Z.J. Wang, Y. He
IMP, Lanzhou, People's Republic of China

High current superconducting proton linac is being studied for Accelerator-driven System (ADS) Project hold by the Chinese Academic of Sciences (CAS). The injector II, which will accelerate proton beam from 2.1 MeV to 10 MeV, will be operated with superconducting cavity. At low energy part, there are two alternative choose, one is HWR cavity, the other is CH cavity. In this paper, the comparison of design with the two type cavities will be presented in view of beam dynamics.

WEPS055

Beam Commissioning Plan of PEFP 100-MeV linac

linac, DTL, rfq, site

2619

J.-H. Jang, Y.-S. Cho, H.-J. Kwon
KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea

Funding: This work was supported by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Korean Government.
Proton engineering frontier project (PEFP) is developing a 100-MeV proton linear accelerator. It is scheduled to install the linac at Kyeungju site from the end of 2011. The linear accelerator consists of a 50-keV injector, a 3-MeV radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ), and a 100-MeV drift tube linac (DTL). An important characteristic of this accelerator is extracting 20-MeV proton beams just after four DTL tanks. In this region, a medium energy beam transport (MEBT) will be installed for matching the proton beam to the following accelerator and extracting proton beams. The 100-MeV proton beams will be supplied to the users through another beam line which is located after the linac. This work summarized the beam commissioning plan of the proton linear accelerator.

WEPS056

First Beam Test of 81.5 MHz RFQ for ITEP-TWAC

rfq, simulation, ion, emittance

2622

V. Andreev, N.N. Alexeev, A. Kolomiets, B. Kondratyev, V.A. Koshelev, A.M. Kozodaev, V.G. Kuzmichev, Y. Orlov, V. Stolbunov, T. Tretyakova
ITEP, Moscow, Russia

The 4 vane RFQ resonator with magnetic coupling windows as initial part of high-current Heavy Ion Linac for ITEP TWAC Facility is presently under commissioning at ITEP. It was constructed for acceleration of ions with 1/3 charge-to-mass ratio to the energy of 1.57 MeV/u with beam current up to 100 mA. Additional beam dynamics simulations have been carried out for actual fields of the RFQ in order to determine both extreme output beam properties for different ion species with charge-to-mass ratio in the range of 1-0.25 and limitations for high-brightness of the high-current injector. The beam test of RFQ has been started with protons at relatively low electrode voltage for experimental studying the RFQ beam dynamics. First results of the beam test in comparison with beam dynamics simulations are presented.

WEPS059

Layout of the ESS Linac

linac, cryomodule, cavity, rfq

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.

WEPS060

Design and Optimization of ESS LINAC

linac, cavity, quadrupole, cryomodule

2634

M. Eshraqi
ESS, Lund, Sweden

The {\sc linac} of the European Spallation Source will accelerate the proton beam to its final energy mainly by using superconducting structures. Therefore choosing the right transition energy between these superconducting structures as well as choosing the cavity length and number of cells which enhances the acceleration is of great importance. Two types of {\sc linac}s will be studied, a {\sc linac} with superconducting quadrupoles and a {\sc linac} with normal conducting, resistive, quadrupoles. The procedure to find the optimized {\sc linac} will be described here.

WEPS061

ESS LINAC, Design and Beam Dynamics

linac, cavity, emittance, quadrupole

2637

M. Eshraqi, H. Danared
ESS, Lund, Sweden

The European Spallation Source, {\sc ESS}, will use a linear accelerator delivering a high intensity proton beam with an average beam power of 5~MW to the target station at 2.5~GeV in long pulses of 2~msec. The ESS {\sc Linac} will use two types of superconducting cavities, spoke resonators at low energy and elliptical cavities at high energies. The possibilities to upgrade to a higher power {\sc Linac} at fixed energy are considered. This paper will present a review of the superconducting {\sc Linac} design and the beam dynamics studies.

WEPS062

Design and Beam Dynamics Study of Hybrid ESS LINAC

linac, cavity, cryomodule, accelerating-gradient

2640

M. Eshraqi, H. Danared, W. Hees, A. Jansson
ESS, Lund, Sweden

The European Spallation Source, {\sc ESS}, will use a superconducting linear accelerator delivering high current long pulses with an average beam power of 5~MW to the target station at 2.5~GeV. A new cryomodule architecture is proposed which allows for a transition between cryomodules in the sub-100~K region, this region can work even at room temperature. This new hybrid design will generate a lower heat load with respect to a fully segmented design - while still providing easy access to individual cryomodules for maintenance and repair. This paper will present a review of the {\sc linac} design, beam dynamics studies and a preliminary cryogenic analysis of the transition region.

WEPS063

Compersation of Effect of Malfunctioning Spoke Resonators on Ess Beam Quality

cavity, linac, quadrupole, DTL

2643

M. Eshraqi
ESS, Lund, Sweden

The {\sc linac} of the European Spallation Source will accelerate the proton beam to 2.5~GeV, 98\% of this energy is gained using superconducting structures. The superconducting {\sc linac} is composed of two types of cavities, double spoke resonators and five-cell elliptical cavities. The {\sc linac}, which is five times more powerful than the most powerful existing {\sc linac}, and the spoke cavities that have never been used at such a scale make it necessary to study the effect of one or a few spoke resonators not functioning properly and to find a solution where the defect is compensated by retuning of the neighbouring cavities.

WEPS064

Upgrade Strategies for High Power Proton Linacs

linac, cavity, target, neutron

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.

WEPS067

An H-Mode Accelerator with PMQ Focusing as a LANSCE DTL Replacement

DTL, linac, cavity, focusing

2655

S.S. Kurennoy, L. Rybarcyk, T.P. Wangler
LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

High-efficiency normal-conducting RF accelerating structures based on H-mode cavities with a transverse beam focusing by permanent-magnet quadrupoles (PMQ) have been developed for beam velocities in the range of a few percent of the speed of light*. At these low beam velocities, an inter-digital H-mode (IH-PMQ) linac is an order of magnitude more efficient than a standard drift-tube linac (DTL). At the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), upgrades of the proton linac front end are currently under consideration. In view of these plans, we explore a further option of replacing the aging LANSCE DTL by an efficient H-PMQ accelerator. Here we assume that a 201.25-MHz RFQ-based front end up to 750 keV (4% of the speed of light) is followed first by IH-PMQ structures and then by cross-bar H-mode cavities with PMQ focusing (CH-PMQ). Such an H-PMQ linac would bring proton and H⁻ beams to the energy of 100 MeV and transfer them into the existing side-coupled-cavity linac (CCL). Results of the combined electromagnetic and beam-dynamics modeling of the proposed H-PMQ accelerator will be presented.
* S.S. Kurennoy et al., “H-Mode Accelerating Structures with PMQ Beam Focusing,” PRST-AB, 2011 (submitted).

WEPS068

Progress towards an RFQ-based Front End for LANSCE

rfq, beam-transport, linac, neutron

2658

R.W. Garnett, S.S. Kurennoy, J.F. O'Hara, L. Rybarcyk
LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
A. Schempp
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Funding: This work is supported by the U. S. Department of Energy Contract DE-AC52-06NA25396.
The LANSCE linear accelerator at Los Alamos National Laboratory provides H⁻ and H⁺ beams to several user facilities that support Isotope Production, NNSA Stockpile Stewardship, and Basic Energy Science programs. These beams are initially accelerated to 750 keV using Cockcroft-Walton (CW) based injectors that have been in operation for over 37 years. They have failure modes which can result in prolonged operational downtime due to the unavailability of replacement parts. To reduce long-term operational risks and to realize future beam performance goals in support of the Materials Test Station (MTS) and the Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes (MaRIE) Facility, plans are underway to develop a Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) based front end as a modern injector replacement for the existing CW injectors. Our progress to date will be discussed.

WEPS069

The C70 ARRONAX and Beam Lines Status

cyclotron, simulation, target, quadrupole

2661

F. Poirier, F. Haddad
SUBATECH, Nantes, France
S. Auduc, S. Girault, C. Huet, E. Mace, F. Poirier
Cyclotron ARRONAX, Saint-Herblain, France
J.L. Delvaux
IBA, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Funding: The cyclotron ARRONAX is supported by the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire, local authorities, the French government and the European Union.
The C70 Arronax project is a high intensity (up to 350 ·10^-6 A) and high energy (70 MeV) multi-particle cyclotron aiming at R&D on material and radiolysis, and production of rare radioisotopes. The project began its hands-on phase in December 2010, and is now undergoing beam lines’ modification in experimental halls for both present and future experiments. Characterization of the beams at the end of the beam lines is of particular importance to determine the capacity of the cyclotron for the end-line experimental users. A program of beam characterization is being performed based on dedicated diagnostics, e.g. beam profilers, Faraday cups, alumina foils, and also on a series of Geant4 beam simulations. The results of the measurements, along with the simulations, are detailed in this report for proton and alpha particle beams, as well as the future prospects of the characterization program.

