• K. Hatanaka, M. Fukuda, M. Kibayashi, S. Morinobu, K. Nagayama, H. Okamura, T. Saito, H. Tamura, T. Yorita
  RCNP, Osaka

The RCNP accelerator cascade　consists of an injector Azimuthally Varying Field (AVF) cyclotron (K=140) and a ring cyclotron (K=400). It provides ultra-high-quality beams and moderately high-intensity beams for a wide range of research in nuclear physics, fundamental physics, applications, and interdisciplinary fields. The maximum energy of protons and heavy ions are 400 and 100 MeV/u, respectively. Experimental apparatuses are used like a pair spectrometer, a neutron time of flight facility with a 100 m long tunnel, a radioactive nuclei separator, a super-thermal ultra cold neutron (UCN) source, a white neutron source, and a RI production system for nuclear chemistry. Such ultra high resolution measurements as dE/E = 5x10-5 are routinely performed with the Grand-Raiden spectrometer by utilizing the dispersion matching technique. The UCN density was observed to be 15 UCN/cm³ at the experimental port at a beam power of 400 W. Some topics on the research are discussed in the talk.

• M. Fukuda, K. Hatanaka, H. Kawamata, M. Kibayashi, T. Saito, H. Tamura, T. Yorita
  RCNP, Osaka

An upgrade program of the RCNP cyclotron facility for increase of beam intensity and improvement of beam quality is in progress to meet requirements from research in nuclear physics and industrial applications using secondarily produced particles such as neutrons, muons and radioisotopes. A 2.45 GHz ECR ion source using a set of permanent magnets was developed for high intensity proton beam production. The proton beam intensity more than 0.5 mA at an extraction energy of 15 keV has been obtained with a proton ratio more than 80 %. The quality of the pre-accelerated beam from the K140 injector AVF cyclotron has been improved by a flat-top(FT) acceleration system to enhance the beam transmission to the K400 ring cyclotron. Transversal resonant mode of a dee electrode with a span angle of 180 degrees was investigated to achieve the FT acceleration in the frequency region from 50 to 60 MHz. In this paper, developments for high intensity proton beam acceleration and beam quality improvement using the FT acceleration system of the AVF cyclotron will be mainly presented.