Flashback and perspectives for the production of intense ion beams with ECR ion sources

There is a clear evidence that the combination of ability to produce intense beams of highly charged heavy ions and of reliability, stability and low emittance can be guaranteed only by an adequate design of electron cyclotron resonance ion sources (ECRIS). Following the roadmap defined by Geller's scaling laws (1987) and the high B-mode concept (1990), the evolution of ECRIS has been steady and it amounted to about one order of magnitude per decade, as for high charge state currents. A further increase is possible according to the standard model of ECR sources unless technological problems may limit it in the future. Some sources are in the commissioning or construction phase to get the milliampere level for highly charged heavy ions, and some limitations have been already found but the possibility to get a further step forward remains unchanged. This paper presents the flashbacks of previous relevant experiences, along with the perspectives for higher current production in the years after 2010.     

Mismatch study of C-ADS main linac

The ADS accelerator in China is a Continuous-Wave(CW) proton linac with 1.5 Ge V beam energy,10 m A beam current, and 15 MW beam power. To meet the extremely low beam loss rate and high reliability requirements, it is very important to study the beam halo caused by beam mismatch, which is one major sources of beam loss. To avoid envelope instability, the phase advances per period are all smaller than 90 degrees in the main linac design. In this paper, simulation results of the emittance growth and the envelope oscillations caused by mismatch in the main linac section are presented. To meet the emittance growth requirement, the transverse and longitudinal mismatch factors should be smaller than 0.4 and 0.3, respectively.     

Towards one machine, two purposes: using a common SC linac for XFEL and ERL simultaneously

The linac based XFEL and ERL are advanced （or, say, 4th generation） light sources, with different electron beam parameters and different advantages. However, the linac used for XFEL and ERL should provide very advanced beams with high energy, high peak and/or average current, very low emittance and low energy spread, thus making the linac very complicated and expensive. To share the XFEL and ERL advantages and save the construction-operation budget, a proposal of using a common superconducting electron linac for hard X-ray XFEL and ERL is described in this paper. The interactions between the XFEL and ERL beams via the accelerating structure are studied and the result is positive.     

An ion beam cooler for collinear laser spectroscopy

An ion beam cooler has been constructed and tested at the IGISOL mass separator facility at the University of Jyväskylä. The cooler is designed to improve the ion optical properties of radioactive ion beams produced with fission-, light-ion fusion and heavy ion fusion ion guides. The performance of the device has been tested in off- and on-line conditions. It has been shown that the emittance and energy spread of the ion beam can be decoupled from the ion guide parameters with high transmission efficiency.     

Simulation study of a photo-injector for brightness improvement in Thomson scattering X-ray source via ballistic bunching

Increasing the peak brightness is beneficial to various applications of the Thomson scattering X-ray source. A higher peak brightness of the scattered X-ray pulse demands a shorter scattering electron beam realized by beam compression in the electron beam-line. In this article, we study the possibility of compressing the electron beam in a typical S-band normal conducting photo-injector via ballistic bunching, through just adding a short RF linac section right behind the RF gun, so as to improve the peak brightness of the scattered x-ray pulse. Numerical optimization by ASTRA demonstrates that the peak current can increase from 50 A to > 300 A for a 500 pC, 10 ps FWHM electron pulse, while normalized transverse RMS emittance and RMS energy spread increases very little. Correspondingly, the peak brightness of the Thomson scattering X-ray source is estimated to increase about three times.     

PIC mode simulation of solenoid collimation channel

A new SSC(Separated Sector Cyclotron)-Linac is being designed to serve as an injector for the SSC at the HIRFL(Heavy Ion Research Facility Lanzhou).The beam intensity at the LEBT(Low Energy Beam Transport)for the heavy ions after the selection is typically low and the space charge effects are inconspicuous.The space charge effects become obvious when the beam current increases to a few hundred microamperes.The emittance growth deriving from the space charge effects may be particularly troublesome for the following linac and cyclotron.An optical system containing three solenoids has been designed for the LEBT to limit the beam emittance and to avoid the unnecessary beam loss in the cyclotron,as well as for the purpose of immunizing the LEBT emittance growth due to the space charge effects.The results of the PIC(Particle-In-Cell)mode simulation illustrate that this channel could limit the beam emittance growth and increase the beam brightness.     

Progress of the Injector Linac Upgrade for the BEPCⅡ Project

BEPCⅡ—an upgrade project of Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC) is a factory type of e+e- collider. It requires its injector linac to have a higher beam energy (1.89 GeV) for on-energy injection and a higher beam current (40 mA e+ beam) for a higher injection rate ( 50 mA/min). The low beam emittance (1.6π mm·mrad for e+ beam, and 0.2πmm·mrad for 300 mA e- beam) and the low beam energy spread (±0.5%) are also required to meet the storage ring acceptance. Thus the original BEPC injector linac must be upgraded to have a new electron gun with its complete tuning system, a new positron source with a flux concentrator, a new RF power system with its phasing loops and a new beam tuning system with orbit correction and optics tuning devices. These new components have been designed, fabricated, tested and will be installed in their final positions in this spring and summer, which are described in this paper.     

