Physics design for the C-ADS main linac based on two dif f erent injector design schemes

The China ADS（C-ADS） project proposes to build a 1000 MW Accelerator Driven sub-critical System around 2032. The accelerator will work in CW mode with 10 mA in beam current and 1.5 GeV in final beam energy. The linac is composed of two major sections： the injector section and the main linac section. There are two diferent schemes for the injector section. The Injector-scheme is based on a 325 MHz RFQ and superconducting spoke cavities of the same RF frequency and the Injector-scheme is based on a 162.5 MHz RFQ and superconducting HWR cavities of the same frequency. The main linac design will be diferent for diferent injector choices. The two diferent designs for the main linac have been studied according to the beam characteristics from the diferent injector schemes.     

Physics design for the C-ADS main linac based on two different injector design schemes

The China ADS (C-ADS) project proposes to build a 1000 MW Accelerator Driven sub-critical System around 2032. The accelerator will work in CW mode with 10 mA in beam current and 1.5 GeV in final beam energy. The linac is composed of two major sections: the injector section and the main linac section. There are two different schemes for the injector section. The Injector-Ⅰ scheme is based on a 325 MHz RFQ and superconducting spoke cavities of the same RF frequency and the Injector-Ⅱ scheme is based on a 162.5 MHz RFQ and superconducting HWR cavities of the same frequency. The main linac design will be different for different injector choices. The two different designs for the main linac have been studied according to the beam characteristics from the different injector schemes.     

ADS注入器II的5 MeV高能传输线的设计与搭建

ADS先导专项的注入器Ⅱ计划在将质子束通过一个Cryomodule加速到5 MeV后,进行10 mA连续束流的调试,以验证ADS低能段的强流超导直线加速器技术。为了将50 kW的束流功率沉积到束流垃圾站,需要搭建一条高能束流传输线,从超导段开始传输束流。采用两套三组合四极透镜控制束流包络及垃圾站的束流尺寸,利用诊断真空室进行水平和垂直发射度的测量。为避免束流产生的真空管道损伤,该传输线必须确保束流无损失地传输到垃圾站。A CW 10 mA,5 MeV beam commissioning of CADS Injector Ⅱ is planed recently to test the high power superconduction linac techniques.To transport 50 kW beam from linac to the beam dump,a high energy beam line (HEBT) line is designed and setup.Two Triplet are used to control the beam size along HEBT and at the beam dump.One diagnostics box is used for horizontal and vertical emittance measurement.To avoid damages to the vacuum pipe,beam should be transported to the beam dump without losses.The details of the HEBT design will be described in the paper.     

低β四分之一波长腔中的束流偏转的分析性研究(英文)

目前加速速度范围在0.01 c—0.3 c 的粒子的超导腔主要使用四分之一波长腔型。用于不同加速器上的频率范围在50—240 MHz 的四分之一波长腔在建造或者预研中。这种腔型的一个不足是其横向电磁成分会造成束流偏转效应,从而导致发射度的增长和束流的溢漏, 在强流重离子加速器中这种效应尤为严重。对中国科学院近代物理研究所超导直线加速器中的频率为80.5和161 MHz的四分之一波长腔的偏转效应进行了分析,计算结果表明,在四分之一腔体的设计时需要考虑到束流偏转的修正, 这通常需要在漂移管端面上削适当大小的倾角来实现。Superconducting(SC) cavities currently used for acceleration of ions in the velocity range from 0.01 cto 0.3 c are based frequently on quarter wave resonators(QWR). Various types of QWR cavities across a frequency extent from 50 to 240 MHz have been constructed or are proposed for numerous applications. A drawback of this kind of cavities is the beam steering caused by transverse magnetic and electric field components, which can creat emittance growth. In this paper, the analytical studies on beam steering in quarter wave resonator of frequency=80.5 and 161 MHz of the SC linac has been done in Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the calculated results have told us that the correction for beam deflection should be a consideration during the design of the QWR cavity, which generally involves the shaping the inner drift tube.     

A CW superconducting linac as the proton driver for a medium baseline neutrino beam in China

In a long-term planning for neutrino experiments in China, a medium baseline neutrino beam is proposed which uses a continue wave (CW) superconducting linac of 15 MW in beam power as the proton driver. The linac will be based on the technologies which are under development by the China-ADS project, namely it is also composed of a 3.2 MeV normal conducting RFQ and five different types of superconducting cavities. However, the design philosophy is quite different from the China-ADS linac because of the much weaker requirement on reliability here. The nominal design energy and current are 1.5 GeV and 10 mA, respectively. The general considerations and preliminary results on the physics design will be presented here. In addition, the alternative designs such as 2.0 GeV and 2.5 GeV, which may be required by the general design, can be easily extended from the nominal one.     

