• A. Noda, H. Souda, H. Tongu
  Kyoto ICR, Uji, Kyoto
• T. Fujimoto, S.I. Iwata, S. Shibuya
  AEC, Chiba
• K. Noda, T. Shirai
  NIRS, Chiba-shi

Proton beams accelerated by an RFQ and a DTL with resonant frequency of 433 MHz,are electron cooled after injection into a storage ring, S-LSR and fast extracted to a beam irradiation target. Short pulse duration around 3.5 ns is expected for the 7 MeV proton beam with the intensity of 1.4 x 10⁸ [1]. This beam is to be utilized for irradiation of biological cells in order to investigate Radio Biological Effectiveness of proton beam with a very high peak intensity for the purpose of quantitative verification of the recent report on the DNA double strand breaking with the use of short-pulse laser-produced proton beam [2]

[1] T. Fujimoto et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. Phys. Res. A588 (2008) 330-335.
[2] A. Yogo et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 94 (2009) 181502.

• S. Ushijima, H. Fujisawa, Y. Iwashita, H. Tongu
  Kyoto ICR, Uji, Kyoto
• M. Masuzawa, T. Tauchi
  KEK, Ibaraki

A permanent magnet quadrupole lens with continuously adjustable strength originally designed by Gluckstern was fabricated for a final focus. It consists of five PMQ discs that rotate on their axis, where odd and even numbered discs rotate oppositely but with the same absolute angle. By setting their lengths appropriately, the coupling between x and y components can be minimized. In order to reduce multipole components higher than quadrupole, we adjust positions of magnet wedge pairs. At the same time we improve differences between the magnetic center and the mechanical center of the PMQ discs by measuring harmonics of fields in magnets. In order to carry out the beam test, a high precision movable table for the lens system is also fabricated. This table can evacuate the lens system from the beam line completely without vacuum breaking, which should ease the evaluation of the system at decreased strength region.

• H. Tongu, M. Ichikawa, Y. Iwashita
  Kyoto ICR, Uji, Kyoto
• H. Hayano, K. Watanabe, Y. Yamamoto
  KEK, Ibaraki

Optical inspections on superconducting cavities seem to become familiar to those who are involved in the cavity fabrications. Further improvements on the Kyoto Camera have been carried out these years together with further investigation technique developments, such as high density T-map or eddy current scan. Improvements on Kyoto Camera includes change of EL sheets to LEDs, which raised the brightness 10 times and the lifetime very long as known well. The resolution was also increased. The high density T-map will help to locate a hot spot during the vertical tests and the eddy current scan will be useful for screening of bare Nb sheets with possible defects. These progresses will be reported.