WEPS071

High Power, High Energy Cyclotrons for Muon Antineutrino Production: the DAEdALUS Project

cyclotron, target, beam-losses, extraction

2667

J.R. Alonso, T. Smidt
MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Neutrino physics is very much at the forefront of today's research. Large detectors installed in deep underground locations study neutrino masses, CP violation, and oscillations using neutrino-sources including long- and short-baseline beams of neutrinos from muons decaying in flight. DAEdALUS* looks at neutrinos from stopped muons, “Decay At Rest (DAR)” neutrinos. The DAR neutrino spectrum has no electron antineutrinos (nu-e-bar) (pi-minus are absorbed), so a detector with much hydrogen (water-Cherenkov or liquid scintillator) is sensitive to appearance of nu-e-bar’s oscillating from nu-mu-bar via inverse-beta-decay. Oscillations are studied using shorter baselines, less than 20 km reaching the same range as the current and planned high-energy neutrino lines at Fermilab. As the neutrino flux is not variable, nor is the energy, the baseline is varied, plans call for 3 accelerator-based neutrino sources at 1.5, 8 and 20 km with staggered beam-on cycles. Key is cost-effectively generating megawatt beams of 800 MeV protons. A superconducting ring cyclotron is being designed by L. Calabretta and his group**. This revolutionary design could find application in many ADS-related fields.
* DAEdALUS Expression of Interest, arXiv:10⁰⁶.0260
** Calabretta et al., "A Superconducting Ring Cyclotron to Search for CP Violation in the Neutrino Sector", this conference

WEPS073

A Low Energy Cyclotron Injector for DAEdALUS Experiment

cyclotron, extraction, cavity, space-charge

2673

L.A.C. Piazza, M.M. Maggiore
INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
L. Calabretta, D. Campo, D. Rifuggiato
INFN/LNS, Catania, Italy
A. Calanna
CSFNSM, Catania, Italy

Multi Megawatt accelerators are today requested for different use. In particular the experiment DAEdALUS*, recently proposed by MIT scientist to search for CP violation in the neutrino sector, needs three accelerator with energy of about 800 MeV, average power of some MW and duty cycle of 20%. To reduce the cost of the accelerators a cyclotron complex consisting of an injector and of a booster ring cyclotron has been proposed**. The main characteristics of the new kind of a separated sector cyclotron injector able to accelerate a H²⁺ molecule beam up to 50 MeV/n will be presented. Due to the low duty cycle, the peak current to be accelerated is 5 mA. The problem related to the injection of a H²⁺ beam, delivered by a compact ion source, and to the space charge effects will be discussed. The main parameters of the magnetic sectors, RF cavities, the isochronous magnetic field and the beam dynamics along the injection and extraction path and during the acceleration will be presented, too.
* J. Alonso et al., “A Novel Search for CP Violation in the Neutrino Sector: DAEdALUS”, June 2010. e-Print: arXiv:10⁰⁶.0260
** L. Calabretta et al., ICCA, Lanzhou 2010; http://www. JACoW.org.

WEPS074

H⁻ Injection Studies of FFAG Accelerator at KURRI

injection, linac, beam-transport, neutron

2676

K. Okabe, Y. Niwa, I. Sakai
University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui, Japan
Y. Ishi, Y. Kuriyama, J.-B. Lagrange, Y. Mori, R. Nakano, B. Qin, T. Uesugi, E. Yamakawa
KURRI, Osaka, Japan

Aiming to demonstrate the basic feasibility of the accelerator driven sub-critical reactor (ADSR), proton Fixed Field Alternating Gradient (FFAG) accelerator complex as a neutron production driver has been constructed in Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI). In order to upgrade beam power of the FFAG neutron source, a project about a new H⁻ linac injector for FFAG main ring instead of present injector has been started. A charge exchange multi-turn beam injection has been performed for the first time at FFAG main ring in KURRI. In this paper, the detail of injection system and beam study of low energy H⁻ injection at FFAG is described.

WEPS077

Present Status of FFAG Proton Accelerator at KURRI*

neutron, ion, controls, linac

2685

Y. Mori, Y. Ishi, Y. Kuriyama, J.-B. Lagrange, R. Nakano, T. Planche, T. Uesugi, E. Yamakawa
KURRI, Osaka, Japan
Y. Niwa, K. Okabe, I. Sakai
University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui, Japan

The 150MeV FFAG proton accelerator has been developed at Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute(KURRI) for the fundamental study of Accelerator Driven Sub-crittical Reactor (ADSR). Recently, a new H⁻ injector was constructed to improve the beam quality and intensity. The paper will describe the detail of the preset status of FFAG proton accelerator at KURRI.

WEPS078

Compact FFAG Accelerators for Medium Energy Hadron Applications

hadron, extraction, linac, injection

2688

B. Qin, Y. Ishi, Y. Kuriyama, J.-B. Lagrange, Y. Mori, K. Okabe, T. Uesugi, E. Yamakawa
KURRI, Osaka, Japan

Funding: This work was supported by Japan Science and Technology Agency under Strategic Promotion of Innovative Research and Development Program.
Medium energy hadron beams are widely applied in accelerator driven subcritical systems (ADSR), high intensity neutron sources and carbon therapy. Compactness feature is important for this energy region, especially in the case of medical use purposes. This paper introduces a novel superferric scheme with scaling fixed-field alternating gradient (FFAG) accelerators, which can deliver 400MeV/u carbon ions or 1.2GeV protons. By using high permeability materials, 5T magnetic field with high field index can be achieved to reduce accelerator circumference significantly. The lattice configuration and design of superferric magnet are described in details.

WEPS079

Serpentine Acceleration in Scaling FFAG

acceleration, injection, electron, closed-orbit

2691

E. Yamakawa, Y. Ishi, Y. Kuriyama, J.-B. Lagrange, Y. Mori, R. Nakano, T. Planche, B. Qin, T. Uesugi
KURRI, Osaka, Japan
K. Okabe, I. Sakai
University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui, Japan

A serpentine acceleration in scaling FFAG accelerator has been examined. In this scheme, high-energy and high-current beam can be obtained in non-relativistic energy region. Longitudinal hamiltonian is also derived analytically.

WEPS080

Development of High-quality Intense Proton Beam at the RCNP Cyclotron Facility

cyclotron, extraction, emittance, cavity

2694

M. Fukuda, K. Hatanaka, M. Kibayashi, S. Morinobu, K. Nagayama, T. Saito, H. Tamura, H. Ueda, H. Yamamoto, T. Yorita
RCNP, Osaka, Japan

A 2.45 GHz ECR proton source, equipped with a set of three permanent magnets, was developed to increase the intensity of a high-quality proton beam. A 15 keV proton beam with intensity of 0.6 mA was produced with a proton ratio of more than 80 %. Emittance of the proton beam with intensity of 50 to 100 micro-A in the LEBT system was around 50 pi-mm-mrad. Beam transmission, defined by the ratio of the beam intensity between a Faraday cup placed in the axial injection beam line and an inflector electrode of the AVF cyclotron, was improved from 25 % for a 70 micro-A proton beam to more than 90 % for 30 micro-A obtained by defining the injection beam with a beam slit of iris type. The result indicated that the beam transmission was limited by the acceptance of the axial injection beam line. Emittance of the 65 MeV proton beam accelerated by the K140 AVF cyclotron was a few pi-mm-mrad for beam intensity of several-micro-A. In this paper, development of the intense proton beam and evaluation of the proton beam quality will be mainly reported.

WEPS085

Deveopment of the IBA-JINR Cyclotron C235-V3 for Dmitrovgrad Hospital Center of the Proton Therapy

cyclotron, extraction, betatron, septum

2706

E. Syresin, G.A. Karamysheva, M.Y. Kazarinov, S.A. Kostromin, N.A. Morozov, A.G. Olshevsky, V.M. Romanov, E. Samsonov, N.G. Shakun, G. Shirkov, S.G. Shirkov
JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
M. Abs, A. Blondin, P. Cahay, Y. Jongen, W.J.G.M. Kleeven, S. Zaremba
IBA, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

The approval of the Dmitrovgrad project - the first Russian hospital center of the proton therapy was announced in 2010. The JINR-IBA collaboration have developed and constructed the proton cyclotron C235-V3 for this center. We plan to assemble this cyclotron in JINR in 2011 and perform tests with the extracted proton beam in 2012. This cyclotron is an essentially modified version of IBA C235 cyclotron. Modification of the extraction system is aim of new C235-V3 cyclotron. The new extraction system was constructed and tested. The experimentally measured extraction efficiency was improved from 60% for the old system to 77% for the new one. The new field mapping system was developed for the C235-V3 cyclotron. It system consists of the axial field mapping system and an additional system applied for radial field Br measurements. One of the goals of the cyclotron improvement is the modification of the sector spiral angle for reducing of coherent beam losses at acceleration. The coherent beam displacement from the median plane is defined by the vertical betatron tune Qz. An increase of the vertical betatron tune permits to reduce the coherent losses at proton acceleration.

WEPS090

The Myrrha Linear Accelerator

cavity, linac, rfq, cryomodule

2718

D. Vandeplassche
SCK-CEN, Mol, Belgium
J.-L. Biarrotte
IPN, Orsay, France
H. Klein, H. Podlech
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Funding: European Atomic Energy Community's (EURATOM) Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2011, grant agreement no. 269565 (MAX project)
Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS) are promising tools for the efficient transmutation of nuclear waste products in dedicated industrial installations, called transmuters. The Myrrha project at Mol, Belgium, placed itself on the path towards these applications with a multipurpose and versatile system based on a liquid PbBi (LBE) cooled fast reactor (80 MWth) which may be operated in both critical and subcritical modes. In the latter case the core is fed by spallation neutrons obtained from a 600 MeV proton beam hitting the LBE coolant/target. The accelerator providing this beam is a high intensity CW superconducting linac which is laid out for the highest achievable reliability. The combination of a parallel redundant and of a fault tolerant scheme should allow obtaining an MTBF value in excess of 250 hours that is required for optimal integrity and successful operation of the ADS. Myrrha is expected to be operational in 2023. The forthcoming 4-year period is fully dedicated to R&D activities, and in the field of the accelerator they are strongly focused on the reliability aspects and on the proper shaping of the beam trip spectrum.

WEPS092

High Energy Beam Line Design of the 600MeV, 4 mA Proton Linac for the MYRRHA Facility

target, vacuum, dipole, linac

2721

H. Saugnac
IPN, Orsay, France

The general goal of the CDT project is to design a FAst Spectrum Transmutation Experimental Facility (FASTEF) able to demonstrate efficient transmutation and associated technology through a system working in subcritical and/or critical mode. A superconducting LINAC, part of the MYRRHA facility, will produce a 600 MeV, 4 mA proton beam and transport it to the spalation target located inside the reactor core. On this paper we focus on the final beam line design and describe optic simulations, beam instrumentation, integration inside the reactor building, mechanical and vacuum aspects as well as a preliminary design of the 2.4 MW beam dump located at the end of the accelerator tunnel.

WEPS100

Status of 100-MeV Proton Linac Development for PEFP

linac, site, DTL, alignment

2742

Y.-S. Cho, S. Cha, I.-S. Hong, J.-H. Jang, D.I. Kim, H.S. Kim, H.-J. Kwon, K. Min, B.-S. Park, J.Y. Ryu, K.T. Seol, Y.-G. Song, S.P. Yun
KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea
J.S. Hong
KAPRA, Cheorwon, Republic of Korea

Funding: This wok was supported through the Proton Engineering Frontier Project by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of Korea.
The Proton Engineering Frontier Project (PEFP) is developing a 100-MeV high-duty-factor proton linac, which consists of a 50-keV microwave ion source, a 3-MeV radio frequency quadrupole, a 100-MeV drift tube linac, a 20-MeV beam transport line, and a 100-MeV beam transport line. It will supply proton beams of 20-MeV and 100-MeV with peak current of 20 mA to users for proton beam applications. The beam duty factor will be 24% and 8% respectively. The 20-MeV front-end accelerator has been installed and operated at the KAERI Daejeon test stand for user service, and the rest part of the accelerator has been fabricated and will be installed at the new site of Gyeongju City in 2011. The detailed status of the 100-MeV proton linac will be presented.