Towards one machine, two purposes: using a common SC linac for XFEL and ERL simultaneously

The linac based XFEL and ERL are advanced (or, say, 4th generation) light sources, with different electron beam parameters and different advantages. However, the linac used for XFEL and ERL should provide very advanced beams with high energy, high peak and/or average current, very low emittance and low energy spread, thus making the linac very complicated and expensive. To share the XFEL and ERL advantages and save the construction-operation budget, a proposal of using a common superconducting electron linac for hard X-ray XFEL and ERL is described in this paper. The interactions between the XFEL and ERL beams via the accelerating structure are studied and the result is positive.     

IH型漂移管直线加速器的束流动力学研究（英文）

为了提高兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环（HIRFL-CSR）的运行效率、改善加速器输出束流品质,并实现几个加速装置分时供束,提高整个重离子加速装置的利用率,特为（HIRFL-CSR）增建一台新的注入器--CSRLINAC。在108.48 MHz的RFQ之后的CSR-LINAC主加速段,主要由一台108.48 MHz和两台216.96 MHz的IH型漂移管直线加速器组成,用于加速荷质比为1/8.5~1/3之间的重离子,其最大的束流流强为3 mA,并将粒子从0.3 MeV/u加速到3.71 MeV/u。运用KONUS动力学原理,在满足设计指标的情况下,首先利用TraceWin程序进行中能束线MEBT设计,后针对高频腔体设计和束流匹配的基本参数的系列讨论,特别是对CSR-LINAC的中能束流匹配线、参数选择和IH型KONUS结构的漂移管直线加速器进行设计模拟优化。最终得出,在保证腔体设计指标和95.3%的传输效率的情况下,该紧凑型直线加速结构经过三个腔体的加速后,束流的纵向归一化均方根发射度增长仅有25%;同时发现,当流强达到3 mA时,存在空间电荷效应,导致其纵向相宽增长约25%,最大横向包络也存在16.5%的涨落。In order to improve the operation efficiency of the Cooling Storage Ring of Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL-CSR), a heavy ion linac (linear accelerator) was proposed and designed as a new injector for HIRFL-CSR. Following the 108.48 MHz Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ), three tanks in total with Interdigital H-mode drift tube linac (IH-DTL) structure are installed to boost the beam energy from 0.3 to 3.71 MeV/u, and the beam current of ions with charge-to-mass ratio from 1/8.5 to 1/3 can reach to 3 mA. The first tank operatesat the same frequency as the RFQ, and the rest two operate at 216.96 MHz. The “Combined Zero-Degree Synchronous Particle Structure” (KONUS) beam dynamics was used in the beam dynamics design. The overview of the physics design on the main accelerating components, including RF design and beam dynamics design are introduced in this paper. The optimized structure design, fabrication status and simulation results are presented in this contribution. It shows that under the condition of assurance of 95.3% transmission efficiency, the normalized rms emittance is about 25%. When the beam current is up to 3 mA, owing to the space charge effect, the increase of longitudinal phase spread and transverse envelope are about 25% and 16.3%, respectively.     

Single-bunch emittance dilution in the perfect ILC main linac

In the ILC (International Linear Collider) main linac, low emittance preservation is the most important issue for beam dynamics study. As the main sources of emittance dilution, the dispersive and wakefield effects were studied in this paper. The theoretical calculations and numerical simulations of these two effects on single-bunch emittance dilution, without any misalignment errors, are presented in detail.     

加速器驱动次临界系统注入器Ⅰ束测系统（英）

加速器驱动次临界系统注入器Ⅰ,包括ECR离子源、低能传输线、射频四极加速单元、中能传输段和超导腔,注入器Ⅰ出口能够获得能量10 MeV的强流质子束流。为了调束和运行的需要,注入器Ⅰ将安装束流位置测量、束流截面测量、束流流强测量、束流发射度和能量测量,以及束流损失测量等束流参数测量装置。介绍了这些束流测量系统设计及其他方面的一些考虑。     

Single-bunch emittance dilution in the perfect ILC main linac

In the ILC(International Linear Collider)main linac, low emittance preservation is the most important issue for beam dynamics study. As the main sources of emittance dilution, the dispersive and wakefield effects were studied in this paper. The theoretical calculations and numerical simulations of these two effects on single-bunch emittance dilution, without any misalignment errors, are presented in detail.     

