Charge strippers play an essential role in heavy-ion accelerators by stripping the projectile ions to higher charge states to enhance the acceleration efficiency downstream of the stripper.In the high-energy mode of t...Charge strippers play an essential role in heavy-ion accelerators by stripping the projectile ions to higher charge states to enhance the acceleration efficiency downstream of the stripper.In the high-energy mode of the booster ring(BRing)of the high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility,the pre-accelerated ions from the iLinac will be stripped by a carbon foil to higher charge states and then injected into the BRing.The key parameters of the stripper and stripped ions were calculated,and the influence of stripping on the beam quality was discussed.To get high stripping efficiencies,the foil thicknesses and resultant charge state distributions for the typical ions were determined by the code ETACHA.The equilibrium thickness was obtained for the U beam,while the stripper thicknesses for the Xe and Kr beams were determined based on a compromise between the stripped charge states and the stripping efficiency.The energy loss,energy straggling,and emittance growth due to stripping have a non-negligible impact on the transport of the stripped beams and the injection of the ring.Therefore,these parameters were simulated by GEANT4.In addition,the foil’s temperature evolution,which greatly affects the foil lifetime,was simulated by ANSYS.The maximum temperature of the foil bombarded by the U and Xe beams with the nominal parameters will exceed the safe value in terms of the impact of evaporation on the foil’s lifetime.Given the foil temperature constraint,the highest tolerable beam intensity and the injected ion number into the ring were derived for different beam sizes.The results of this paper will present important reference data for the optimization design and commissioning of the beamline and injection to the BRing for the stripped ions.展开更多
The proton beam energy determines the range of particles and thus where the dose is deposited. According to the depth of tumors, an energy degrader is needed to modulate the proton beam energy in proton therapy facili...The proton beam energy determines the range of particles and thus where the dose is deposited. According to the depth of tumors, an energy degrader is needed to modulate the proton beam energy in proton therapy facilities based on cyclotrons, because the energy of beam extracted from the cyclotron is fixed. The energy loss was simulated for the graphite degrader used in the beamline at the superconducting cyclotron of 200 MeV in Hefei(SC200). After adjusting the mean excitation energy of the graphite used in the degrader to 76 eV, we observed an accurate match between the simulations and measurements.We also simulated the energy spread of the degraded beam and the transmission of the degrader using theoretical formulae. The results agree well with the Monte Carlo simulation.展开更多
Very-high-frequency(VHF)gun photoinjectors,capable of producing high-brightness and high-repetitionrate electron bunches,are some of the best electron sources for driving MHz-class repetition-rate free-electron lasers...Very-high-frequency(VHF)gun photoinjectors,capable of producing high-brightness and high-repetitionrate electron bunches,are some of the best electron sources for driving MHz-class repetition-rate free-electron lasers.In this study,the beam dynamics optimization of a VHF gun photoinjector for Shanghai HIgh Repetition Rate X-ray Free Electron Laser and Extreme Light Facility(SHINE)is systematically demonstrated using a genetic algorithm.Through the inclusion of the solenoid geometry as an optimization variable into the genetic algorithm,the optimum projected normalized emittance for 100 pC bunches with bunch length of 1 mm rms is reduced to 0.1 mm mrad for 100%of the particles and 0.075 mm mrad for 95%of the particles,proving that sub-100 nm emittance can be achieved in the SHINE injector using a single-cell Tsinghua University(THU)VHF gun.This emittance fulfills the requirements not only of SHINE and Linac Coherent Light Source(LCLS)-II but also of LCLS-II-High Energy(LCLS-II-HE).We demonstrate that the optimal emittance in the VHF gun injector is reduced via the optimization of the solenoid geometry,thereby reducing solenoid spherical aberration.Through the inclusion of high-order(H.O.)energy spread among the optimization objectives,the H.O.energy spread can be reduced by a factor of nearly six using a high-harmonic cavity despite a 38%emittance growth.Finally,the beam dynamics in the SHINE main accelerator show that reducing the H.O.energy spread in the injector is of great significance to improving compression efficiency and reducing bunch current spike.展开更多
A small, high performance X-band hybrid dielectric-iris-loaded travelling-wave linac with the length of 1.47 m and the maximum accelerating gradient of 45 MV/m has been designed. The beam energy of 33 MeV, the energy ...A small, high performance X-band hybrid dielectric-iris-loaded travelling-wave linac with the length of 1.47 m and the maximum accelerating gradient of 45 MV/m has been designed. The beam energy of 33 MeV, the energy spread of 0.5%, the beam emittance of about 5.7 πmm·mrad and the capture efficiency of 40% are reached by adjusting the sizes of the accelerating cavities and the phase velocity. The attenuation per unit length of structure, the shunt impedance Rs, the quality factor Q, the group velocity and the phase velocity are also presented.展开更多
The kinematic properties of two-body decay near τ threshold are studied according to the special capacity of the BEPC accelerator and the BESⅢ detector.Explicitly presented are the transformations of energy and mome...The kinematic properties of two-body decay near τ threshold are studied according to the special capacity of the BEPC accelerator and the BESⅢ detector.Explicitly presented are the transformations of energy and momentum of hadronic particles between different reference frames,and the corresponding distributions.A brand new method is proposed to obtain the energy spread of the accelerator by fitting the energy distribution of hadron from τ semi-leptonic decays.展开更多
