Preliminary study of a niobium quarter-wave prototype cavity for a heavy-ion superconducting linac

Superconducting quarter-wave resonators,due to their compactness and their convenient shape for tuning and coupling,are very attractive for low-β beam acceleration.In this paper,two types of cavities with different geometry have been numerically simulated the first type with larger capacitive load in the beam line and the second type of lollipop-shape for 100 MHz,β=0.06 beams then the relative electromagnetic parameters and geometric sizes have been compared.It is found that the second type,whose structural design is optimized with the conical stem and shaping drift-tube,can support the better accelerating performance.At the end of the paper,some structural deformation effects on frequency shifts and appropriate solutions have been discussed.     

Bunch compression study using the envelope model in CSRm

The feasibility of attaining a short-pulse-duration heavy ion beam with a nanosecond pulse length is studied in the main ring of the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL). Such a heavy ion beam can be produced by non-adiabatic compression, and it is implemented by fast rotation in the longitudinal phase space. In this paper, the possible beam parameters during longitudinal bunch compression are studied by using the envelope model. The result shows that a shortest heavy ion bunch ²³⁸U²⁸⁺ of 29 ns with energy of 200 MeV/u can be obtained, which can satisfy high energy density physics research.     

An untuned MA-loaded cavity for HIRFL-CSR

In order to realize high energy density physics and plasma physics research at HIRFL-CSR, a magnetic alloy （MA）-loaded cavity has been studied. According to the theoretical calculation and simulation for the MA-loaded cavity, we achieved a better result. The MA-loaded cavity had a higher μQf value, with a higher shunt impedance and a higher accelerating gradient. The accelerating gradient was about 95 kV/m at 1.8003 MHz, 130 kV/m at 0.9000 MHz. Compared with the ferrite-loaded cavities that are used at HIRFL-CSR, with about 10 kV/m accelerating gradient, the MA-loaded cavity obviously has an advantage. The results of the theoretical calculation and the simulation, which meet the design requirements are in good agreement.     

用于HIRFL-CSRm纵向压缩高频腔的磁合金环测试

在HIRFL-CSRm上进行高能量密度物理和等离子体物理的研究需要一个能提供高电压的高频腔来对束团进行纵向压缩, 而磁合金加载腔获得较高的加速场梯度可以满足这一要求, 且腔体不需要调谐, 从而简化了高频控制系统。为了选择磁导率和阻抗较大、Q值(品质因数)小于1的磁合金材料来加载压缩高频腔, 对型号为V和A的两种磁合金材料进行了测试。测试结果表明: 型号为V的材料具有较大的磁导率、 阻抗和小于1的Q值, 将被用来加载腔体以获得足够高的加速电场梯度。A high voltage RF cavity is required to compress the beam bunch in the longitudinal for high energy density physics and plasma physics research at HIRFL CSRm. A magnetic alloy (MA) loaded cavity which has high acceleration gradient and without tuning loop (can simplify the RF control system), can meet the requirement. In order to select a proper MA material with higher permeability and shunt impe dance, Q< 1 value to load the RF compression cavity, two different MA materials V and A have been tes ted. The results indicate that the material V will be better for the construction of the RF cavity than material A because of its higher permeability and shunt impedance, Q< 1 value.     

Study on shunt impedance and voltage distribution of 4-rod RFQ cavity

A high current RFQ （radio frequency quadrupole） is being studied at the Institute of Modern Physics, CAS for the direct plasma injection scheme. Shunt impedance is an important parameter when designing a ＆rod RFQ cavity, it reflects the RF efficiency of the cavity, and has a direct influence on the cost of the structure. Voltage distribution of a RFQ cavity has an effect on beam transmission, and particles would be lost if the actual voltage distribution is not as what it should be. The influence of cell length, stem thickness and height on shunt impedance and voltage distribution have been studied, in particular the effect of projecting electrodes has been investigated in detail.