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Radiofrequency quadrupole; emittance; Twiss parameters; beam transmission; equipartioning; low-energy high-intensity proton accelerator; cavity dynamics.

A 3 MeV, 30 mA radiofrequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator has been designed for the low-energy high-intensity proton accelerator (LEHIPA) project at BARC, India. The beam and cavity dynamics studies were performed using the computer codes LIDOS, TOUTATIS, SUPERFISH and CST microwave studio. We have followed the conventional design technique with slight modifications and compared that with the equipartitioned (EP) type of design. The sensitivity of the RFQ to the variation of input beam Twiss–Courant parameters and emittance has also been studied. In this article we discuss both design strategies and the details of the 3D cavity simulation studies.

S V L S Rao¹ P Singh¹

1. Nuclear Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India

Published

February 2010

Manuscript received

3 August 2009

Manuscript revised

7 October 2009

Accepted

9 October 2009