LOW ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND RADIATION APPLICATIONS
Simulation of a low energy beam transport line
YANG Yao,
LIU Zhanwen,
ZHANG Wenhui,
MA Hongyi,
ZHANG Xuezhen,
ZHAO Hongwei,
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.23, No.2pp.83-89Published in print 20 Apr 2012
A 2.45 GHz electron cyclotron resonance intense proton source and a low energy beam transport line with dual-Glaser lens were designed and fabricated by Institute of Modern Physics for a compact pulsed hadron source at Tsinghua. The intense proton beams extracted from the ion source are transported through the transport line to match the downstream radio frequency quadrupole accelerator. Particle-in-cell code BEAMPATH was used to carry out the beam transport simulations and optimize the magnetic field structures of the transport line. Emittance growth due to space charge and spherical aberrations of the Glaser lens were studied in both theory and simulation. The results show that narrow beam has smaller aberrations and better beam quality through the transport line. To better match the radio frequency quadrupole accelerator, a shorter transport line is desired with sufficient space charge neutralization.
Particle-in-cellSimulationSpherical aberrationSpace charge