Development and beam test of a continuous wave radio frequency quadrupole accelerator
The front end of any modern ion accelerator includes a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ). While many pulsed ion linacs successfully operate RFQs, several ion accelerators worldwide have significant difficulties operating continuous wave (CW) RFQs to design specifications. In this paper we describe th...
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| author | P. N. Ostroumov B. Mustapha A. Barcikowski C. Dickerson A. A. Kolomiets S. A. Kondrashev Y. Luo D. Paskvan A. Perry D. Schrage S. I. Sharamentov R. Sommer W. Toter G. Zinkann |
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| description | The front end of any modern ion accelerator includes a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ). While many pulsed ion linacs successfully operate RFQs, several ion accelerators worldwide have significant difficulties operating continuous wave (CW) RFQs to design specifications. In this paper we describe the development and results of the beam commissioning of a CW RFQ designed and built for the National User Facility: Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS). Several innovative ideas were implemented in this CW RFQ. By selecting a multisegment split-coaxial structure, we reached moderate transverse dimensions for a 60.625-MHz resonator and provided a highly stabilized electromagnetic field distribution. The accelerating section of the RFQ occupies approximately 50% of the total length and is based on a trapezoidal vane tip modulation that increased the resonator shunt impedance by 60% in this section as compared to conventional sinusoidal modulation. To form an axially symmetric beam exiting the RFQ, a very short output radial matcher with a length of 0.75βλ was developed. The RFQ is designed as a 100% oxygen-free electronic (OFE) copper structure and fabricated with a two-step furnace brazing process. The radio frequency (rf) measurements show excellent rf properties for the resonator, with a measured intrinsic Q equal to 94% of the simulated value for OFE copper. An O^{5+} ion beam extracted from an electron cyclotron resonance ion source was used for the RFQ commissioning. In off-line beam testing, we found excellent coincidence of the measured beam parameters with the results of beam dynamics simulations performed using the beam dynamics code TRACK, which was developed at Argonne. These results demonstrate the great success of the RFQ design and fabrication technology developed here, which can be applied to future CW RFQs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7528291ebab402ea79ff93ef87299f02022-12-21T18:09:44ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams1098-44022012-11-01151111010110.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.110101Development and beam test of a continuous wave radio frequency quadrupole acceleratorP. N. OstroumovB. MustaphaA. BarcikowskiC. DickersonA. A. KolomietsS. A. KondrashevY. LuoD. PaskvanA. PerryD. SchrageS. I. SharamentovR. SommerW. ToterG. ZinkannThe front end of any modern ion accelerator includes a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ). While many pulsed ion linacs successfully operate RFQs, several ion accelerators worldwide have significant difficulties operating continuous wave (CW) RFQs to design specifications. In this paper we describe the development and results of the beam commissioning of a CW RFQ designed and built for the National User Facility: Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS). Several innovative ideas were implemented in this CW RFQ. By selecting a multisegment split-coaxial structure, we reached moderate transverse dimensions for a 60.625-MHz resonator and provided a highly stabilized electromagnetic field distribution. The accelerating section of the RFQ occupies approximately 50% of the total length and is based on a trapezoidal vane tip modulation that increased the resonator shunt impedance by 60% in this section as compared to conventional sinusoidal modulation. To form an axially symmetric beam exiting the RFQ, a very short output radial matcher with a length of 0.75βλ was developed. The RFQ is designed as a 100% oxygen-free electronic (OFE) copper structure and fabricated with a two-step furnace brazing process. The radio frequency (rf) measurements show excellent rf properties for the resonator, with a measured intrinsic Q equal to 94% of the simulated value for OFE copper. An O^{5+} ion beam extracted from an electron cyclotron resonance ion source was used for the RFQ commissioning. In off-line beam testing, we found excellent coincidence of the measured beam parameters with the results of beam dynamics simulations performed using the beam dynamics code TRACK, which was developed at Argonne. These results demonstrate the great success of the RFQ design and fabrication technology developed here, which can be applied to future CW RFQs.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.110101 |
| spellingShingle | P. N. Ostroumov B. Mustapha A. Barcikowski C. Dickerson A. A. Kolomiets S. A. Kondrashev Y. Luo D. Paskvan A. Perry D. Schrage S. I. Sharamentov R. Sommer W. Toter G. Zinkann Development and beam test of a continuous wave radio frequency quadrupole accelerator Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams |
| title | Development and beam test of a continuous wave radio frequency quadrupole accelerator |
| title_full | Development and beam test of a continuous wave radio frequency quadrupole accelerator |
| title_fullStr | Development and beam test of a continuous wave radio frequency quadrupole accelerator |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and beam test of a continuous wave radio frequency quadrupole accelerator |
| title_short | Development and beam test of a continuous wave radio frequency quadrupole accelerator |
| title_sort | development and beam test of a continuous wave radio frequency quadrupole accelerator |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.110101 |
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