Development of the RFD Linac Structure.pdfVIP

Development of the RFD Linac Structure* ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ D.A. Swenson, K.R. Crandall , F.W. Guy , J.W. Lenz , A.D. Ringwall , and L.S. Walling Linac Systems, 2167 N. Highway 77, Waxahachie, TX 75165 The new Rf-Focused Drift-tube (RFD) linac structure feature of this structure is the ability to have a relatively high resembles a drift tube linac (DTL) structure with rf voltage on the relatively low capacitance accelerating gap quadrupole (RFQ) focusing incorporated into each “drift while putting an adequate voltage on the focusing region. tube”. As in the conventional DTL structure, these drift tubes are supported on single stems along the axis of a cylindrical II. Evolution of the Geometry cavity excited in the TM010 rf cavity mode. Four electrodes of each drift tube couple energy from the primary cavity mode to When first conceived, and as originally described, the rf produce rf quadrupole focusing fields along the axis of the focusing fields were completely contained within a drift-tube- drift tube. The rf properties of this three-dimensional like metallic shell. Indeed, there were some gaps in the shell structure are being studied with the aid of HFSS (3D-rf code), allowing the fore- and aft-portions of the drift tubes to ride at CHARGE-3D (3D-electrostatic code), and SUPERFISH (2D- different potentials, as determined by the axial electric field of rf code). The beam dynamics of this structure is being the drift tube