WEPS103

Design of a Rapid Cycling Synchrotron for the Final Stage of Acceleration in a Common Proton Driver for a Neutrino Factory and a Spallation Neutron Source Based on Megawatt Upgrades to ISIS

booster, target, neutron, acceleration

2751

J. Pasternak
STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
L.J. Jenner, J. Pasternak
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom

Potential upgrades to the ISIS accelerators at RAL in the UK to provide proton beams in the few GeV and few MW range could be envisaged as the starting point for a proton driver shared between a short pulse spallation neutron source and the Neutrino Factory. The accelerator chain for the spallation neutron source, consisting of an 800 MeV H⁻ linac and a 3.2 GeV rapid cycling synchrotron (RCS), is currently being designed and optimised. The design of the RCS for the final stage of acceleration, which would increase the final beam energy of the dedicated pulses to feed the Neutrino Factory pion production target is presented. The feasibility of the final bunch compression to the necessary nanosecond range is also discussed.

WEPS105

A Common Proton Driver for a Neutrino Factory and a Spallation Neutron Source Based on Megawatt Upgrades to ISIS

neutron, linac, injection, booster

2757

J.W.G. Thomason
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
J. Pasternak
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom

The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) is home to ISIS, the world’s most productive spallation neutron source. Potential upgrades of the ISIS accelerators to provide beam powers of 2 – 5 MW in the few GeV energy range could be envisaged as the starting point for a proton driver shared between a short pulse spallation neutron source and the Neutrino Factory. The concept of sharing a proton driver between other facilities and the Neutrino Factory is an attractive, cost-effective solution which is already being studied in site-specific cases at CERN and FNAL. Although in the RAL case the requirements for the Neutrino Factory baseline proton energy and time structure are different from those for a spallation neutron source, an additional RCS or FFAG booster bridging the gap in proton energy and performing appropriate bunch compression seems feasible.

WEPZ002

Chromatic, Geometric and Space Charge Effects on Laser Accelerated Protons Focused by a Solenoid

solenoid, emittance, laser, ion

2766

H.Y. Al-Omari, U. Ratzinger
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
I. Hofmann
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

We studied numerically emittance and transmission effects by chromatic and geometric aberrations, with and without space charge, for a proton beam behind a solenoid in the laser proton experiment LIGHT at GSI. The TraceWin code was employed using a field map for the solenoid and an initial distribution with exponential energy dependence close to the experiment. The results show a strong effect of chromatic, and a relatively weak one of geometric aberrations as well as dependence of proton transmission on distance from the solenoid. The chromatic effect has an energy filtering property due to the finite radius beam pipe. Furthermore, a relatively modest dependence of transmission on space charge is found for p production intensity below 10¹1.

WEPZ013

Design Status of LHeC Linac-Ring Interaction Region

electron, quadrupole, optics, dipole

2796

R. Tomás, J.L. Abelleira, S. Russenschuck, F. Zimmermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
N.R. Bernard
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

The ECFA-CERN-NuPECC design study for a Large Hadron electron Collider (LHeC) based on the LHC, considers two options, using a ring accelerator like LEP on top of the LHC or adding a recirculating energy-recovery linac tangential to the LHC. In order to obtain the required luminosity with an e^- beam from a linac, with average lepton beam current limited to a few mA, reaching the smallest possible proton beam size is essential. Another constraint is imposed by the need to separate e^- and p beams after the collision without losing too much luminosity from a crossing angle. A further constraint is that the ep collision should occur simultaneously to pp collisions at other LHC interaction points such that the second LHC proton beam must be accommodated in the interaction region too. We present a conceptual layout using detector-integrated combination-separation dipoles and challenging Nb3Sn technology quadrupoles for focusing the colliding proton beam and providing a low-field “hole” to accommodate both the non-colliding proton beam and the lepton beam, and the optics for all three beams. We discuss synchrotron radiation fluxes and the chromatic correction for the lepton final focus.

WEPZ024

Some Considerations in Realizing a TeV Linear Collider Based on the PDPWA Scheme

electron, plasma, wakefield, collider

2817

G.X. Xia, A. Caldwell
MPI-P, München, Germany
P. Muggli
MPI, Muenchen, Germany

Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PDPWA) has recently been proposed as an approach to bring the electron beam to the energy frontier in a single passage of acceleration. Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulation shows that a TeV proton bunch, with a bunch intensity of 10¹¹, and a bunch length as short as 10⁰ microns can resonantly excite a large amplitude plasma wakefield and accelerate an externally injected electron bunch to 600 GeV in a single stage of 500 m long plasma. This novel PDPWA scheme may open a new path for designing a TeV linear lepton collider by using the currently available proton drivers. In this paper, we investigate some key issues, e.g. bunch length, centre-of-mass (CoM) energy, luminosity and dephasing in realizing a TeV linear collider based on the PDPWA scheme.

WEPZ031

Accelerator Studies on a Possible Experiment on Proton-driven Plasma Wakefields at CERN

plasma, electron, laser, acceleration

2832

R.W. Assmann, I. Efthymiopoulos, S.D. Fartoukh, G. Geschonke, B. Goddard, C. Heßler, S. Hillenbrand, M. Meddahi, S. Roesler, F. Zimmermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
A. Caldwell, G.X. Xia
MPI-P, München, Germany
P. Muggli
MPI, Muenchen, Germany

There has been a proposal by Caldwell et al to use proton beams as drivers for high energy linear colliders. An experimental test with CERN's proton beams is being studied. Such a test requires a transfer line for transporting the beam to the experiment, a focusing section for beam delivery into the plasma, the plasma cell and a downstream beam section for measuring the effects from the plasma and safe disposal of the beam. The work done at CERN towards the conceptual layout and design of such a test area is presented. A possible development of such a test area into a CERN test facility for high-gradient acceleration experiments is discussed.

WEPZ032

Energy Spectrometer Studies for Proton-driven Plasma Acceleration

plasma, electron, simulation, acceleration

2835

S. Hillenbrand, R.W. Assmann, F. Zimmermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
S. Hillenbrand, A.-S. Müller
KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
T. Tückmantel
HHUD, Dusseldorf, Germany

Plasma-based acceleration methods have seen important progress over the last years. Recently, it has been proposed to experimentally study plasma acceleration driven by proton beams, in addition to the established research directions of electron and laser driven plasmas. Here, we present the planned experiment with a focus on the energy spectrometer studies carried out.

THOAA01

Beam Diagnostics Commissioning at CNAO

extraction, synchrotron, diagnostics, quadrupole

2848

H. Caracciolo, G. Balbinot, G. Bazzano, J. Bosser, M. Caldara, A. Parravicini, M. Pullia, C. Viviani
CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy

The National Centre for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO) is the first Italian facility for the treatment of deep located tumors with proton and carbon ion beams using active scanning. The commissioning with proton beams is concluded and CNAO is going to start treating patients with protons; in the meantime the machine commissioning with carbon ions beam is going on. Beam diagnostics instrumentation is fundamental to measure beam properties along the lines from sources to patients. Some significant measurements performed during proton beam commissioning and the performances achieved with the CNAO beam diagnostic systems are presented in this paper.

Slides THOAA01 [4.827 MB]

THOAA03

Overview of LHC Beam Loss Measurements

beam-losses, luminosity, quadrupole, collimation

2854

B. Dehning, A.E. Dabrowski, M. Dabrowski, E. Effinger, J. Emery, E. Fadakis, V. Grishin, E.B. Holzer, S. Jackson, G. Kruk, C. Kurfuerst, A. Marsili, M. Misiowiec, E. Nebot Del Busto, A. Nordt, A. Priebe, C. Roderick, M. Sapinski, C. Zamantzas
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
E. Griesmayer
CIVIDEC Instrumentation, Wien, Austria

The LHC beam loss monitoring system based on ionization chambers is used for machine protection, quench prevention and accelerator optimization. After one full year of operation it can be stated that its main functionality, that of the protection of equipment, has proven to be very robust with no issues observed for hundreds of critical beam loss events and the number of false beam aborts well below expectation. In addition the injection, dump and collimation system make regular use of the published loss measurements for system analysis and optimisation, such as the determination of collimation efficiency in order to identify possible intensity limitations as early as possible. Intentional magnet quenches have been performed to verify both the calibration accuracy of the system and the accuracy of the loss pattern predictions from simulations. Tests have also been performed with fast loss detectors based on single- and polycrystalline CVD diamond, which are capable of providing nanosecond resolution time loss structure. This presentation will cover all of these aspects and give an outlook on future performance.

Slides THOAA03 [1.972 MB]

THOAB01

Accelerator-driven Subcritical Molten-salt-fueled Reactors

neutron, radiation, target, linac

2868

R.P. Johnson
Muons, Inc, Batavia, USA
C. Bowman
ADNA, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

Reactors built using solid fissile materials sealed in fuel rods have an inherent safety problem in that volatile radioactive materials in the rods are accumulated and can be released in dangerous amounts. Accelerator parameters for subcritical reactors that have been considered in recent studies have primarily been based on using solid nuclear fuel much like that used in all operating critical reactors as well as the thorium-burning accelerator-driven energy amplifier proposed by Rubbia et al. An attractive alternative reactor design that used molten salts was experimentally studied at ORNL in the 1960s, where a critical molten salt reactor was successfully operated using enriched U235 or U233 tetrafluoride fuels. These experiments give confidence that an accelerator-driven subcritical molten salt reactor will work as well or better than conventional reactors, having better efficiency due to their higher operating temperature, having the inherent safety of subcritical operation, and having constant purging of volatile radioactive elements to eliminate their accumulation and potential accidental release in dangerous amounts.

