• T. Iwashita, T. Adachi, T. Arai, Y. Arakida, M. Hasimoto, H. Someya, K. Takayama, M. Wake
  KEK, Ibaraki
• T.S. Dixit
  SAMEER, Mumbai
• K. Mochiki, T. Sano
  Tokyo City University, Tokyo

The KEK-DA (Digital Accelerator) is a modification of the KEK 500 MeV booster*, in which an induction acceleration system is employed. It has an ability to accelerate arbitrary ions with their possible charge states**. An outline of the acceleration scenario is described and a necessary control system fully integrating the induction acceleration system is given in details. The KEK-DA is a rapid cycle synchrotron operating at 10 Hz; the accelerating pulse voltage must be dynamically varied in time to follow the ramping magnetic field. A novel technique combining the pulse density control and intermittent operation of acceleration cells is required. The intelligent gate control system which uses 1 GHz digital signal processors (DSPs) has been designed. Construction of the KEK-DA is in the final stage; installation of the induction cells and the power supplies are done. The whole system including gate control system is demonstrated with high voltage outputs,long-term stability of the system through a heat run is examined. Also a future plan which replaces DSPs by FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)is discussed.

* K.Takayama et al., JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 101, 063304 (2007).
** K.Takayama et al., "KEK Digital Accelerator for Material and Biological Sciences" in this conference.

• S. Onuma, K. Mochiki
  Tokyo City University, Tokyo
• T. Adachi, A. Kiyomichi, R. Muto, H. Nakagawa, H. Someya, M. Tomizawa
  KEK, Ibaraki
• T. Kimura
  Miyazaki University, Miyazaki
• K. Noda
  NIRS, Chiba-shi
• H. Sato
  Tsukuba University, Ibaraki

J-PARC is a new accelerator facility to produce MW-class high power proton beams. From the main ring (MR) high energy protons are extracted in a slow extracted mode for hadron experiments. The beam is required with as small ripple as possible to prevent pileup events in particle detectors or data acquisition systems. We took beam tests at HIMAC using a prototype signal processing unit. In these beam tests we had recognized the improvement of the extracted beam structure by using the feedback algorithm whose parameters were changed according to the beam characteristics. We have developed a new signal processing unit for the spill feedback control of J-PARC. The unit consists of three signal input ports (gate, spill intensity and residual beam intensity), three signal output ports (spill control magnets), two DSPs (power spectrum analysis and spill feedback control), dual port memories, FPGAs and a LAN interface (remote control with SUZAKU-EPICS). From October 2009, this unit is being used in the beam study of J-PARC MR to check the performance of digital filtering, phase-shift processing, servo feedback control, real-time power spectrum analysis and adoptive control.

• K. Takayama, T. Adachi, T. Arai, Y. Arakida, M. Hasimoto, T. Iwashita, E. Kadokura, M. Kawai, T. Kawakubo, K. Koyama, T. Kubo, T. Kubo, H. Nakanishi, K. Okamura, H. Someya, A. Takagi, M. Wake
  KEK, Ibaraki
• T. Kikuchi, T. Yoshii
  Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata
• K.W. Leo
  Sokendai, Ibaraki
• K. Mochiki, T. Sano
  Tokyo City University, Tokyo
• M. Okamura
  RBRC, Upton, Long Island, New York
• K. Okazaki
  Nippon Advanced Technology Co. Ltd., Ibaraki-prefecture
• H. Tanaka
  Iwate university, Morioka, Iwate

A novel circular accelerator capable of accelerating any ions from an extremely low energy to relativistic energy is discussed. A digital accelerator (DA)* is based on the induction synchrotron concept, which had been demonstrated in 2006. All ions are captured and accelerated with pulse voltages generated by induction acceleration cell (IAC). The IAC is energized by the switching power supply, in which power solid-state conductors are employed as switching elements and their tuning on/off is maneuvered by gate signals digitally manipulated from the circulating signal of an ion beam. Acceleration synchronized with the revolution of the ion beam is always guaranteed. The concept is realized by renovating the KEK 500 MeV booster into the DA, introducing a laser ablation ion source. Ion energy of 85-140 MeV/au and intensity of 10⁺⁹ - 10⁺¹⁰ /sec are estimated and these ions will be delivered without any large-scale injector. Companion papers** will discuss more details of instruments of DA. Applications for innovative material sciences and life sciences will be briefly introduced as well as the outline of DA.

*K. Takayam, J. of Appl. Phys. 101 (2007) 063304.
**K.Takayama "Ion source and LEBT", T.Adachi "Injection and extraction system", T.Iwashita "Induction acceleration system" in this conference.

• M. Tomizawa, T. Adachi, Y. Arakaki, A. Kiyomichi, S. Murasugi, R. Muto, H. Nakagawa, K. Niki, K. Okamura, Y. Sato, S. Sawada, Y. Shirakabe, H. Someya, K.H. Tanaka, T. Toyama, E. Yanaoka
  KEK, Ibaraki
• A. Ando, Y. Hashimoto, T. Koseki, J. Takano
  J-PARC, KEK & JAEA, Ibaraki-ken
• D. Horikawa, I. Sakai
  University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui
• K. Mochiki, S. Onuma
  Tokyo City University, Tokyo
• H. Sato
  Tsukuba University, Ibaraki
• A. Schnase
  JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-mura

High power protons from the J-PARC main ring is slowly extracted using the third integer resonance and delivered to the experimental hall for various nuclear and particle physics experiments. The slow extraction device comprises two electro static septa (ESS),ten magnetic septa, four bump magnets, eight resonant sextupole magnets and their power supply. One of the critical issue of the slow extraction is radiation caused by the beam loss during the slow extraction. We have developed the electrostatic and magnetic septa with thin septum thickness. A unique scheme with large step size and small angular spread of the extracted beam enables hit rate on the ESS less than 1% level. In January 2009, first 30 GeV proton beam has been successfully delivered to the fixed target. Quadrupole magnets and a DSP feedback control system to obtain a uniform beam spill structure were implemented in 2009 summer shutdown period. We will report the extraction efficiency, extracted beam profiles and spill structure obtained by the beam commissioning so far. We will also mention a upgrade plan based on some new ideas to aim a higher performance.

• A. Kiyomichi, T. Adachi, A. Akiyama, S. Murasugi, R. Muto, H. Nakagawa, J.-I. Odagiri, K. Okamura, H. Sato, Y. Sato, S. Sawada, H. Someya, K.H. Tanaka, M. Tomizawa, A. Toyoda
  KEK, Tsukuba
• T. Kimura
  Miyazaki University, Miyazaki
• K. Mochiki, S. Onuma
  Tokyo City University, Tokyo
• K. Noda
  NIRS, Chiba-shi

The slow extraction beam from the J-PARC Main Ring (MR) to the Hadron Experimental Facility is used in various nuclear and particle physics experiments. A flat structure and low ripple noise are required for the spills of the slow extraction. The spill control system has been developed for the J-PARC slow extraction to make a flat structure and small ripple. It consists of the extraction quadrupole magnets and feedback device. The extraction magnets consist of two kinds of quadrupole magnets, EQ (Extraction Q-magnet) which make flat beam and RQ (Ripple Q-magnet) which reject the high frequent ripple noise. The feedback system, which is using Digital Signal Processor (DSP), makes a ramping pattern for EQ and RQ from spill beam monitor. The extraction magnets and feedback device were installed in September 2009, and spill feedback study were successfully started from the beam time in October 2009. Here we report the operation status of magnets and first study of beam commissioning with spill feedback.