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High current ion beam RF acceleration and perspectives for an inertial fusion driver

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2004

U. RATZINGER ,
H. LIEBERMANN ,
O. MEUSEL ,
H. PODLECH ,
R. TIEDE ,
W. BARTH  and
W. VINZENZ
U. RATZINGER
Affiliation:
Institute for Applied Physics, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
H. LIEBERMANN
Affiliation:
Institute for Applied Physics, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
O. MEUSEL
Affiliation:
Institute for Applied Physics, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
H. PODLECH
Affiliation:
Institute for Applied Physics, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
R. TIEDE
Affiliation:
Institute for Applied Physics, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
W. BARTH
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
W. VINZENZ
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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Abstract

The actual situation with respect to the use of an RF linac driver for heavy ion inertial fusion (HIF) is discussed. At present, there is no high current heavy ion linac under construction. However, in the course of linac projects for e−, p, d, or highly charged ions several developments were made, which may have some impact on the design of a HIF driver. Medium- and low-β superconducting structures suited for pulsed high current beam operation are actually designed and investigated at several laboratories. A superconducting 40 MeV, 125 mA cw linac for deuteron acceleration is designed for the Inertial Fusion Material Irradiation Facility (IFMIF). The Institute for Applied Physics (IAP) is developing a superconducting 350-MHz, 19-cell prototype CH-cavity for β = 0.1. The prototype cavity will be ready for tests in 2004. A superconducting main HIF driver linac would considerably reduce the power losses. Moreover, it would allow for an efficient linac operation at a higher duty factor.

The 1.4-AMeV room-temperature High Current Injector HSI at Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) has been in routine operation for more than 2 years now. With a mass-to-charge ratio of up to 65, a current limit of 15 mA for U4+, and an energy range from 2.2 AkeV up to 1.4 AMeV, this linac is suited to gain useful experience on the way toward the design of a HIF RF driver. The status and technical improvements of that A/q ≤ 65, 91-MV linac are reported. Beam dynamics calculations for Bi1+-beams show that powerful focusing elements at the linac front end are the bottleneck with respect to a further increase in beam current. Besides superconducting and pulsed wire quadrupoles, the potential of the Gabor-plasma lenses is investigated.

Keywords

Beam focusingGabor plasma ionsH-type multicell cavitiesIon beamsLinear acceleratorLow β superconducting cavities
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 2003 , pp. 627 - 632
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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