Slides THOAB01 [5.723 MB]

THOAB02

Metal Nano-particle Synthesis by using Proton Beam

electron, controls, radiation, cyclotron

2871

M.H. Jung, K. R. Kim, S.J. Ra
KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea

Funding: This work was conducted as a part of the Proton Engineering Frontier Project supported by the Ministry of Education Science & Technology of Korea Government.
Many scientists have studied metal nano-particles for newly known optical, electronic and chemical properties. The unique properties of nano-particles have a tendency to relate the particle size and shape. Electron beam have been used for the nano-particle synthesizing and many results were published. Study of nano-particles synthesize by using proton beam is still in the early stages however study for gold, silver, platinum and cobalt nano-particle was in progress. 100 MeV proton linear accelerator, which is by Proton Engineering Frontier Project, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, is scheduled to be completed by 2012. Study of nano-particle synthesize by using proton beam will become active due to the completion of 100 MeV proton accelerator and it can be mass-produced because of the large current beam. Finally, industrial applications could become possible. The mechanism of metal nano-particles synthesizing by proton beam irradiation was not completely known. In this study, we investigated the changes of size and shape for metal nano-particle depending on the condition of proton beam irradiation, and concentration of additives by TEM and UV/Vis spectrophotometer.

Slides THOAB02 [9.791 MB]

THOAB03

Commissioning of the Ion Beam Gantry at HIT

ion, dipole, heavy-ion, quadrupole

2874

M. Galonska, R. Cee, Th. Haberer, K. Höppner, A. Peters, S. Scheloske, T. Winkelmann
HIT, Heidelberg, Germany

The Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Facility (HIT) is the first dedicated proton and carbon cancer therapy facility in Europe. It uses a full 3D intensity controlled raster scanning dose delivering method. The ion energy ranges from ca. 50 to 430 MeV/u corresponding to ion penetration depths of 20 to 300 mm in water. The HIT facility comprises the only heavy ion gantry worldwide designed for the beam transport of beams demanding a magnetic rigidity from 1 to 6.6 Tm. The gantry rotation of 360° enables beam scanning patient treatment from arbitrary directions. The libraries of carbon and proton pencil beams at the gantry are now offered with the whole variety of ion beam properties, i.e. 255 energy steps, 4 beam foci, 360°, and 10 intensities (10⁶-1010/spill). The beam has to be adjusted only for a fraction of possible combinations of energy, focus, and gantry angle. These are taken as base points for a calculation of an overall number of about 37,000 different set values per ion type, and one intensity step according to the data supply model. This paper gives an outline on the practical concepts and results of adjusting the required beam properties independent of the gantry angle.

Slides THOAB03 [4.526 MB]

THOBB02

High Gradient Magnetic Alloy Cavities for J-PARC Upgrade

cavity, impedance, synchrotron, status

2885

C. Ohmori, O. Araoka, E. Ezura, K. Hara, K. Hasegawa, A. Koda, Y. Makida, Y. Miyake, R. Muto, K. Nishiyama, T. Ogitsu, H. Ohhata, K. Shimomura, A. Takagi, K. Takata, K.H. Tanaka, M. Toda, M. Yoshii
KEK, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan
T. Minamikawa
University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
M. Nomura, A. Schnase, T. Shimada, F. Tamura, M. Yamamoto
JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-mura, Japan

Magnetic alloy cavities are used for both MR and RCS synchrotrons. Both cavity systems operate successfully and they generate a higher voltage than could be achieved by an ordinary ferrite cavity system. For the future upgrade of J-PARC, a higher RF voltage is needed. A new RF cavity system using the material, FT3L, is designed to achieve this higher field gradient. A large production system using an old cyclotron magnet was constructed to anneal 85-cm size FT3L cores in the J-PARC Hadron Experiment Hall. The muSR (Muon Spin Rotation/Relaxation/Resonance) Experiments were also carried out to study the magnetic alloy. The status of development on the J-PARC site and a new RF system design will be reported.

Slides THOBB02 [2.729 MB]

THPO003

Rapid-cycling Power Supplies for the J-PARC RCS Sextupole Magnets

power-supply, sextupole, synchrotron, linac

3338

Y. Watanabe
JAEA, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
T. Adachi, S. Igarashi, H. Someya
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
N. Tani
JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken, Japan

The rapid-cycling synchrotron of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex requires 18 sextupole magnets with three families for the chromaticity correction. One family consists of six focusing sextupole magnets, and other two families consist of six defocusing sextupole magnts. An individual power supply excited for each family and the current pattern is a DC-biased sinusoidal of a frequency of 25 Hz. This paper describes design and test results of the sextupole magnet power supplies.

THPO008

Klystron and Modulator System for the PEFP 20 MeV Proton Linac

klystron, linac, rfq, gun

3352

D.I. Kim, Y.-S. Cho, H.S. Kim, H.-J. Kwon
KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea

Funding: This work is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Korean government.
A modulator developed for the 100 MeV proton linear accelerator is operating in the 20 MeV proton linac. The voltage and current of the modulator are -105 kV, 50 A with 1.5 ms pulse width, 60 Hz repetition rate. The modulator drives two klystrons simultaneously, one for the RFQ, the other for the DTL. The typical operation parameters of the modulator are 85 kV of the peak voltage, 34 A of the peak current, 1 ms of the pulse width, 4 Hz of the pulse repetition. The specifications of the klystron are 350 MHz of the frequency, 1.1 MW of the maximum average RF power, less than 95 kV of the beam voltage, triode type electron gun with mod-anode. The mod-anode voltage was supplied by the voltage dividing resistors which were located inside the klystron oil tank. In this paper, the operation performance of the klystron and modulator system for the PEFP 20 MeV proton linac is presented.

THPO011

Practical Experience with Self-optimizing, High Dynamic Control of Accelerator Magnet Power Supplies

controls, power-supply, resonance, feedback

3355

H. Jäckle
PSI, Villigen, Switzerland
F. Jenni, X.H. Ke
FHNW, Windisch, Switzerland

In 1999, the first fully digitally controlled magnet power supplies were commissioned at PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland). Today, approximately 1000 of them are in use at PSI and a multiple of that worldwide. An extended PI structure is used for control. PI control is very effective and simple to use but the attainable dynamic performance is usually limited by the higher order characteristics of the output filter and the load. For the future we expect increasing requirements from highly dynamic applications, such as beam orbit feedback systems and fast scanning magnets for proton irradiation of tumors. Therefore, a self-optimizing power supply control system was developed in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. It is based on the second generation of PSI digital power electronics controller, which allows more complex control algorithms and higher sampling rates. This paper presents the achieved dynamic performance of the new control structure for various types of power supplies and magnets and compares them with the dynamic performance obtained using standard PI control.

THPO033

Calculation of Metallization Resistivity and Thickness for MedAustron Kicker Systems

simulation, vacuum, kicker, status

3412

M.J. Barnes
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
T. Kramer, T. Stadlbauer
EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria

The MedAustron facility, to be built in Wiener Neustadt (Austria), will provide protons and ions for both cancer therapy and research. Different types of kicker magnets will be used in the facility. The kicker magnets are outside machine vacuum: each kicker magnet has a ceramic beam chamber whose inner surface is metallized. The resistivity and thickness of the metallization are chosen such that the induced eddy currents, resulting from the pulsed kicker magnetic field, do not unduly affect the rise/fall times or homogeneity of the magnetic field. A comparison of an analytical calculation and measurement is reported for the effect of metallization of the ceramic beam chamber of an existing kicker system at CERN. For a MedAustron kicker the result of an analytical calculation is compared with predictions from electromagnetic simulations: conclusions concerning the metallization of the ceramic beam chambers, for the MedAustron kicker magnets, are presented.

THPS002

Progress of the 2 MeV Electron Cooler Development for COSY-Jülich/HESR

electron, solenoid, high-voltage, dipole

3427

J. Dietrich, V. Kamerdzhiev
FZJ, Jülich, Germany
M.I. Bryzgunov, A.D. Goncharov, V.M. Panasyuk, V.V. Parkhomchuk, V.B. Reva, D.N. Skorobogatov
BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

The 2 MeV electron cooling system for COSY-Jülich was proposed to further boost the luminosity even in presence of strong heating effects of high-density internal targets. The project is funded since mid 2009. The design and construction of the cooler is accomplished in cooperation with the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia. The 2 MeV cooler is also well suited in the start up phase of the High Energy Storage Ring (HESR) at FAIR in Darmstadt. It can be used for beam cooling at injection energy and is intended to test new features of the high energy electron cooler for HESR. The infrastructure necessary for the operation of the cooler in the COSY ring (radiation shielding, cabling, water cooling etc.) is established. The electron beam commissioning at BINP Novosibirsk is scheduled to start at May of 2011. First results are reported. Final commissioning at COSY-Jülich is planned for the end of 2011.

THPS004

Beam Dynamics Simulation on Simultaneous use of Stochastic Cooling and Electron Cooling with Internal Target

electron, emittance, target, simulation

3433

T. Kikuchi, N. Harada, T. Sasaki, H. Tamukai
Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
T. Katayama
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

The small momentum spread of proton beam has to be realized and kept in the storage ring during the experiment with a dense internal target. The stochastic cooling alone does not compensate the momentum spread increases due to the scattering at the internal target. The dense proton beam in the six dimensional phase space includes intra-beam scattering as one of emittance growth mechanisms. The numerical simulation is carried out using Fokker-Planck equation solver, and the results on the simultaneous use of stochastic cooling and electron cooling at COSY are indicated.

THPS006

Present Status of Beam Cooling and Related Research at S-LSR

laser, electron, ion, betatron

3436

A. Noda, M. Nakao, H. Souda, H. Tongu
Kyoto ICR, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
T. Fujimoto, S.I. Iwata, S. Shibuya
AEC, Chiba, Japan
M. Grieser
MPI-K, Heidelberg, Germany
K. Ito, H. Okamoto
HU/AdSM, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
K. Jimbo
Kyoto IAE, Kyoto, Japan
K. Noda, T. Shirai
NIRS, Chiba-shi, Japan

Funding: Work supported by Advanced Compact Accelerator Development project of MEXT, and Global COE Program, "The Next Generation of Physics, Spun from Universality and Emergence" at Kyoto University.
With the use of Ion Storage and Cooler Ring, S-LSR at ICR, Kyoto University, Mg ion beam with 40 keV has been laser cooled not only in the longitudinal direction but also in the horizontal direction by "Synchro-Betatron Coupling". Laser cooling is now tried to be extended to vertical direction with horizontal and vertical coupling with the use of a solenoid magnetic field. At S-LSR, an electron beam cooling is also applied for 7MeV proton beam, resulting an ordered state. Electron beam cooling is also applied for rf captured bunched beam and a short pulse proton beam with the duration of ~3 ns is fast extracted in order to enable beam irradiation. A beam course is now being constructed to irradiate bio-molecular cells vertically from the bottom through a thin film separating the accelerator vacuum from the cultivating liquid containing the cells in the air.

