A multigrid-based beam dynamics code for high current proton linacs

Author

Pierini, Paolo ; Bellomo, Giovanni ; Pagani, Carlo

Author_Institution

INFN Milano LASA, Segrate, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1776

Abstract

A beam dynamics code has been developed for the design assessment of a superconducting high current proton linac for the ENEA/INFN TRASCO Project (intended for nuclear waste transmutation in a subcritical reactor). The code deals with the dynamics of a moderate energy (above tens of MeV) and high current proton beam in a beamline composed of elliptical superconducting cavities and quadrupoles. A 3D Poisson solver based on multigrid techniques has been chosen for the space charge calculations. The simulation results for the reference linac design, with particular care to emittance growth and halo generation, are reported

Keywords

accelerator cavities; differential equations; linear accelerators; particle beam dynamics; physics computing; proton accelerators; space charge; superconducting cavity resonators; 3D Poisson solver; TRASCO Project; beam dynamics code; emittance growth; halo; high current; multigrid; nuclear waste transmutation; space charge; subcritical reactor; superconducting cavities; superconducting proton linac; superconducting quadrupoles; Algorithm design and analysis; Buffer storage; Inductors; Linear accelerators; Particle beams; Particle tracking; Protons; Radio frequency; Radioactive pollution; Space charge;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5573-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1999.794256

Filename

794256