文摘Charge strippers play an essential role in heavy-ion accelerators by stripping the projectile ions to higher charge states to enhance the acceleration efficiency downstream of the stripper.In the high-energy mode of the booster ring(BRing)of the high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility,the pre-accelerated ions from the iLinac will be stripped by a carbon foil to higher charge states and then injected into the BRing.The key parameters of the stripper and stripped ions were calculated,and the influence of stripping on the beam quality was discussed.To get high stripping efficiencies,the foil thicknesses and resultant charge state distributions for the typical ions were determined by the code ETACHA.The equilibrium thickness was obtained for the U beam,while the stripper thicknesses for the Xe and Kr beams were determined based on a compromise between the stripped charge states and the stripping efficiency.The energy loss,energy straggling,and emittance growth due to stripping have a non-negligible impact on the transport of the stripped beams and the injection of the ring.Therefore,these parameters were simulated by GEANT4.In addition,the foil’s temperature evolution,which greatly affects the foil lifetime,was simulated by ANSYS.The maximum temperature of the foil bombarded by the U and Xe beams with the nominal parameters will exceed the safe value in terms of the impact of evaporation on the foil’s lifetime.Given the foil temperature constraint,the highest tolerable beam intensity and the injected ion number into the ring were derived for different beam sizes.The results of this paper will present important reference data for the optimization design and commissioning of the beamline and injection to the BRing for the stripped ions.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51525703)
文摘The proton beam energy determines the range of particles and thus where the dose is deposited. According to the depth of tumors, an energy degrader is needed to modulate the proton beam energy in proton therapy facilities based on cyclotrons, because the energy of beam extracted from the cyclotron is fixed. The energy loss was simulated for the graphite degrader used in the beamline at the superconducting cyclotron of 200 MeV in Hefei(SC200). After adjusting the mean excitation energy of the graphite used in the degrader to 76 eV, we observed an accurate match between the simulations and measurements.We also simulated the energy spread of the degraded beam and the transmission of the degrader using theoretical formulae. The results agree well with the Monte Carlo simulation.
文摘Very-high-frequency(VHF)gun photoinjectors,capable of producing high-brightness and high-repetitionrate electron bunches,are some of the best electron sources for driving MHz-class repetition-rate free-electron lasers.In this study,the beam dynamics optimization of a VHF gun photoinjector for Shanghai HIgh Repetition Rate X-ray Free Electron Laser and Extreme Light Facility(SHINE)is systematically demonstrated using a genetic algorithm.Through the inclusion of the solenoid geometry as an optimization variable into the genetic algorithm,the optimum projected normalized emittance for 100 pC bunches with bunch length of 1 mm rms is reduced to 0.1 mm mrad for 100%of the particles and 0.075 mm mrad for 95%of the particles,proving that sub-100 nm emittance can be achieved in the SHINE injector using a single-cell Tsinghua University(THU)VHF gun.This emittance fulfills the requirements not only of SHINE and Linac Coherent Light Source(LCLS)-II but also of LCLS-II-High Energy(LCLS-II-HE).We demonstrate that the optimal emittance in the VHF gun injector is reduced via the optimization of the solenoid geometry,thereby reducing solenoid spherical aberration.Through the inclusion of high-order(H.O.)energy spread among the optimization objectives,the H.O.energy spread can be reduced by a factor of nearly six using a high-harmonic cavity despite a 38%emittance growth.Finally,the beam dynamics in the SHINE main accelerator show that reducing the H.O.energy spread in the injector is of great significance to improving compression efficiency and reducing bunch current spike.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (10375060, 10375061, 10675116)
文摘A small, high performance X-band hybrid dielectric-iris-loaded travelling-wave linac with the length of 1.47 m and the maximum accelerating gradient of 45 MV/m has been designed. The beam energy of 33 MeV, the energy spread of 0.5%, the beam emittance of about 5.7 πmm·mrad and the capture efficiency of 40% are reached by adjusting the sizes of the accelerating cavities and the phase velocity. The attenuation per unit length of structure, the shunt impedance Rs, the quality factor Q, the group velocity and the phase velocity are also presented.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (10491303, 10775412, 10825524, 10935008)Instrument Developing Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (YZ200713)+1 种基金Major State Basic Research Development Program (2009CB825206)Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJCX2-YW-N29)
文摘The kinematic properties of two-body decay near τ threshold are studied according to the special capacity of the BEPC accelerator and the BESⅢ detector.Explicitly presented are the transformations of energy and momentum of hadronic particles between different reference frames,and the corresponding distributions.A brand new method is proposed to obtain the energy spread of the accelerator by fitting the energy distribution of hadron from τ semi-leptonic decays.