THPS013

Radiation Pressure Acceleration of Multi-ion Thin Foil

ion, laser, acceleration, target

3448

T.-C. Liu, G. Dudnikova, M.Q. He, C.-S. Liu, R.Z. Sagdeev, X. Shao, J.-J. Su
UMD, College Park, Maryland, USA

Radiation pressure acceleration (RPA) is considered as an efficient way to produce quasi-monoenergetic ions, in which an ultra-thin foil is accelerated by high intensity circularly polarized laser. Our simulation study shows that an important factor limiting this acceleration process is the Rayleigh-Taylor instability, which results in the exponential growth of the foil density perturbation during the acceleration and hence the induced transparency of the foil and broadening of the particle energy spectrum. We will study RPA of multi-ion thin foil made of carbon and hydrogen and investigate the possibility of using abundant electrons supplied from carbon to delay the foil from becoming transparent, enhance the acceleration of protons and therefore improve the energy of quasi-monoenergetic proton beam. We will show the dependence of the energy of quasi-monoenergetic proton and carbon beam on the density and concentration ratio of carbon and hydrogen in the foil as well as foil thickness for RPA.

THPS014

Laser Thin Gas Target Acceleration for Quasi-monoenergetic Proton Generation

laser, ion, target, acceleration

3451

M.Q. He, G. Dudnikova, C.-S. Liu, T.-C. Liu, R.Z. Sagdeev, X. Shao, J.-J. Su
UMD, College Park, Maryland, USA
Z.M. Sheng
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

We propose a scheme of laser thin gas target acceleration for quasi-monoenergetic proton generation. The scheme uses gas target of thickness about several laser wavelengths with gas density spatial distribution of Guassian or square of sine shape. We performed Particle-In-Cell simulation using circularly polarized laser of normalized maximum amplitude ~5 and hydrogen gas target of thickness ~5 laser wavelength with peak density three times of the critical density. The simulation demonstrates several key physical processes involved in the laser thin gas target acceleration and the observation of quasi-monoenergetic protons. During the early phase of the laser plasma interaction, electron and ion cavities are observed. A compressed plasma layer is formed. The reflected protons in front of the compressed layer are accelerated and thus a bunch of quasi-monoenergetic protons are obtained. The compressed layer is finally destroyed due to Rayleigh-Taylor instability. The acceleration of the quasi-monoenergetic proton then stops with maximum energy about 8 MeV. It is also found that gas target thickness plays an important role for efficient quasi-monoenergetic proton generation.

THPS022

Improvement of the 20 MeV Proton Accelerator at KAERI

ion-source, ion, emittance, linac

3466

H.-J. Kwon, Y.-S. Cho, J.-H. Jang, D.I. Kim, H.S. Kim, K.T. Seol, Y.-G. Song
KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea

Funding: This work is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Korean government.
The 20 MeV proton accelerator has been operating since 2007 when it got a operational license at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) by Proton Engineering Frontier Project (PEFP). A microwave ion source was newly developed to satisfy the requirement of minimum 100 hour operation time without maintenance. After the long time operation test at test bench, it was installed to drive the 20 MeV proton accelerator. The beam profile and emittance were measured to check the characteristics of the accelerator both at the LEBT and at the end of the 20 MeV DTL. In this paper, the microwave ion source is presented and the measurement results of the beam property are discussed.

THPS025

Overview of the Status and Developments on Primary Ion Sources at CERN

ion, linac, plasma, cathode

3472

R. Scrivens, M. Kronberger, D. Kuchler, J. Lettry, O. Midttun, M.M. Paoluzzi, H. Pereira, C. Schmitzer
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Funding: This project has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under the Grant Agreement no 212114.
CERN has 2 operational primary beam ion sources, that are presently used for the production of beam for LHC as well as several other facilities. Protons are produced by a duoplasmatron source, and ions from the GTS-LHC ECR ion source. In addition, new sources are required for a new 160MeV H⁻ Linac, and development has been made on a high power RF plasma generator which could serve for a future high power Linac. In this report, the present status will be given, along with operational statistics and experience for the operation sources, and the development programme reported for the future sources.

THPS030

Layout and Optics of the MedAustron High Energy Beam Transfer Line

optics, extraction, synchrotron, quadrupole

3484

U. Dorda, P.J. Bryant
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
M. Benedikt
EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria

The MedAustron accelerator complex, which is currently in its final design stage at CERN, is based on the optical principles developed within the Proton Ion Medical Machine study (PIMMS) [bryantpimms]. This paper describes how these principles are practically applied in the layout and optics of the High Energy Beam Transfer line (HEBT) of the MedAustron accelerator facility. Special attention is directed to the optics of the gantry which is designed to fit into the PSI gantry-2 hardware layout, which is foreseen to be copied in collaboration with PSI.

THPS031

The Beam Expander System for the European Spallation Source

target, octupole, multipole, quadrupole

3487

H.D. Thomsen, A.I.S. Holm, S.P. Møller
ISA, Aarhus, Denmark

At the European Spallation Source (ESS), neutrons are produced by high energy (2.5 GeV) protons impinging on a target. The lifetime of the target is highly dependent on the beam footprint. In general, the lower the average current density, the longer the lifetime of the target will be. A detailed study of two different expander systems suggested to be used to obtain the desired beam footprint has been undertaken. For reference, a system of quadrupole defocusing is used. The two systems under study are expansion of the beam by magnetic multipoles and raster scanning (painting) of the narrow linac beam over the target area. The designs, specifications, and comparative risks of the three systems will be described.

THPS040

Measurement of the Stripping Efficiency for HBC Stripper Foil in the 3-GeV RCS of J-PARC

injection, extraction, beam-losses, scattering

3511

P.K. Saha, H. Harada, S. Hatakeyama, H. Hotchi, M. Kinsho, Y. Yamazaki, M. Yoshimoto
JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken, Japan
Y. Irie, I. Sugai
KEK, Ibaraki, Japan

We have carried out experimental measurement of the stripping efficiency for the newly developed HBC (Hybrid type Boron doped Carbon) stripper foils. The HBC foil is used for charge-exchange injection in the RCS (Rapid Cycling Synchrotron) of J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex) and plays an important role for the RCS operation. We have developed a rather simple but very precise method using which stripping efficiencies for several HBC foils were determined accurately. Importance of knowing an accurate stripping efficiency so as to determine a realistic stripper foil for the RCS operation will be discussed.

THPS041

Design of Beam Transport Line from RCS to Target for CSNS

target, kicker, simulation, octupole

3514

W.B. Liu, N. Huang, J. Qiu, J. Tang, S. Wang, G. Xu
IHEP Beijing, Beijing, People's Republic of China

China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) uses the high energy proton beam to strike the Tungsten target to generate neutrons through spallation reaction. The proton beam is extracted from the Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS), whose beam power reaches 100 kW. For the sake of target lifetime, beam distribution at the target surface is required as uniform as possible. Nonlinear beam density redistribution method with two octupole magnets has been studied. Also some simulation and theoretical calculation have been done. According to the simulation result, the beam density at the target is optimized and the beam loss is under control.

THPS042

Feasibility Studies of the Foil Scattering Extraction in CSNS/RCS

extraction, scattering, beam-losses, simulation

3517

N. Wang, M.Y. Huang, N. Huang, S. Wang
IHEP Beijing, Beijing, People's Republic of China

A slow extraction based on foil scattering was suggested in the rapid cycling synchrotron of China Spallation Neutron Source for particle calibration. Protons with large scattering angle will be extracted during 2 ms at the end of each beam cycle, via a carbon foil. The feasibility of the extraction scheme is investigated. The extraction efficiency is studied by both single turn and multi-turn simulations with FLUKA and ORBIT, respectively. Beam losses due to multiple scattering to the downstream components are predicted.

THPS053

Results from the HiRadMat Primary Beam Line Commissioning

beam-losses, optics, controls, instrumentation

3547

C. Heßler, M. Arruat, J. Bauche, K. Bestmann, J. Blanco, N. Conan, K. Cornelis, I. Efthymiopoulos, H. Gaillard, B. Goddard, D. Grenier, G.G. Gros, A. Habert, L.K. Jensen, V. Kain, G. Le Godec, M. Meddahi, S. Pelletier, P. Pepinster, B. Puccio, C. Theis, P. Trilhe, G. Vandoni, J. Wenninger
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The High Radiation to Materials facility (HiRadMat) is a new experimental area at CERN, for studies of the impact of high-intensity pulsed beams on accelerator components and materials. The beam is delivered from the SPS by a new primary beam line, which has been constructed during the 2010/11 winter technical stop. The paper summarizes the construction phase and describes the results from the beam line commissioning in spring 2011. Beam parameter and aperture measurements are presented, as well as steering tests. A special emphasis has been put on the handling of the exceptionally flexible beam line optics in the control system.

THPS057

Stripping Foil Simulations for ISIS Injection Upgrades

injection, simulation, synchrotron, scattering

3556

H. V. Smith, D.J. Adams, B. Jones, C.M. Warsop
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

ISIS, the pulsed neutron and muon spallation source located at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK), currently delivers a mean beam power of 0.2 MW to target. A 70 MeV H⁻ linear accelerator feeds into a 50 Hz, 800 MeV proton synchrotron (through a 0.3·10^-6 m Aluminium Oxide stripping foil), accelerating up to 3·10¹³ protons per pulse. Potential injection scheme upgrades, aiming to raise average beam power towards 0.5 MW with a new 180 MeV linear accelerator, are being studied. Detailed consideration of the injection stripping foil forms a key element of this study: scattering, stripping efficiency and foil lifetime are significant factors in determining loss levels, which consequently limit operational intensity. This paper describes the identification of a suitable stripping foil specification for successful 180 MeV H⁻ charge exchange injection into the ISIS synchrotron. Simulation code was developed to investigate electron stripping, scattering events and temperature rises, in order to witness their subsequent effect on foil lifetime. ANSYS models were also used to investigate the heat transfer and temperature distribution within thin foils.

