17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

The Low Energy Beam Transfer (LEBT) line and RFQ for the MYRRHA Phase 1 facility

THP4057
21 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Board: Thursday wine: WB23
Poster Presentation MC4.A17: Hadron accelerators: High Intensity Accelerators Poster session

Speaker

Lennert De Keukeleere (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre)

Description

At the Nuclear Research Center SCK CEN in Belgium, the first phase of the MYRRHA project (an accelerator driven system) is under construction. Included in MYRRHA Phase 1 are a normal conducting injector linac (RFQ + CH cavities) and a super conducting linac (60 single spoke cavities), providing a CW proton beam of 4 mA and 100 MeV.
In this contribution we present simulations of the Low Energy Beam Transfer Line (LEBT) and the 4-rod RFQ. The LEBT, including an ECR ion source, 2 solenoids and a pair of slits, matches the continuous proton beam to the entrance of the RFQ. The RFQ accelerates and bunches the beam from 30 keV up to 1.5 MeV. The effects introduced by space charge and their effect on the output distribution out of the RFQ will be highlighted. A comparative study of the RFQ beam dynamics simulation perforemd with the codes TOUTATIS and DYNAC will be presented.

Paper status Proceeding files received

Author

Lennert De Keukeleere (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre)

Co-authors

Mr Eugene Tanke (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre) Jarno Van De Walle (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre) Jeroen Hustings (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre) Ulrich Dorda (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre)

Presentation materials