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| TH302 | End-to-End Beam Simulations for the MSU RIA Driver Linac | 594 |
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| The Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) driver linac proposed by Michigan State University (MSU) will use a 10th sub-harmonic based, superconducting, cw linac to accelerate light and heavy ions to final energies of ≤400 MeV/u with beam powers of 100 to 400 kW. The driver linac uses superconducting quarter-wave, half-wave, and six-cell elliptical cavities with frequencies ranging from 80.5 MHz to 805 MHz for acceleration, and superconducting solenoids and room temperature quadrupoles for transverse focusing. For the heavier ions, two stages of charge-stripping and multiple-charge-state acceleration will be used to meet the beam power requirements and to minimize the requisite accelerating voltage. End-to-end, three-dimensional (3D), beam dynamics simulations from the ECR to the radioactive beam production targets have been performed. These studies include a 3D analysis of multi-charge-state beam acceleration, evaluation of transverse misalignment and rf errors on the machine performance, modeling of the charge-stripping and stripping-chicane performance, and beam switchyard design. The results of these beam dynamics studies will be presented, and further planned beam dynamics studies will be discussed. | ||
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| THP03 | DESIGN IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIA 80.5 MHZ RFQ | 599 |
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| An 80.5 MHz, continuous-wave, normal-conducting, radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) was designed for the front end of the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) driver linac. It will accelerate various ion beams (hydrogen up to uranium) from 12 keV/u to about 300 keV/u. The 4-meter-long RFQ accepts the pre-bunched beam from the low energy beam transport (LEBT) and captures more than 80% with a current of ~0.3 mA. Beam dynamics simulations show that the longitudinal output emittance is small for both single- and two-charge-state ion beams with an external multi-harmonic buncher. A 4-vane resonator with magnetic coupling windows was employed in the cavity design to provide large mode separation, high shunt impedance, and a small transverse dimension. The results of beam dynamics as well as the electromagnetic simulations are presented. | ||
| THP13 | Construction of a 161 MHz, β=0.16 Superconducting Quarter Wave Resonator with Steering Correction for RIA | 626 |
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| We have built a 161 MHz, β=0.16 superconducting Quarter Wave Resonator with steering correction for the low beta section of RIA. This bulk niobium, double wall cavity, compatible with both separate vacuum between beam line and cryostats or unified one, was designed in collaboration between MSU-NSCL and LNL. The design is suitable for extension to other frequencies, e.g. to obtain the 80 MHz, β=0.085 cavity required in RIA. The shaped drift tube allows correction of the residual QWR steering that can cause emittance growth especially in light ions; this could make this resonator a good alternative to Half-Wave resonators in high intensity proton-deuteron linacs, like the SPES injector project at LNL. First test results will be presented. | ||
| THP70 | Experimental Study of an 805 MHz Cryomodule for the Rare Isotope Accelerator | 773 |
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The Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) driver linac will use superconducting, 805 MHz, 6-cell elliptical cavities with geometric β values of 0.47, 0.61 and 0.81. Each elliptical cavity cryomodule will have four cavities [1]. Room temperature sections between each cryomodule will consist of quadrupole doublets, beam instrumentation, and vacuum systems. Michigan State University (MSU) has designed a compact cryostat that reduces the tunnel cross-section and improves the linac real estate gradient. The cold mass alignment is accomplished with a titanium rail system supported by adjustable nitronic links from the top vacuum plate, and is similar to that used for existing MSU magnet designs. The same concept has also been designed to accommodate the quarter-wave and half-wave resonators with superconducting solenoids used at lower velocity in RIA. Construction of a prototype β=0.47 cryomodule was completed in February 2004 and is presently under test in realistic operating conditions. Experimental results will be presented including: alignment, electromagnetic performance, frequency tuning, cryogenic performance, low-level rf control, and control of microphonics.
[1] “Cryomodule Design for the Rare Isotope Accelerator”, T.L. Grimm, M. Johnson and R.C. York, PAC2003, Portland OR (2003) |