THPS066

Technical Overview of the SIEMENS Particle Therapy Accelerator

ion, synchrotron, linac, extraction

3577

V. Lazarev, O. Chubarov, S. Emhofer, G. Franzini, S. Göller, B. Nagorny, A. Robin, H. Rohdjess, R. Rottenbach, A.C. Sauer, R. Schedler, T. Sieber, B. Steiner, J. Tacke, D.B. Thorn, T. Uhl, P. Urschütz, O. Wilhelmi
Siemens Med, Erlangen, Germany
M. Budde, J.S. Gretlund, H.B. Jeppesen, C.V. Nielsen, C.G. Pedersen, Ka.T. Therkildsen, S.V. Weber
Siemens DK, Jyllinge, Denmark

Siemens has developed an accelerator system for particle therapy. It consists of an injector (7 MeV/u protons and light ions) and a compact synchrotron able to accelerate proton beams up to 250 MeV and carbon ions up to 430 MeV/u. These beams are extracted slowly from the synchrotron and delivered to a number of beam ports. The first accelerator system has been built and commissioned up to the first two beam outlets. An overview of the achieved performance of the system is presented.
*Particle therapy is a work in progress and requires country-specific regulatory approval prior to clinical use.

THPS067

The TOP-IMPLART Project

DTL, klystron, site, booster

3580

C. Ronsivalle, M.C. Carpanese, G. Messina, L. Picardi, S. Sandri
ENEA C.R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma), Italy
M. Benassi, L. Strigari
IFO, Roma, Italy
E. Cisbani, S.F. Frullani, V. Macellari
ISS, Rome, Italy
C. Marino
ENEA Casaccia, Roma, Italy

The TOP-IMPLART project, developed by ENEA, the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) and Regina Elena National Cancer Institute-IFO-Rome is devoted to the realization of a proton therapy centre to be sited at IFO, based on a sequence of linear accelerators and designed with three treatment rooms: one with a 150 MeV beam for shallow tumors and two with a 230 MeV beam for deep tumors. The first part of the acronym remarks the heritage from the TOP Project developed in 1998-2005 by ISS and ENEA, whilst the second part (“Intensity Modulated Proton Linear Accelerator for RadioTherapy”) exploits the possibility to perform a highly conformational therapy based on spatial and intensity modulation of the beam. The segment up to 150 MeV, funded by the Italian “Regione Lazio” for 11M€ over four years, is under installation at ENEA-Frascati for its validation before the transfer to IFO. The low energy part is also used as a facility for radiobiology experiments in the framework of a satellite program foreseeing cells irradiation at 7 MeV with a vertical and horizontal beam and small animal irradiation with a 17.5 MeV horizontal beam. The status of the Project is presented.

THPS068

A Proton Therapy Test Facility: The Radiation Protection Design

shielding, radiation, neutron, simulation

3583

S. Sandri, M.C. Carpanese, G. Ottaviano, L. Picardi, C. Poggi, C. Ronsivalle
ENEA C.R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma), Italy

A proton therapy test facility is planned to be sited in the Frascati ENEA Research Center, in Italy. A 30 m long, 3 m wide bunker has to be designed to host a proton linear accelerator with a low beam current, lower than 10 nA in average, and an energy up to 150 MeV. The accelerator will be part of the TOP-IMPLART project for deep tumors treatment. The design of the 150 MeV accelerator is under study and the radiation protection solutions are considered in this phase. The linear accelerator has some safety advantages if compared to cyclotrons and synchrotrons. It can be easily housed in the long, narrow tunnel. The main radiation losses during the acceleration process occur below 20 MeV, with a low neutron production. As a consequence the barriers needed should be substantially lighter than the one used for other types of machines. In the paper the simulation models and the calculation performed with Monte Carlo codes are described. The related results are presented together with those assessed by using published experimental data. Considerations about workers and population protection are issued in the conclusions.

THPS069

Particle Beam Characteristics Verification for Patient Treatment at CNAO

synchrotron, controls, simulation, monitoring

3586

M. Donetti, M. Ciocca, M.A. Garella, A. Mirandola, S. Molinelli, M. Pullia, G. Vilches Freixas
CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy
S. Giordanengo
INFN-Torino, Torino, Italy
M. Lavagno
DE.TEC. TOR. S.r.l., Torino, Italy
R. Sacchi
Torino University, ., Torino, Italy

At Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO) in Pavia, Italy, a synchrotron has been designed to treat tumor with protons and ions delivered with a full active delivery system. Several pencil beams with appropriate energy are steered in sequence to the right positions inside the tumor volume covering it totally. Several beam characteristics have to be deeply known in order to be able to deliver a safe patient treatment. CNAO is now able to send beam in the treatment room and the Dose Delivery system is in the commissioning phase. Dose Delivery system, composed by beam monitoring and scanning magnets, manages the treatment with high precision in real time. The dose delivery system functions and components will be presented. Beam characteristic are studied by means of several detectors and verification systems in the treatment room to guarantee the quality of the treatment. Quality is checked in terms of pencil beam characteristics and characteristic of the overall dose in the treatment fields. The detector used and the results of the measurements will be shown.

THPS070

Status Report of the CNAO Construction and Commissioning

synchrotron, extraction, ion, linac

3589

M. Pullia
CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy

The CNAO (National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy) is the first Italian center for deep hadrontherapy. The main accelerator is a synchrotron, based on the PIMMS design, capable to accelerate carbon ions up to 400 MeV/u and protons up to 250 MeV. Four treatment lines, in three treatment rooms, are foreseen in a first stage. The CNAO facility, has been designed for a completely active beam delivery system, in which a pencil beam is scanned transversely and the extracted beam energy can be changed on a spill to spill basis. The commissioning of the synchrotron started in August 2010. At the beginning of 2011 the first Spread Out Bragg Peaks with proton beams in the energy range 120-170 MeV/u, matching the first foreseen treatments, have been measured. The commissioning of the machine with protons has now been completed and authorisation to treatment of patients has been obtained from the competent authorities. The commissioning with carbon ions is in progress.

THPS077

Compact Superconducting Synchrocyclotrons at Magnetic Field Level of up to 10 T for Proton and Carbon Therapy

cyclotron, ion, synchro-cyclotron, focusing

3610

A.I. Papash
MPI-K, Heidelberg, Germany
G.A. Karamysheva
JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
L.M. Onischenko
JINR/DLNP, Dubna, Moscow region, Russia

Based on brief analysis of accelerators widely used for proton-ion therapy and patient cure during last 20 years the feasibility and importance of compact superconducting synchrocyclotrons operating at magnetic field level up to 10 T is outlined. The main component of modern commercial facility for proton-ion therapy is an isochronous cyclotron with room temperature or superconducting coils accelerating protons up to 250 MeV as well as synchrotron accelerating carbon ions up to 400 MeV/A. Usually ions are delivered from accelerator into the treatment room by transport lines. Irradiation is done by system of pointed to the patient magnets, collimators, energy degraders which are attached to the rotating Gantry. To greatly reduce price of facility (almost in one order of magnitude) and to simplify operational conditions of hospital personal it is proposed to provide iso-centric rotation of compact superconducting synchrocyclotron around the patient. Main physical and technical parameters are described in the paper.

THPS078

Medical Applications of INR Proton Linac

neutron, linac, target, isotope-production

3613

S.V. Akulinichev, L.V. Kravchuk
RAS/INR, Moscow, Russia

The main parameters of INR proton linac are suitable for several medical applications. The isotope laboratory of INR is now producing Sr-82 for PET diagnostics in cardiology and the first proton therapy treatment room is now being tested. This treatment room was designed for the therapy of tumors of different sizes and localizations, the patient position can be either sitting or lying. The combination of scatterers and collimators makes the formed beam profile at the isocenter insensitive to the initial beam profile in the transport channel. During the linac run for medicine at the end of 2010 the proton beams with energies of 120-209 MeV have been shown to fulfilled the medical requirements. Due to high maximal intensity of the proton beam, the brachytherapy source activation and the neutron therapy can become other applications of the facility. It is possible to use the parasitic neutrons, arising at the isotope laboratory or at some installations of the experimental complex, for the activation of medical sources with ytterbium or other nuclides, for the neutron therapy and even for the boron or gadolinium neutron-capture therapy of radio-resistant tumors.

THPS079

Vacuum-insulation Tandem Accelerator for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

neutron, target, vacuum, tandem-accelerator

3615

S.Yu. Taskaev, V.I. Aleynik, A. Burdakov, A.A. Ivanov, A.S. Kuznetsov, A.N. Makarov, I.N. Sorokin
BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

Novel powerful electrostatic vacuum-insulation tandem accelerator had been proposed* and created at BINP. A 2 MeV 3 mA dc proton beam is obtained. Neutrons are generated by 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction in the near threshold mode**. Epithermal neutron flux is formed for the development of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) of malignant tumors. In this report results on proton beam obtaining, neutron flux generation and in vitro investigation are presented and discussed. This accelerator based neutron source looks like a prototype of compact inexpensive epithermal neutron source for the spread of BNCT. Plans on BNCT realization are declared. Also the facility is used for the development of nuclear resonance absorption technique for nitrogen detection, and for the investigation of neutronless fusion. First, 9.17-MeV gamma rays are generated by 13C(p,gamma)14N reaction at 1.76 MeV protons***. Second, we are ready to measure alfa particles energy spectrum of p+11B reaction.
* Bayanov et al., NIM A 413 (1998) 397-426.
** Kuznetsov et al., Technical Physics Letters 35/8 (2009) 1-6.
*** Kuznetsov et al., NIM A 606 (2009) 238-242.

