KURRI, Osaka
University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui
In Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI), The FFAG accelerator complex for accelerator driven sub-critical reactor (ADSR) project has been already constructed and world first ADSR experiment has been done at May, 2009. In the main ring, proton beams of 11.5 MeV are injected and accelerated up to 100 MeV. During the acceleration, two different types of beam loss have been observed. To investigate these beam loss, betatron and synchrotron motion have been measured experimentally. The details of measurements will be described in this presentation.
University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui
KURRI, Osaka
As for BNCT (boron neutron capture therapy) medical applications, an accelerator-based intense thermal or epithermal neutron source has been strongly requested recently. A scaling type of FFAG accelerator with ERIT (energy/emittance recovery internal target) scheme has been developed for this purpose. In this scheme, the beam emittance degradation caused by the neutron production target are cured by ionization cooling method. In this presentation, recent beam study of ionization cooling and neutron production will be described.
KURRI, Osaka
University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui
World's first ADSR experiments which use spallation neutrons produced by high energy proton beams accelerated by the FFAG synchrotron has started since March 2009 at KURRI. In these experiments, the prompt and delayed neutrons which indicate neutron multiplication caused by external source have been detected. The accelerator complex for ADSR study in KURRI consists of three FFAG proton rings. It delivers the 100MeV proton beam to the W target located in front of the subcritical nuclear fuel system constructed in the reactor core of KUCA (Kyoto University Critical Assembly) at 30Hz repetition rate. Current status of the facility and the future plans of ADSR system and high intensity pulsed spallation neutron source which employ a newly added 700MeV FFAG synchrotron to the existing FFAG complex in KURRI will be presented.
KURRI, Osaka
Until today, scaling FFAG accelerator were only designed in a ring shape. But a new criteria of the magnetic field configuration satisfying the scaling condition even for straight FFAG beam line has been recently found. Moreover, combining different types of cells can be used to imagine new lattices. Various applications using these recent developments are here examined: inprovements of the PRISM project and the ERIT project, and a zero-chromatic carbon gantry concept are presented.
KURRI, Osaka
The acceleration of intense muon beams up to 25 GeV is the challenge of the international design work for a future neutrino factory. The present baseline scenario for muon acceleration is based on linacs, recirculating linear accelerators (RLAs) and non-scaling fixed field alternating gradient (FFAG) rings. However RLAs are one of the most cost driving part. Two new approaches to use zero-chromatic FFAG instead of RLA have been proposed. Detailed lattices parameters and 6D tracking results are presented.
University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering, Fukui
KEK, Ibaraki
KURRI, Osaka
In Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute (KURRI), the FFAG accelerator for accelerator driven sub-critical reactor (ADSR) system has been constructed and world's first ADSR experiments have started in March 2009. In order to upgrade beam intensity, multiturn charge exchange injection system for scaling FFAG accelerator is being studied. The 11MeV H- beam is injected from linac and is accelerated up to 100MeV in FFAG main ring. In this presentation, the detail of injection system is described and feasibility of such a low energy H- injection system is discussed.