• Q.Z. Xing, Y.J. Bai, J.C. Cai, X. Guan, X.W. Wang, J. Wei, Z.F. Xiong, H.Y. Zhang
  TUB, Beijing
• J.H. Billen, L.M. Young
  LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico
• W.Q. Guan, Y. He, J. Li
  NUCTECH, Beijing
• J. Stovall
  CERN, Geneva

We present, in this paper, the physics and mechanical design of a Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator for the Compact Pulsed Hadron Source (CPHS) at Tsinghua University. The 3-meter-long RFQ will accelerate protons from 50 keV to 3 MeV at an RF frequency of 325 MHz. In the physics design we have programmed the inter-vane voltage as a function of beam velocity, to optimize the performance of the RFQ, by tailoring the cavity cross section and vane-tip geometry as a function of longitudinal position while limiting the peak surface electric field to 1.8 Kilpatrick. There will be no Medium-Energy-Beam-Transport (MEBT) following the RFQ. The focusing at the high energy end of the RFQ and at the entrance of the DTL have been tailored to provide continuous restoring forces independent of the beam current. In simulations of the proton beam in the RFQ, using the code PARMTEQM, we observe transmission exceeding 97%. The RFQ is mechanically separated into three sections to facilitate machining and brazing. We have machined a test section and the final RFQ accelerator is now under construction. We will describe the status of the RFQ system in this paper.

* K. R. Crandall et al., RFQ Design Codes, LA-UR-96-1836.

• S.X. Zheng, X. Guan, J. Wei, H.Y. Zhang
  TUB, Beijing
• J.H. Billen, L.M. Young
  TechSource, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Y. He, J. Li, D.-S. zhang
  NUCTECH, Beijing
• J.H. Li
  CIAE, Beijing
• J. Stovall
  CERN, Geneva
• Y.L. Zhao
  IHEP Beijing, Beijing

The CPHS project in Tsinghua University plans to construct a 13 MeV linear accelerator to deliver a pulsed proton beam having an average beam current of 2.5 mA. A Drift Tube Linac (DTL), following a Radio Frequency Quadrupole accelerator(RFQ), will accelerate protons from 3 to 13MeV. The accelerating field and phase will be ramped to match the longitudinal restoring forces at the end of the RFQ. Likewise, the transverse focusing forces, provided by permanent-magnet quadrupole lenses (PMQs) will be programmed to match the transverse restoring forces at the end of the RFQ to avoid missmatch and avoid parametric resonances. We will present the main physics design parameters of CPHS DTL and describe the properties of the resonant cavity. We plan to apply electron beam welding technology exclusively in the fabrication of the drift tubes and will present the test results from our engineering prototyping program.