THPS080

The New Bern Cyclotron Laboratory for Radioisotope Production and Research

cyclotron, target, radiation, extraction

3618

S. Braccini, A. Ereditato
LHEP, Bern, Switzerland
P. Scampoli
Naples University Federico II, Napoli, Italy
K. von Bremen
SWAN, Bern, Switzerland

A new cyclotron laboratory for radioisotope production and multi-disciplinary research is under construction in Bern and will be operational by the end of 2011. A commercial IBA 18 MeV proton cyclotron, equipped with a specifically conceived 6 m long external beam line, ending in a separate bunker, will provide beams for routine 18-F production as well as for novel detector, radiation biophysics, radioprotection, radiochemistry and radiopharmacy developments. The accelerator is embedded into a complex building which hosts two physics laboratories, four GMP radiochemistry and radiopharmacy laboratories, offices and two floors for patient treatment and clinical research activities. This project is the result of a successful collaboration among the University Hospital in Bern (Inselspital), the University of Bern and private investors, aiming at the constitution of a combined medical and research center able to provide the most cutting-edge technologies in medical imaging and cancer radiation therapy. For this purpose, the establishment of a proton therapy center on the campus of Inselspital is in the phase of advanced study.

THPS081

Design Choices of the MedAustron Nozzles and Proton Gantry based on Modeling of Particle Scattering

scattering, vacuum, dipole, optics

3621

M. Palm
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
M. Benedikt, A. Fabich
EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria
M. Palm
ATI, Wien, Austria

MedAustron, the Austrian hadron therapy center is currently under construction. Irradiations will be performed using active scanning with a proton or carbon ion pencil beam which is subject to scattering in vacuum windows, beam monitors and air gap. For applications where sharp lateral beam penumbras are required in order to spare critical organs from unwanted dose, scattering should be minimal. A semi-empirical scattering model has been established to evaluate beam size growth at the patient due to upstream scattering. Major design choices for proton gantry and nozzle based on the scattering calculations are presented.

THPS082

Dose-homogeneity Driven Beam Delivery System Performance Requirements for MedAustron

ion, target, extraction, scattering

3624

M. Palm, F. Moser
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
M. Benedikt, A. Fabich
EBG MedAustron, Wr. Neustadt, Austria
M. Palm
ATI, Wien, Austria

MedAustron, the Austrian hadron therapy center is currently under construction. Irradiation will be performed using active scanning with proton or carbon ion pencil beams. Major beam delivery system contributors to dose heterogeneities during active scanning are evaluated: beam position, beam size and spot weight errors. Their individual and combined effect on the dose distribution is quantified, using semi-analytical models of lateral beam spread in the nozzle and target and depth-dose curves for protons and carbon ions. Deduced requirements on critical parts of the beam delivery system are presented. Preventive and active methods to suppress the impact of beam delivery inaccuracies are proposed.

THPS087

Engineering Prototype for a Compact Medical Dielectric Wall Accelerator

rfq, kicker, laser, acceleration

3636

A. Zografos, T. Brown, A. Hening, V. Joshkin, K. Leung, Y.K. Parker, H.T. Pearce-Percy, D. Pearson, M. Rougieri, J. Weir
CPAC, Livermore, CA, USA
R. Becker
SSS, Gelnhausen, Germany
D.T. Blackfield, G.J. Caporaso, Y.-J. Chen, S. Falabella, G. Guethlein, S.A. Hawkins, S.D. Nelson, B. R. Poole, J.A. Watson
LLNL, Livermore, California, USA
R.W. Hamm
R&M Technical Enterprises, Pleasanton, California, USA

Funding: Prepared by LLNL under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.
The Compact Particle Accelerator Corporation has developed an architecture to produce pulsed proton bunches that will be suitable for proton treatment of cancers. Subsystems include a RFQ injection system with a pulsed kicker to select the desired proton bunches and a linear accelerator incorporating a High Gradient Insulator with stacked Blumleins to produce the required voltage. The Blumleins are switched with solid state laser driven optical switches that are an integral part of the Blumlein assemblies. Other subsystems include a laser, a fiber optic distribution system, an electrical charging system and beam diagnostics. An engineering prototype has been constructed and it has been fully characterized. Results obtained from the engineering prototype support the development of an extremely compact 150 MeV system capable of modulating energy, beam current and spot size on a shot to shot basis within the next two years. The paper will detail the construction of the engineering prototype and discuss experimental results. In addition, future development milestones and commercialization plans will also be discussed.

THPS088

LHC Beam Impact on Materials Considering the Time Structure of the Beam

target, simulation, kicker, extraction

3639

N.A. Tahir
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
J. Blanco, R. Schmidt
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
R. Piriz
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
A. Shutov
IPCP, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia

The LHC is the world's largest and highest energy accelerator. Two counter-rotating beams can be accelerated up to 7 TeV and kept colliding for several hours. The energy stored in each beam is up to 362MJ, enough to melt 500 kg of copper. A fast loss of a small fraction of the beam can cause damage to a superconducting coil in a magnet. Primary beam collimators, one of the most robust parts of the machine protection, can be damaged with about 5% of the beam. An accident involving the entire beam is very unlikely but cannot be fully excluded. Understanding the consequences of such accidents is fundamental for the machine protection. Detailed numerical simulations have been carried out to assess the damage caused by full LHC beam impact on solid Cu and C cylinders. The energy loss of the protons is calculated with the FLUKA code and this data is used as input to a 2D hydrodynamic code BIG2, to study the thermodynamic and hydrodynamic response of the material. Since the target parameters change substantially during the time of impact, a new approach of running the two codes iteratively, has been developed. In this paper the results are presented and compared with the previous studies.

THPS091

Scientific Feasibility of Fusion Material Irradiation Experiments in ESS-B

target, neutron, radiation, remote-handling

3648

I. Garcia-Cortes, A. Ibarra, R. Vila
CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain
E. Abad, R. Martinez
ESS Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
F.J. Bermejo
Bilbao, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bilbao, Spain

Material irradiation by protons is capable of simulating the effects of fusion neutrons (14 MeV, target damaging and He & H production) with a reasonably fast dose rate, according to theoretical calculations and previous experiments. Therefore, given that the ESS-Bilbao (ESS-B) accelerator, under construction in Bilbao, will provide an intense source of 50 MeV protons, with total currents of a few mA’s, a laboratory for fusion material testing is proposed. This paper appraises the scientific feasibility of performing fusion relevant experiments in the proposed laboratory. Material characterization under proton irradiation (by in-beam techniques to assess mechanical properties) while monitoring mechanical, micro-structural and compositional changes of the irradiated materials are some of the laboratory goals. Special emphasis is placed on expected radiation damage parameters in structural and functional materials, the beam power deposition in the sample and the consequences of material activation for the laboratory design.

THPS092

Conceptual Design of the ESS-Bilbao Materials Irradiation Laboratory

neutron, target, simulation, radiation

3651

R. Martinez, E. Abad
ESS Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
F.J. Bermejo
Bilbao, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bilbao, Spain
I. Garcia-Cortes, A. Ibarra, R. Vila
CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

Funding: ESS-Bilbao
The baseline design for the first stage of the ESS-Bilbao proton linear accelerator up to 50 MeV is almost concluded and the linac is at present under construction. Three main application laboratories have been envisaged in this first stage: two proton irradiation laboratories and a low intensity neutron source. In particular, the high intensity proton beam of 50 MeV will be used to test structural materials for fusion reactors* under project named “Protons for Materials” (P4M), described in this contribution. The P4M irradiation room will be an underground facility located at the accelerator's tunnel depth. High levels of activation are expected in this irradiation room and its design presents challenges in both remote handling and independent operation from the other two surface laboratories. Thermal analysis of the beam power deposition over the target will be presented.
K. Konashyetal, Sci. Rep. RITU, A45(1997), pp.111-114.

THPS096

Neutron-physical Characteristics of the Subcritical Setup with Natural Uranium Blanket Bombarded by 4 GeV Deuterons

neutron, target, radiation, background

3660

M. Artiushenko, Y.T. Petrusenko, V.V. Sotnikov, V.A. Voronko
NSC/KIPT, Kharkov, Ukraine
A.A. Patapenka, A.A. Safronava, I.V. Zhuk
JIPNR-Sosny NASB, Minsk, Belarus

An extended U/Pb-assembly was irradiated with an extracted beam of 4 GeV deuterons from the Nuclotron accelerator at the JINR, Dubna, Russia. Information on the spatial distributions of neutrons in the lead target and the uranium blanket was obtained with sets of activation detectors (natPb and natU) and solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTD). Spatial distribution of the natPb, and natU fission reaction rates in the volume of the target and blanket installation were obtained using SSNTD techniques. Activation method was used to obtain the spatial distributions of 238U(n,g), 238U(n,f) reactions rates. The procedure of combining the track counting and gamma-spectrometry techniques for the determination of spectral indices is a new development. It includes gathering information from the same sample by SSNTD methods, i.e., counting the fission tracks of 238U, and also by gamma-spectrometry of 239Np production. Sets of spectral indices values (ratio of 238U(n,g) to 238U(n,f) reaction rates), representing the integral nuclear data were defined. Comparison between the experimental data and the calculations performed with the use of the computer numerical code FLUKA2008 was made.

THPS103

The Proton Engineering Frontier Project: Status and Prospect of Proton Beam Utilization

linac, target, radiation, DTL

3675

K. R. Kim, Y.-S. Cho, B.H. Choi, J-Y. Kim, K.Y. Kim, J. W. Park
KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea

Funding: This work has been supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, Republic of Korea.
A 100-MeV, 20-mA high intensity proton linac is to be constructed in 2012 by the PEFP (Proton Engineering Frontier Project) of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, which was started in 2002 with three main objectives; development of high intensity proton linac, development of proton beam utilization technologies, and industrialization of developed technologies. Proton beams with variable energy and current can be provided to the users from various research and application fields such as nano-, bio-, semiconductor-, space-, radiation-, environment-technologies and medical- and basic sciences, etc. through 10 targets rooms, which are assigned specific application fields to meet various user’s beam requirements. Following a brief introduction to the accelerator development, multiple beamline development and the construction works, we will review the achievements of our user program which have been operated over the past 8 years to cultivate and foster proton beam users and beam utilization technologies in diverse R&D fields. In addition, we will discuss the perspectives of the beam utilization in conjunction with design and construction of user facilities.

