11th International Meeting of the Union for Compact Accelerator-driven Neutron Sources (UCANS11)

Beam Dynamics Design for Alternating Phase Focusing Proton LINAC for a Compact Accelerator Based Neutron Source

25 Feb 2025, 16:28

1m

Pinnacle at the Pier

Poster Poster Session 1

Speaker

Mina Abbaslou (TRIUMF)

Description

A prototype Canadian compact accelerator-driven neutron source (PC-CANS) is proposed for installation at the University of Windsor. The source is based on a high-intensity compact proton RF accelerator that delivers an average current of 10 mA of protons at 10 MeV to the target. This study can serve as a basis for the design of an initial stage of a new high-intensity compact accelerator-driven neutron source (CANS). The accelerator consists of a short radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ), followed by an efficient drift tube Linac (DTL) structure. Different variants of DTL were investigated for our studies. An Alternating Phase Focusing (APF), KONUS, CH-DTL, and Alvarez DTL as normal conducting cavities with a frequency of 352.2 MHz were considered in our Linac design. Details of the beam dynamics of an Alternating Phase Focusing (APF) DTL are presented in this paper.