带有质量分析系统的强流质子束低能传输线研究

强流质子源与低能传输线（LEBT）是作为CIADS注入器的超导强流质子直线加速器的关键前端系统。目前LEBT采用双螺线管匹配结构设计,并安装有限制锥,但仍然不能避免少量H₂+和H₃+进入后端加速装置,这对直线加速器长期运行稳定性与可靠性会产生一定影响。为此,在LEBT加入分析磁铁对混合束（H+,H+2,H₃+）进行分离再注入后端加速器腔体,将是一个有效的方案。本研究对经过带有30度分析磁铁的LEBT的强流质子束的束流品质进行了模拟与实验测量。结果表明,分析磁铁高阶磁场的影响使经过分析磁铁的强流质子束束流品质变差,并且该影响随着束流包络的增大而增大。这些结果为CIADS注入器的低能传输线设计提供了参考依据。High current proton source and the low energy beam transport(LEBT) are the key front-end systems for CIADS injector:high current proton linac accelerator. CIADS injector's LEBT adopts double solenoid matching structure, using a limit cone which can partially avoid H₂+ and H₃+ which injecting into the back-end linac accelerator may impact the long-term stability and reliability of the whole system. It will be an effective method to separate the hybrid ions (H+, H₂+, H₃+) by adding a dipole magnet at LEBT. In this article, we simulated and mesasured the high current proton beam quality behind the LEBT with a 30 degree dipole. The results show that the the proton beam quality is significantly effected by high-order magnetic fields of the dipole magnet, and the effect increases with the increase of the beam envelope. The achieved result is useful for the LEBT design of CIADS injector.     

整体分离环RFQ加速器的研究

阐述了北京大学整体分离环高频四极场（ＩＳＲＲＦＱ）加速器研究所取得的研究成果．分别论述了２６ＭＨｚ３００ｋｅＶＩＳＲＲＦＱ加速器结构、束流动力学设计、高频控制系统、束流试验装置及束流试验；分析了其对Ｎ＋、Ｏ＋、Ｏ－束流试验的研究结果；简述了２６ＭＨｚ１ＭｅＶＲＦＱ加速器束流动力学、加速腔设计及目前的进展 The status of the ISR RFQ accelerators in Peking University is described. The structure of ISR RFQ accelerator, beam dynamics calculation results by PARMTEQ, RF systems, beam transport lines and the beam test evolutions of a 26 MHz 300 keV ISR RFQ accelerator are also presented, respectively. The beam test results for N +, O +, O - particles are analyzed in detail. At last, the development of 1 MeV 26 MHz ISR RFQ accelerator is introduced briefly.     

Analysis of superconducting cavity quench events at SSRF

Quench is important and dangerous to superconducting RF cavities. This paper illustrates the mechanism of quench and how a quench detector works, and analyzes the quench events happening during beam operations and cavity conditioning. We find that the quench protection is mostly triggered by some reasons such as fluctuation of cavity voltage, multipacting or arc, rather than a real cavity thermal breakdown. The results will be beneficial to optimize the operation parameters of superconducting cavities, to discover the real reasons for beam trip by quench interlock, and to improve the operation stability of superconducting RF systems.     

直线加速器超导段故障补偿的人工智能算法研究

强流直线加速器的长时间稳定运行是该领域的难点和前沿课题之一。以加速器驱动嬗变研究装置(CiADS)的加速器为例,利用TraceWin软件模拟的虚拟加速器数据,提出了基于人工智能算法的超导腔失效的分段故障补偿方法。当有腔体故障时,故障腔的相邻器件将用于重新匹配束流包络,而所有下游腔均可用于补偿束流能量。与传统的优化方法相比,该方法可实现低能耗的超导腔段的故障补偿,具有计算速度快、普适性强等优点,为实际应用器件故障补偿提供了新的可行性。     

Uncoupled achromatic condition of a dog-leg system with the presence of RF cavities

To merge the beam from either of the two injectors to the main linac, a dog-leg system will be employed in the second Medium Energy Beam Transport （MEBT2） line of the China ADS driving accelerator. The achromatic condition has to be guaranteed to avoid beam center excursion against energy jitter. RF cavities were found to be indispensable to control the bunch length growth in the dog-leg system of MEBT2. The full uncoupling between transverse and longitudinal plane is desired to minimize the growth of projected rms emittances. The uncoupled achromatic condition of this dogleg system with the presence of RF bunching cavities will be deduced using the transfer matrices method. It is found that, to fulfill the uncoupling condition, the distance between the bunching cavities is uniquely determined by the maximum energy gain of the RF cavities. The theoretical analysis is verified by the simulation code TraceWin. The space charge effect on the uncoupled achromatic condition and the beam emittance growth will Mso be discussed.     