基于射频功率调节的负离子源束流反馈控制研究北大核心CSCD

基于射频负离子源的中性束注入系统是高功率长脉冲(稳态)运行中性束注入系统的最佳选择。负离子源是中性束注入系统的核心部件,需要实现稳定的负离子束引出和加速。在负离子源的运行过程中引出负离子电流会发生变化,尤其在长脉冲、高能量运行条件下会更加明显,因此无法满足稳定运行的要求。为了实现引出束流的稳定引出,开展了束流反馈控制研究,研发了一套基于射频功率调节的束流反馈控制系统,并将束流反馈控制系统应用在射频负离子源测试平台,开展了束流反馈控制测试。测试结果表明束流反馈控制系统能够实现对束流的实时反馈调节以获得束流的稳定引出,验证了基于射频功率调节的束流反馈控制的可行性,为高功率射频负离子源的研制提供支持。     

Operation of the CSNS Penning surface H− ion source

The accelerator complex of the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) consists of a H⁻ linear accelerator (linac) and a rapid cycling synchrotron (RCS). The linac contains a Penning surface H⁻ ion source. The designed energy and the beam current of the source are 50 keV and 20 mA respectively, with a normalized root mean square (norm. rms.) emittance of 0.2π mm mrad. The manufactures and tests of the discharge chamber are in great progress. The construction of H⁻ ion source test stand has been completed, and the operation of the source is also in progress. Stable H⁻ ion beams with energy of 50 keV and current up to 50 mA are attained. Emittance measurement for the H⁻ beam is being prepared.

     

用于长脉冲多束团直线加速器的SLED系统

根据长脉冲多束团直线加速器对输入微波波形的要求,系统研究了带有SLED的微波系统,由SLED基本理论推导了输出RAMP波形和平顶波形脉冲时SLED所需的输入波形,给出SLED的参数优化方法.用冷测实验对所发展的理论进行了验证,第一次用SLED产生了RAMP波形和平顶波形的RF脉冲.     

Laser ion beam formation for nanotechnologies

It is suggested to generate cold ion beams by laser collimation and subsequent laser ionization of a primary atomic beam. The primary beam, formed by a standard method, is collimated through transverse cooling by resonance laser radiation. Laser radiation is also used for the multistep ionization of atoms in the collimated beam. Advantages of the proposed method are a low scatter of the initial ion energy (below 10^?1 eV) and a high emittance in the region of the virtual source (～10^?6 cm rad at a beam current on the level of microamperes). The high monochromaticity of the obtained ion beam allows the chromatic aberration effect to be significantly suppressed, which implies good prospects for using such sources in ion beam lithography. The proposed method also allows the spectrum of elements used in ion beam sources to be expanded, which is an independent technological advantage.     

中国散裂中子源直线射频低电平远程控制软件研制

中国散裂中子源一期工程的直线加速器,共有8套数字化射频低电平控制单元,射频低电平的本地控制属于EPICS的异构系统,无法直接与EPICS客户端进行通信。通过在射频低电平本地控制上位机程序中嵌入一个C#类型的EPICS服务器程序,实现了使用EPICS客户端对射频低电平系统的远程控制, 从而把射频低电平控制系统接入基于EPICS框架的控制系统中。直线射频低电平远程控制投入在线运行以来,运行稳定可靠。     

Intense ion beams for inertial confinement fusion

Intense beams of light and heavy ions are being studied as inertial confinement fusion (ICF) drivers for high yield and energy. Heavy and light ions have common interests in beam transport, targets, and alternative accelerators. Self-pinched transport is being jointly studied. This article reviews the development of intense ion beams for ICF. Light-ion drivers are highlighted because they are compact, modular, efficient and low cost. Issues facing light ions are: (1) decreasing beam divergence; (2) increasing beam brightness; and (3) demonstrating self-pinched transport. Applied-B ion diodes are favored because of efficiency, beam brightness, perceived scalability, achievable focal intensity, and multistage capability. A light-ion concept addressing these issues uses: (1) an injector divergence of ⩽24 mrad at 9 MeV; (2) two-stage acceleration to reduce divergence to ⩽12 mrad at 35 MeV; and (3) self-pinched transport accepting divergences up to 12 mrad. Substantial progress in ion-driven target physics and repetitive ion diode technology is also presented. Z-pinch drivers are being pursued as the shortest pulsed power path to target physics experiments and high-yield fusion. However, light ions remain the pulsed power ICF driver of choice for high-yield fusion energy applications that require driver standoff and repetitive operation     

医用质子加速器注入器7 MeV漂移管直线加速器的设计

 针对质子治癌直线加速器功耗少、长度短的要求,设计了一台工作频率为324 MHz的漂移管型质子直线加速器(DTL)。该DTL把粒子从2.5 MeV加速到7 MeV,功耗为265 kW, 总长1.9 m。横向聚焦采用FODO结构,漂移管内放置永磁铁。提出一种新的束流匹配方案,在射频四极场加速器(RFQ)与DTL之间不设束运线,而是以 DTL入口处的4个单元为匹配段,把RFQ出口处相椭圆匹配到DTL周期结构入口处的相椭圆。 用PARMILA程序对该DTL进行了动力学模拟,结果表明该方案的束流发射度增长很小。