An efficient solution for accelerating very high intensity beams in the low and medium energy regime

TL;DR

This paper presents an innovative approach combining KONUS beam dynamics with superconducting CH structures to efficiently accelerate very high intensity beams in low and medium energy regimes, demonstrated through design studies for a high-power deuteron linac.

Contribution

It introduces a novel integration of KONUS and superconducting CH structures for high-intensity beam acceleration, enhancing efficiency and compactness.

Findings

Successful design studies for a 150mA, 6MW deuteron linac

Demonstrated improved efficiency in accelerating high-intensity beams

Validated the combined approach through systematic analysis

Abstract

Taking advantage of the 0{\deg} synchronous phase, the KONUS ("Combined 0{\deg} Structure" translated from German "Kombinierte Null Grad Struktur") beam dynamics strategy enables long accelerating sections with lens-free slim drift tubes in the low and medium energy regime. It has successfully realized worldwide many room temperature H-type linacs with compact layouts and good beam performance. In this paper, a further development of this solution i.e. to combine the KONUS dynamics with the young superconducting CH (Crossbar H-Type) structure for accelerating very high intensity beams is being presented. The efficiency of the new solution has been shown by the systematic design studies performed for a 150mA, 6MW deuteron linac.