中国加速器驱动次临界系统主加速器初步物理设计

中国加速器驱动次临界系统（C-ADS）计划采用一个平均流强为10 mA的连续波质子加速器作为次临界堆的驱动器,驱动加速器的束流功率为15 MW,最终能量1.5 GeV,其中主加速器是驱动加速器的一个重要部分,完成束流能量从10 MeV到1.5 GeV的加速,所有加速腔均采用超导结构。为了避免频繁束流中断对反应堆的损坏,设计要求驱动加速器在运行过程中束流可以中断的次数非常有限,因此加速器在设计过程植入了容错机制,尝试了各种可能的方法以最大程度地满足C-ADS加速器的高可靠性和稳定性的要求。介绍了C-ADS主加速器的基本设计: 总长度306.4 m, 束流的归一化RMS发射度增长控制在5%以内。总结了各个重要参数选择过程中的考虑以及整个加速段多粒子跟踪模拟的束流动力学结果。     

Compensation-rematch for the major components of C-ADS injector-I

The China-ADS project is a strategic plan launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences to solve the nuclear waste problem and the resource problem for nuclear power in China. Under its long-term plan, it will last until about 2040. In order to achieve the extremely high reliability and availability required for the C-ADS accelerator, a fault tolerant strategy has been implanted. The failure effects of key elements such as the RF cavities and focusing elements in different locations of the injector-I part have been studied and schemes of compensation based on the local compensation-rematch method have been proposed. In addition, error analysis has been carried out to check the reliability of this method compared with the uncompensated situation, and it is found to be very effective. As the injector-I testing facility is coming into operation, it is possible to check and improve the compensation-rematch method with the beam testing experiment before the main linac operation.     

Great progress in developing 500 MHz single cell superconducting cavity in China

Superconducting cavities have been adopted in many kinds of accelerator facilities such as synchrotron radiation light source, hard X-ray free electron laser linac, colliders and energy recovery linacs (ERL). The 500 MHz superconducting cavities will be a candidate to be installed in the high current accelerators and high current ERLs for their large beam aperture, low higher order modes impedance and high current threshold value. This paper presents great progress in the whole sequence of developing 500 MHz superconducting cavity in China. It describes the first in-house successful development of 500 MHz single cell superconducting cavity including the deep-drawing of niobium half cells, electron beam wielding of cavity, surface preparations and vertical testing. The highest accelerating gradient of the fabricated cavity #SCD-02 higher than 10 MV/m was obtained while the quality factor was better than 4×10⁸ at 4.2 K, which has reached the world level of the same kind of cavities.     

Study on the HOMs coupler design of spoke cavity

The superconducting spoke cavity has been proposed to accelerate the proton in the low energy section of high power proton linac for an Accelerator Driven Sub-critical System (ADS).Considering that the High Order Modes (HOMs)in the superconducting cavity have far reaching influence on power dissipation and beam stability,the analysis of HOMs of the spoke cavity is needed.In this paper,we put emphasis on the analysis of HOMs of the spoke cavity and the HOMs coupler design.     

Study on the HOMs coupler design of spoke cavity

The superconducting spoke cavity has been proposed to accelerate the proton in the low energy section of high power proton linac for an Accelerator Driven Sub-critical System (ADS). Considering that the High Order Modes (HOMs) in the superconducting cavity have far reaching influence on power dissipation and beam stability, the analysis of HOMs of the spoke cavity is needed. In this paper, we put emphasis on the analysis of HOMs of the spoke cavity and the HOMs coupler design.     

Analysis of superconducting cavity quench events at SSRF

Quench is important and dangerous to superconducting RF cavities. This paper illustrates the mechanism of quench and how a quench detector works, and analyzes the quench events happening during beam operations and cavity conditioning. We find that the quench protection is mostly triggered by some reasons such as fluctuation of cavity voltage, multipacting or arc, rather than a real cavity thermal breakdown. The results will be beneficial to optimize the operation parameters of superconducting cavities, to discover the real reasons for beam trip by quench interlock, and to improve the operation stability of superconducting RF systems.     

ADS注入器Ⅱ热冲击损伤研究(英文)

由于束流脉冲无法控制而引起直线加速器的热冲击损伤是造成加速器无法完成聚束及偏转的主要因素,而对热冲击进行定量的热应力评估可以有效地避免RFQ、超导腔以及其他加速元件等加速器设备的损伤,这在研制强流直线加速器的过程中至关重要。本研究引用一种新颖的计算方法定量分析整个注入器的热冲击损伤并明确了三种不同材料高纯铌、无氧铜和不锈钢对应的加速器件的热冲击的特征。基于有限元方法对瞬态热应力进行分析,得出三种不同材料对应的加速器件在入射角度为90度时的温度分析结果。对于所研制的注入能量低于10 MeV的强流直线加速器来讲,得到可允许的入射时间为20μs。