THPS104

Radio-activation Effect of Target Rooms for PEFP's 20~100 MeV Linear Accelerator

target, radiation, neutron, simulation

3678

S.J. Ra, M.H. Jung, K. R. Kim
KAERI, Daejon, Republic of Korea

Funding: This work was conducted as a part of the Proton Engineering Frontier Project supported by the Ministry of Education Science & Technology of Korea Government.
PEFP (Proton Engineering Frontier Project) has developed a 20~100 MeV/20 mA proton linear accelerator, proton beam utilization technology and accelerator applications, in order to acquire core technologies which are essential to develop future science and secure the industrial competitiveness. In the experimental hall, 10 target rooms will be constructed for the research of radioisotopes, material, medical, neutron source, etc. In the irradiation experiments using proton beam of more than a few MeV energy, radio-activation of targets and equipments can be essentially caused by the proton induced nuclear reactions. Highly radioactive samples occasionally makesome problems or inconveniences concerning with sample handling and post-treatment because we have to wait for the samples to be cooled down under the safe value for radiation protection. So we estimated proton beam irradiation condition of each target room and used samples including equipments, then we calculated radio-activation of each target room by using Monte Carlo N-particle Transport Code.

THPZ016

Interaction Region Design for a Ring-Ring LHeC

quadrupole, electron, optics, luminosity

3720

L.N.S. Thompson, R. Appleby
UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
N.R. Bernard
UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
M. Fitterer
KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
B.J. Holzer
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
M. Klein
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
P. Kostka
DESY Zeuthen, Zeuthen, Germany
L.N.S. Thompson
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

The Large Hadron Electron Collider project is a proposal to study e-p and e-A interactions at the LHC. Using one of the LHC's proton beams, an electron beam of relatively low energy and moderately high intensity provides high luminosity TeV-scale e-p collisions at one of the LHC interaction points, running simultaneously with existing experiments. Two designs are studied; an electron ring situated in the LHC tunnel, and an electron linac. The focus of this paper is on the ring design. Designing an e-p machine presents interesting accelerator physics and design challenges, particularly when considering the interaction region. These include coupled optics, beam separation and unconventional mini-beta focusing schemes. Designs are constrained by an array of interdependent factors, including beam-beam interaction, detector dimensions and acceptance, luminosity and synchrotron radiation. Methods of addressing these complex issues are discussed. The current designs for the LHeC Ring-Ring interaction region and long straight section are presented and discussed, in the context of the project goals and design challenges encountered. Future developments and work are also discussed.

THPZ019

High Luminosity Electron-hadron Collider eRHIC

electron, hadron, linac, luminosity

3726

V. Ptitsyn, E.C. Aschenauer, J. Beebe-Wang, S.A. Belomestnykh, I. Ben-Zvi, R. Calaga, X. Chang, A.V. Fedotov, H. Hahn, L.R. Hammons, Y. Hao, P. He, A.K. Jain, E.C. Johnson, D. Kayran, J. Kewisch, V. Litvinenko, G.J. Mahler, W. Meng, B. Parker, A.I. Pikin, T. Rao, T. Roser, B. Sheehy, J. Skaritka, R. Than, D. Trbojevic, N. Tsoupas, J.E. Tuozzolo, G. Wang, Q. Wu, W. Xu
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

We present the design of a future high-energy high-luminosity electron-hadron collider at RHIC called eRHIC. We plan adding 20 (30) GeV energy recovery linacs to accelerate and to collide polarized and unpolarized electrons with hadrons in RHIC. The center-of-mass energy of eRHIC will range from 30 to 200 GeV. The luminosity exceeding 10³4 cm^-2s⁻¹ can be achieved in eRHIC using the low-beta interaction region which a 10 mrad crab crossing. A natural staging scenario of step-by-step increases of the electron beam energy by builiding-up of eRHIC's SRF linacs. We report on the eRHIC design and cost estimates for it stages. We discuss the progress of eRHC R&D projects from the polarized electron source to the coherent electron cooling.

THPZ020

eRHIC Interaction Region Design

electron, ion, lattice, interaction-region

3729

D. Trbojevic, J. Beebe-Wang, Y. Hao, D. Kayran, Y. Luo, V. Ptitsyn, N. Tsoupas
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
V. Litvinenko
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA

Funding: *Work performed under a Contract Number DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the auspices of the US Department of Energy.
Interaction region design of the future electron ion collider at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (eRHIC) is presented. Polarized protons/Helium and heavy ions will collider with 5-30 GeV polarized electrons with a 10 mrad angle by using the crab cavity crossing. The interaction region is designed without bending electrons to avoid problems with synchrotron radiation. Use of the combined function magnet in the ion side allows detection of neutrons. Design allows detection of deep virtual scattering as well as detection of partons with lower energies (po/2.5). The betatron function at collisions is 5 cm assuming use of three dimensional electron beam cooling. Special chromaticity correction is applied in both sides of the ion straight section interaction region. Electrons arrive with avoiding completely synchrotron radiation at the detector. Special superconducting combined function magnet is designed to allow passage of electrons through the field free region.

THPZ027

First Beam Results for a Collimator with In-jaw Beam Position Monitors

collimation, alignment, closed-orbit, beam-losses

3747

D. Wollmann, O. Aberle, R.W. Assmann, A. Bertarelli, C.B. Boccard, R. Bruce, F. Burkart, M. Cauchi, A. Dallocchio, D. Deboy, M. Gasior, O.R. Jones, S. Redaelli, A. Rossi, G. Valentino
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

With more than 100 collimators the LHC has the most complex collimation system ever installed in an accelerator. The beam-based setup time of the system was a non-negligible factor during the commissioning of the LHC. In addition if the particle orbit at a collimator goes out of tolerance, this collimator needs to be setup again. To reduce the required setup time for the collimation system and to obtain the tight tolerances required for the LHC operation with small beta* and high beam energy, a new collimator design is being developed that integrates a beam position monitor (BPM) into the jaws of the collimator. A prototype of such a phase-II LHC collimator was installed in the SPS at CERN for the 2010 run. In this paper we present the first experimental results from the beam tests performed.

THPZ028

Upgrade Studies for the LHC Collimators

collimation, alignment, betatron, quadrupole

3750

A. Rossi, R.W. Assmann, D. Wollmann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The Phase-I LHC Collimation System has to be upgraded to work at high intensity and energy. Theoretical and engineering studies are focusing on different regions of the machine. The IR3 combined momentum and betatron cleaning, initially approved for installation, has presently been kept as fallback solution in case radiation to equipment limits LHC performance. The installation of collimators in the dispersion suppressor section DS3 has been delayed. In this paper we present predictions with matched optics and the effect of machine imperfections on the collimation performance with IR3 combined cleaning, with and without DS3 collimators.

THPZ030

Halo Scrapings with Collimators in the LHC

collimation, beam-losses, luminosity, superconducting-magnet

3756

F. Burkart, R.W. Assmann, R. Bruce, M. Cauchi, D. Deboy, S. Redaelli, A. Rossi, G. Valentino, D. Wollmann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
L. Lari
IFIC, Valencia, Spain

The population of the beam halo has been measured in the LHC with beam scraping experiments. Primary collimators of the LHC collimation system were used to scrape the beam halo at different statuses of the machine (injection, top energy, separated and colliding beams). In addition these measurements were used to calibrate the beam loss monitor signals to loss rates at the primary collimators. Within this paper the halo scraping method, the measured halo distribution and the calibration factors are presented and compared to theoretical predictions.

THPZ031

Acoustic Measurements in the Collimation Region of the LHC

background, radiation, collimation, beam-losses

3759

D. Deboy, R.W. Assmann, C. Baccigalupi, F. Burkart, M. Cauchi, C.S. Derrez, J. Lendaro, A. Masi, S. Redaelli, G. Spiezia, D. Wollmann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The LHC accelerator at CERN has the most advanced collimation system ever being installed. The collimators intercept unavoidable particle losses and therefore are essential to avoid beam induced quenches of the superconducting magnets. In addition, they provide passive machine protection against mis-kicked beams. During material robustness tests on a LHC collimator prototype in 2004 and 2006, vibration and acoustic measurements have shown that a beam impact detection system should be feasible using accelerometers and microphones as sensors in the LHC. Recently, such sensors have been installed close to the primary collimators in the LHC tunnel. First analyses of raw data show that the system is sensitive enough to detect beam scraping on collimators. Therefore, the implementation of a sophisticated acoustic monitoring system is under investigation. It may be useful not only to detect beam impacts on primary collimators in case of failure, but also to derive further information on beam losses that occur during regular operation. This paper gives an overview on the recent installation, results of the acoustic measurements made at the LHC, and future plans.

THPZ032

Evaluation of the Combined Betatron and Momentum Cleaning in Point 3 in Terms of Cleaning Efficiency and Energy Deposition for the LHC Collimation Upgrade

betatron, collimation, quadrupole, beam-losses

3762

L. Lari, R.W. Assmann, V. Boccone, M. Brugger, F. Cerutti, A. Ferrari, A. Rossi, R. Versaci, V. Vlachoudis, D. Wollmann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
A. Faus-Golfe, L. Lari
IFIC, Valencia, Spain
A. Mereghetti
UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom

Funding: This work has been carried out through of the European Coordination for Accelerator Research and Development (EuCARD), co-sponsored by EU 7th Framework Program.
The Phase I LHC Collimation System Upgrade could include moving part of the Betatron Cleaning from LHC Point 7 to Point 3 to improve both operation flexibility and intensity reach. In addition, the partial relocation of beam losses from the current Betatron cleaning region at Point 7 will mitigate the risks of Single Event Upsets to equipment installed in adjacent and partly not adequate shielded areas. A combined Betatron and Momentum Cleaning scenario at Point 3 implies the installation of new collimators and a new collimator aperture layout. This paper shows the whole LHC Collimator Efficiency variation with the new layout proposed at different beam energies. As part of the evaluation, energy deposition distribution in the IR3 region gives indications about the effect of this new implementation not only on the collimators themselves but also on the other beam line elements.

FRYAA01

Review of Hadron Therapy Accelerators Worldwide and Future Trends

ion, hadron, synchrotron, target

3784

K. Noda
NIRS, Chiba-shi, Japan

Hadron beams have attractive growing interest for cancer treatment owing to their high dose localization at the Bragg peak and owing to high biological effect there, especially for heavy-ion beams. Recently, therefore, hadron cancer radiotherapy has been successfully carried out at various facilities and several facility construction projects have also been progressing in the world, based on the development of the accelerator and beam-delivery technologies. This report will review the development of the accelerator and beam-delivery technologies in the hadron beam radiotherapy facilities in the world.

FRYBA01

The European Spallation Source

cavity, linac, target, HOM

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.

Slides FRYBA01 [5.122 MB]